Shield design

[GI Jones]

Hi all,

I am painting the Pegaso Miles Christi Crusader Knight 12th and wanted to ask could someone help me with a shield design. I have painted the shield with acrylic paint and was wondering how I should go about putting a design on it. Should I draw the patern in pencil, ink markers or some other medium? The shields been painted matt red. Any help would be much apreciated.


Thanks all.

 

[Einion]

Hi Donald, if you have any coloured pencils they work quite well for this, if not you can use a normal pencil but sketch lightly and watch out for shiny graphite lines being left behind after you're done.

Einion

 

[mikec55]

Hey Donald,

If you use a pencil, be careful so that you won't need the eraser. Geez, what a mess that causes .

Mike

 

[RobH]

Hi Donald.

Did my first shield on a Pegaso Late Roman
I used pencil to mark the outline using a paper template then painted the design in acrylics;

Had no problems with the pencil showing through in the end........

hope this helps

Rob

 

[GI Jones]

Hi Rob,

Thanks very much indeed for your kind help. I think the design on the roman shield is simply fantastic. I wouldn't mind seeing the finished shield. I'm just a bit worried I may lift the paint off. The trouble I'm haveing at the moment is trying to find some shield designs on the net.

Very best regards - have a nice day.

 

[RobH]

Hi Don

here's the finished piece:

What I did was paint the design in acrylics on acrylics.........drying fast is a great advantage, and had no problems lifting the paint; I then varnished it in Andrea matt acrylic varnish before weathering it in oils.

HTH

Rob

 

[GI Jones]

Hi Rob,

Thanks very much for takeing the time to show me the completed work, looks really vey nice indeed. The figurine is very well painted - good job.

Kind regards - have a nice day.

 

[carpo]

Hi there -
I asked a similar question in regard to tapestry designs for a samurai figure - check out my vBench for the discussion there - there are some good ideas from the forum members you may wish to consider.
Carpo

 

[GI Jones]

Hi Paul ,


Thanks a lot for your help. Didn't realize how hard it would be to find shield designs for the Miles Christi Knight. Am I correct in assumeing it is from the crusade period? Seen your samurai figurine. What can I say - really brilliant art work, the armour is first class. The wife won't let me paint in oils because she said they smell to much. Final word - awsome. Can't wait to see it finished.


Kind regards - have a nice day.

 

[carpo]

I didn't quite get the gist of your last post GI Jones but I think you were asking if the Samurai was from the same time as the crusades. The Pegaso figure is circa 1100 - 1200 but could cerainly have been seen later than that.

Finding heraldry for knights is not as easy as it sounds. To be historically accurate (or at least a well educated guess) takes a lot of research. Sure it is easy to just whack a great big cross on a crusader's shield but sometimes we just want something a little bit fancy to make the project more interesting.

I spent a lot of time and money on Verlinden's Knight at Agincourt. I had to find heraldry from a French knight, on horseback, who most probably was killed during the battle. It doesn't help that the kit is made up as an English knight - given that the english fielded no cavalry at the battle! If you have a particular interest in a period - hunt down some of the Osprey books - I know that there are some crusade titles out there.
Your next project could be based on another image from a book in which the heraldry is to your liking.
I have saved a lot of money by using one good reference book for several projects.

And don't forget public libraries!!!!
Carpo (who has now finished waffling on and on.)

 

[GI Jones]

Hi Paul ,

Thanks a lot for the info - much appreciated. Sorry for the confusion. I'll certainly look into the Osprey books - sounds like a good idea.


Very best regards - have a nice day.