Newbie needs help with Teutonic Knight.

[Michaelg]

Hello,
Hopefully someone can help me. I just bought a 90mm Teutonic Knight from M Models of Poland.
Here is a link to the figure's shield.http://www.m-model.pl/90mm/90001b.jpg

Please tell me that the crosses are not painted on and that someone knows where I can find the transfers. I did email the manufacturer but have had no response.

 

[theseeker]

I believe that Andrea makes transfers like that, but I have never tried them.

 

[Michaelg]

I looked at their site and no luck with a match though their transfers (decals) do look quite good.

 

[Guy]

Hi Michael and welcome to the planet.
Studying the photo you left a link to, they seem to be hand painted as there is a slight difference between each cross.

 

[megroot]

Michael,
Yes, Guy is right. It is handpainted. For 90 mm it is not so diffucult .
But you can make your own knight. You can go in black and white, Only in black, or if you like it in red. The first you can go for a red cross. The second with a white cross, and the red knight also a white cross.
So, you can do heraldic work on him also. The paintbox is for this figure just one example..... not a must.
Let your imagination work and look after some pictures, and you can do what you like.

marc

 

[Michaelg]

Marc and Guy,

Many thanks for the welcome and advice. I am going to replicate the figure in the photo as close as I can. I find that a lot of "difficult" painting comes down to mental attitude. Took me six months of procrastinating before I could paint a leopard skin. Once I applied myself, it wasn't too bad.
Has anyone tried Andrea's transfers? I was never that impressed with the ones that came with Airfix model planes when I was a kid. They always looked fake.

 

[Bad91Fellow]

One thing you should think of if you are doing the heraldy is, that the metallic colours (gold = yellow, silber = white) must always change / rotate with the non-metallic colours (e.g. red, blue, green whatever). So a yellow cross on a white background is NOT possible, a yellow cross with a red line on a white background IS possible. I hope you understand what I mean.

 

[AJLaFleche]

Has anyone tried Andrea's transfers? I was never that impressed with the ones that came with Airfix model planes when I was a kid. They always looked fake.

Andrea's are dry transfers, not the waterslide decals of Airfix days. You apply them by burnishing them onto the surface from behind. I've used part of one set for Roman shields and they work as well as any dry transfer and are extremely thin. You can safely airbrush even laquer based flat over them.