WIP Suvorov from Legion Miniatures

[Canterbury Coxswain]

Pierre,
My learning curve regarding the base , mid and highlight colours for metals has just made a steep trajectory in a new upwards direction....thanks. I am looking forward to using these techniques, and those from two other good 'planeteers', in my next two figures that will appear on vBench in the next couple of weeks.
Your figure is continuing well, IMHO.
Regards,
Kim

 

[Briggsy]

Beautiful work mate, I can almost smell the linseed oil. Love the blue in the sash, is this shot silk which would be fantastic or ordinary blue silk?

Cheers Simon

 

[akaryu]

Hi Simon,

Thanks for the comment, much appreciated. The sash is shot silk, but I’ve rarely seen moiré or iredescent silk convincingly painted on a figure, so I used a mix of iredescent white in the blue, knowing my limits!

Cheers,
Pierre

 

[Briggsy]

Hi Simon,

Thanks for the comment, much appreciated. The sash is shot silk, but I’ve rarely seen moiré or iredescent silk convincingly painted on a figure, so I used a mix of iredescent white in the blue, knowing my limits!

Cheers,
Pierre

Hi, that's a smart move iredescent paint is quite a good option. I think the only time shot silk works well is on large scale flats.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Hi Pierre

Nice to see the update , good to see how you approach the stars etc

Do you use a matting agent like AK on Oils when fully dry ? Or a heat lamp to Matt down ?

Nice work on the sashes

Looking forward to seeing the head

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[akaryu]

Hello Nap,

No matting agent involved, just time and technique of using shadow and highlight with 'meagre' oil paint wet on dry. Oil paints are always thinned with White spirit, never turps. Eventually everything dries matt or to a very soft sheen, which is OK for me.

Pierre