Seil Roman Signifer- My first Mini......

[Ashen-Shurgar]

Hi Everyone,

Here is my first mini, any tips or help will be much appreciated.

I have Primed with Tamiya grey primer:



Here I have started with the chainmail, by painting it with black acyrlic. I then drybrushed with Citadel chainmail and then lightly with Vallejo Silver. Any comments? I have also started on the red by using Vallejo Dark Red- Is this a good base color to start with or should I go darker?



thanks

Mark

 

[Ashen-Shurgar]

P.S Larger images are available if you click on the photos.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Looks fine so far!
Keep us updated on the progress.

And lets hope this is the first of many.

Cheers

 

[tonydawe]

G'day Mark,

A good start mate. The red could be a little darker IMO, but colour variation is quite extreme and there's nothing wrong with the red you already have.

I tend to work from "the inside out" meaning I start with the flesh areas first, then the inner garments and lastly the outer garments, metal work etc. What's your approach to painting?

Cheers

 

[Ashen-Shurgar]

Hi Tony,

As this is my first mini and i planned to drybrush the chainmail i thought it would be neater to do that first then move on to the red parts. I was actually leaving the flesh until next- do you have any recipes for me using acrylics?

 

[Ashen-Shurgar]

Here is a progress shot with some highlighting and lowlights done- any comments? i worked towards orange rather than white for the highlights?



Mark

 

[megroot]

Mark,
Highlighting the red with yellow (become orange) is the only way to highlight red. With wed it become pink.
Darken with green is also good. The very dark recess must be painted with raw umber.
After this is dry do a wash with a red.
If you want to see this kind of result here is my Leonidas: Look at the cape.
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25679
Not that this is the only way to paint red, but i think you can do your advantage with it.

Marc

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Mark

If you're using acrylics you should be able tobuy a good variety of flesh tones (ranging from Dark Flesh to Sunny Skintone) from the Vallejo range of paints.

What I tend to do is paint the base flesh colour first and then add the darkest shadows. The rest of the flesh painting involves adding thin washes of progressively lighter and lighter shades (by adding more white) until the upper highlights are almost pure white.

Ultimately ther's no right or wrong way to do it, just whatever works for you and makes you satisfied with the results.

Keep up the good work mate.

Cheers

 

[busso_boy]

G'day Mark,

Hope to see this one completed and entered into the Illawarra Show in early May

 

[Sam]

Hi Ashen,

I will tell you my ''method'' oif painting a figure altough I am still a rookie.

1) I will always start with the face in every figure cause if you get the face right and ready you will have a great boost in painting the rest of the figure considering in mind that you have the hardest part ready(the face).

2) Your metals look good IMHO but I when I prime the figure I mask the metal areas with blu tac so the primer will not get on the metral areas and then use oils for the metals. (you have a great thing cause the figure is metal and if you paint ''metal'' then use the advantage that the figure is in metal

For an sbs article I recommend Stephen Mallia's ''Plate & Mail Armour'' here's the link --http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/

As for the red:

My opinion is to use a dark base colour mix some carmine red(vallejo) + Napoleonic Green(Andrea) and then highlight using vermillion addded to base colour than vermillon alone and for the highest highlight use scarlet (Vallejo)

For shadows add green to the base colour respectively and only for the deepest shadows add a bit of black for outlining etc

Regards, keep posting please and if you need any help you can contact me privateley

Regards,

Samwel Vella

P.S I am attaching a picture of my samnite to see if that is the red that you are looking for

 

[Steve]

I agree with your sequence of application in this instance, as the mail would be tough after the flesh is in place, though the sequence described above (inside out, top to bottom) is I think the natural order. Concerning the color of the trousers, of the sources you mentioned, good color photos (or a good look in person) of reenactors are a pretty good way to go. In reality just a good dark gray will do it but a little study helps.--