TEMPLAR SHIELD using Sponging techniques

[Paulo]

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Hello my Friends, I´m actually working in one Templar figure (actually two Figures) and I thought it would be interresting to share some pictures of the the process with you.
It´s a quite simple article, very simple technique, and photos are from my mobile, ok

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So ... above we have our shield, with base coat of dark grey, applied with brush and over that I´ve made several "dots" adding white to the previous mix, using the "sponge tecnhnique" - it consists of rip out a small part of a sponge (the sponge /foam that comes as protection for Figures is perfect) making highlights over the previous dark base color, this gives a extreme weathering/teared look to the shield​

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next I I use some tape to make a kind of mask, to do the vertical stripe of the cross​

for this I also use the sponge to apply the red paint, so the texture will be the same on the rest of the shield​

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the result will be something like this, super textured red strip, very irregular​

you can work it as you want, darker or more subtile​

the picture on the right side is more zoomed, so you can see beter how it looks irregular, but as you can imagine in a 54 mm shield is rather subtile ( the shield here is 2 or 3 times bigger than he is)​

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Again I use the tape to mask/protect wth I want, and make the horizontal arm of the cross with no pain​

The picture on the right shows the sponge and also waht I do before painting the shield - I test it on a piece of paper, until the marks produced have the shapes I want (red dots on the picture) that is the moment you should use it on the shield , avoiding that you deposit too much paint on the shield​

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[sd0324]

Thanks for posting this. Informative.


Steve

 

[Mart]

Very nice - I love the final faded look. I know nothing about painting historical figures - so I may be well off - but I would try 'chipping' the red cross using the original white/grey paint as well as, to help sell that battle damaged look. Just a thought

 

[Paulo]

Thank you for the feedback Steve , is nice to ear that.
I´ll post more pictures when the Figure is finish

 

[Paulo]

Very nice - I love the final faded look. I know nothing about painting historical figures - so I may be well off - but I would try 'chipping' the red cross using the original white/grey paint as well as, to help sell that battle damaged look. Just a thought

Hi Mart - thank you for the feedback
In Modelling will allways be like this some peoples like more ...some will think is too much ... somewhere in the article I metion that the red cross could be more faded if you don´t insist too much , in this case I had to insist 3 passages to fulfill more the cross
Actually was my mistake I could make a photo on the 1st passage /layer so you guys could have an idea how it looks, it would be exactly as you said
This technique is quite flexible and funny to do, you will understand if try - give it a GO

PS: the inferior part of the shield have a bit of the efect you mention, but as I said with less passages of red, or some touches of white (later) you can achieve more that efect if you want

 

[Rob]

Nicely done, the shield looks good.
"Sponging" is a very useful technique, kind of old school these days but still very effective at doing things like this. It was used a lot in AFV and Aircraft modelling.
The viscosity of the paint mix can be adjusted to add physical texture as well as colour, and different sponges give different effects: foam sponge giving the tight dots as on the shield while a natural sponge will give a much softer/more blurred pattern.

 

[Gooner Mike]

Great work I will use this for reference

 

[VerSacrum]

Thanks so much for this. I was trying to replicate this from the videos by Sergey Popovichenko, but I'm still much too heavy-handed with it.

 

[frog]

Thanks for the post never thought to use the sponge technique for the cross on the shield

Dave

 

[Blind Pew]

Thanks, Paulo. Excellent article.

 

[Paulo]

Nicely done, the shield looks good.
"Sponging" is a very useful technique, kind of old school these days but still very effective at doing things like this. It was used a lot in AFV and Aircraft modelling.
The viscosity of the paint mix can be adjusted to add physical texture as well as colour, and different sponges give different effects: foam sponge giving the tight dots as on the shield while a natural sponge will give a much softer/more blurred pattern.

So True Rob !!
diferent foams give diferent results, also if you rip it with your fingers you get a very irregular patern - and if you cut it with a cissors will be quite smooth , anyway, shorely is a nice technique to be explored (and yes originaly was used in AFV modelers)
Thank you for your feedback

 

[Paulo]

Great work I will use this for reference

Nice to know it !! post the results so we can see
thank you for the feedback

 

[Paulo]

Thanks so much for this. I was trying to replicate this from the videos by Sergey Popovichenko, but I'm still much too heavy-handed with it.

Nice to know and happy to help too
about your "heavy -hand" try to do some paterns in a sheet of paper to see how it works , when you feel it looks ok then you should go to the Figure or acessorie, shield, wathever - dont dilute too much the paint (it´s easier to control )

 

[Paulo]

Thanks for the post never thought to use the sponge technique for the cross on the shield

Dave

Hi Dave
Don´t be afraid to use it , actualy with the tape it´s much easier to work and dont make mess, because you work only on the desired parts, do it by steps it´s even more easy and you dont ruin the previous work
give it a try

 

[Paulo]

Thanks, Paulo. Excellent article.

Thank you for the feedback

 

[frog]

Will definitely give it a go Paulo