Mounted knight

[Roc]

Hey guys, just thaught I'd share these pictures with you.
This is a 70 mm. Border miniature that has been hanging in limbo on my work bench for quite some time, finally decided to finish him and send him on his merry way.

Cheers

Roc.

 

[elvis]

Great work my friend. Ciao da luca

 

[Roc]

Luca, amico mio, mille grazie per il comlimento, il tuo opinione e' molto aprezzato e
importante per me.
A proposito io sono pure un fan di Elvis, l'ho visto due volte in concerto, una volta a L'albergo internazionale in Las Vegas, e una volta allo Spectrum in Philadelphia.
Lui e' veramente il Re del Rock and Roll.




Ciao

Roc.

 

[yeo_64]

VERY NICE, Roc !! Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers!
Kenneth :lol:

 

[Guy]

Beautiful work Roc.

 

[Roc]

Hi Kenneth, thank you, you are too kind.
By the way your Happy Jager looks great.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[Roc]

Hey Guy, thanks buddy , Im glad you like it .
I have to ask, how do you work so fast? For every figure I paint you paint three, how do you do it?

Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Roc

 

[Dani A.]

Hola,

Good job! I have this one in my "grey army" too, waiting for some inspiration... I like the contrast between the dark horse and the "white" armour.

I think you have managed a good, realistic, representation of the heraldic motives, too. Which particular knight have you represented?

Regards,

Dani

 

[John Belcher]

GREAT!! Figure Roc, I also agree with Dani ,I love the contrast with the horse and the armour. Kind regards John

 

[megroot]

Hello Roc,

Amazing painting. Great job. Tell us novice's more how you did the heraldic.


Marc

 

[Ernest]

Hi Roc, terrific figure I really like the metal parts, what kind of paint did you use for the metal?
cheers
ER

 

[pkw4]

hi Rocco
very nice work.
Roberto

 

[Roc]

Gentelmen, thanks for the replies and the kind words, they are much appreciated.


Dani, our knight is a German, the Heraldry was dictated to me by the collector, not sure about the historical accuracy.

John, I'm glad you like it.

Marc, the heraldic designs were painted on free hand.

Ernesto, the armor on the horse and knight was burnished, being that the figure is white metal, I didn't see any reason to paint it, why replicate with paint something that is already there.

Roberto, thanks.


Cheers
Roc.

 

[megroot]

Hello Roc,

Free handed you said. How do you get the symmetrie, how you did the lion??
Did you draw it before you paint, whit what you draw it.
You see, alot of quistions what i like to get answers on it.
How you did those amazing metalwork??

PLEASE Rocco share the secrets with us. (or is it only me)

Marc.

 

[Roc]

Hi Mark,
I didn’t draw the shape of the lions; I just very carefully painted them using the procedure described below.
As far as symmetry goes, They don’t have to be perfect just take your time and do the best you can.

The Lions:
1- painted the shape with Mars yellow.
2- When dry I painted the shadows with Mars yellow + Burnt Umber.
3- Medium highlights - Cadmium yellow.
4- high highlights - Cadmium yellow + white.

THE ARMOR
1- brushed the armor with a suede brush.

2- Burnished the armor 000 steel wool.

3- Washed it with warm water and Ivory dishwashing detergent, make sure you
you rinse well.

4- gave the armor numerous controlled washes of Ivory black mixed
with tarps.

5- When dry I burnished the extreme highlight points with the end of a knitting
needle.
6- weathered the bottom half of the armor with a wash of raw Umber. Did not
apply sealer because I wanted a tarnished look.


I hope this helps.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[KeithP]

Roc-

Looks pretty neat!

A quick question for you on the heraldry on the surcoat. Are you putting the oil over a matching color acrylic for each different color or pattern?

For an knight I am working on, I tried putting the oil over an acrylic that did not closely match the base and it did not look too.... good. :lol:

Keith

 

[Roc]

Hey Keith, excellent question.
I never undercoat heraldry or patterns,I use oils right out of the tube, the trick is to use opaque colors.

Cheers

Roc.

 

[jaime]

Hi Roc. Excellent work. I really like the metal parts and thank you for the explanation.

Cheers
Jaime

 

[Roc]

Hi Jaime, thank you and I'm glad to see you back in the Planet.


Cheers

Roc.

 

[Jason W.]

Wonderful work, Roc! Will you have him at MFCA?

Jason