WIP Private, 1st New York Regt. of Continental Line.

[Joe55]

Well that's looking pretty cool Roger.

Every once in a while its good to step out of that comfort zone and try something new. Hey, you're adding to your skill set!

Joe

 

[billyturnip]

Looking great so far Roger. Interesting approach as well.

I'm a great fan of FeR Miniatures. The faces of their early releases were much too doll-like for my taste, but more recently they've been putting out some great stuff and I have a steadily increasing number of FeRs in the stash. And I like how they're also now gradually re-issuing the Elite range, which has been OOP for some years now. Great to see these figures making a return.

- Steve

Thanks very much Steve.
If I was to try this technique, which I no doubt will, I would probably use black as the base colour for the dark blue.
I'm looking forward to seeing what others from the Elite range FeR are going to reissue, I'd love to see the FPW French infantry officer included.

 

[billyturnip]

Well that's looking pretty cool Roger.

Every once in a while its good to step out of that comfort zone and try something new. Hey, you're adding to your skill set!

Joe

Thanks very much Joe.
I read this on my last trip away, well worth a read.

 

[billyturnip]

Todays work....

 

[Joe55]

Thanks for the heads up on the book Roger. I appreciate that!

Joe

 

[billyturnip]

Todays update...

 

[Landrotten Highlander]

me think me beginning to like this technique
show me more, bwana

 

[billyturnip]

me think me beginning to like this technique
show me more, bwana

I'm looking forward to getting his arms on!

 

[theBaron]

I read it in a book about painting oil on canvas Brian, thought it was worth a shot.

Interesting idea, Roger! As I read your description of the technique, what came to mind was that the resulting colors could look like an old oil painting. It makes me think of techniques to achieve a sepia-tinted look of an old photograph, say, or a black-and-white finish. I don't know if that's your goal, that is, if I've understood it, but it will be interesting to follow your progress and see this unfold.

Prost!
Brad

 

[billyturnip]

Interesting idea, Roger! As I read your description of the technique, what came to mind was that the resulting colors could look like an old oil painting. It makes me think of techniques to achieve a sepia-tinted look of an old photograph, say, or a black-and-white finish. I don't know if that's your goal, that is, if I've understood it, but it will be interesting to follow your progress and see this unfold.

Prost!
Brad

Brad, I was hoping the underlying brown tones would influence the top layer. It's not quite worked as I would have liked but I think with a bit tweaking it might work better.
I'll definitely be trying it again but would make the shadow areas on the base coat much darker.