Northumbrian Warrior 9th century

[ghamilt1]

I really enjoy painting these 1/16 "mini-busts" FeR has put out. I have 10 of their American Civil War busts, and this one is a very recent release from the "Portraits of the Middle Ages" series. Painted in oils over acrylics, except for the helmet. That was painted with Vallejo acrylics (mixes of grey/black and silver) and after that was well dried, I burnished it with an artists blending smudge and graphite powder. Thanks for the views.

 

[KenBoyle]

Very nicely done Glenn! I especially like the painting of the helmet.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[Nap]

Hi Glen

Really nice painting , very neat work on the shield as well , agree ref the helmet looks great

Thanks for sharing and supporting FOTM

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

 

[baronband]

Fantastic painting!
I would love to see a bust like that in 1/9th scale

John

 

[ghamilt1]

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments. I have my eye on the other new release of this series, FeR's interpretation of "Ivar the Boneless" in 1/16. Ill have to wait until I replenish my supply of bases.

 

[housecarl]

Lovely clean painting Glenn.

 

[Borek]

Very nicely shaded. The metal on the helmet is great, and the shield is painted beautifully and cleanly. I like color matching. Nice work

Cheers Borek

 

[arj]

Very neatly painted Glenn.
Your use of graphite powder on the helmet has finished it to perfection.
It's not a particularly easy material to use as it can be very wayward; but you appear to have mastered the technique.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[ghamilt1]

Very neatly painted Glenn.
Your use of graphite powder on the helmet has finished it to perfection.
It's not a particularly easy material to use as it can be very wayward; but you appear to have mastered the technique.

Cheers,
Andrew

Thanks Andrew. I have found that the best result is to be had after following a few careful steps; 1. be sure to prime the figure - ensures good paint adherence. 2. build up thin layers of metallic colour, gradually going for a gradient from dark to lightest. 3. gently buff with an artists blending stump (available in various sizes) until the desired effect is achieved.

I've experienced more than a few times when I got impatient, and the blending stump just rubbed off the metallic paint all together. And an important note, this method doesn't seem to work very well with brass, bronze, gold or any other metallic colour other than steel/silver. The graphite powder ( I just rub a 6B pencil on paper) darkens the other colours too much and ruins the effect.