WIP Critique Warriors' Colonel of the Confederacy

[ChaosCossack]

Thanx Colin
That will work on all cavalry gauntlets (at least the glove part) and thats something I run into alot.

Cheers

Colin

 

[Helm]

Very nice indeed Colin

Steve

 

[tiberius57]

Thanks Colin for the gloves mix. Looking good! Following closely!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[davidmitchell]

Very nice work so far Colin.

Cheers David

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Hat and some belt work.



Colin

 

[Mark S]

That's great work, Colin, you have a style of painting that I find very attractive indeed!

 

[Colin_Fraser]

That's great work, Colin, you have a style of painting that I find very attractive indeed!

Thanks Mark - that's a nice compliment as I have given up trying to emulate the European acrylic style and am just comfortably doing my own thing. Making it up as I go along.

Colin

 

[Helm]

Looks good to me Colin I'm no expert on the period but it looks right which is half the battle

Steve

 

[tiberius57]

Very nice progress, Colin!
Interesting and catching text! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[mil-mart]

Great progress Colin and a nice bit of historical background to the man.

Cheers Ken

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Boots are mostly done. Still need to do his spurs (one got broken so a replacement is due from green stuff).

For East Toronto Colin - Base was Golden brand acrylic raw umber + black. Then highlighted boot creases with painted mix of Vallejo flesh and ochre. Washed with diluted Liquitex raw umber ink and citadel black ink mixed. Washed with diluted black ink mixed plus matte medium. Re-highlighted with a diluted mix of matte medium + Golden raw umber + Golden black + Golden naples yellow.

Here are his boots before inking.



Still need to finish his pants and his binocular case/strap. Then his sword. And he needs some dirt added.



Colin

 

[ChaosCossack]

Boots look perfect... Thanx for the mix recipes.
Did you do the ink washes directly over the strong highlights pictured? Or did you blend out the hard edges before washing?

The whole figure is looking fantastic

Eastend Colin

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks Colin - ink went straight over the bold highlights - no feathering of the highlighting first. Two ink layers were diluted with matte medium. Technique takes some experimenting. Using the mix I note above, I touched up the highlighting where it was too heavily obscured by the ink.

Cheers

Colin

 

[ChaosCossack]

Thanx Colin, the boots look great. IMO well worn black leather boots (or any black leather for that matter) are hard to render... but you've pulled it of famously.

Thanx again for the tips

Colin