WIP Winter Warrior painting

[Old Pete]

They came to Largs in Scotland for the day but did,nt stay long enough to pick up any tartan though a lot of them stayed permantly in 6 feet of Scottish earth

 

[Paul Kernan]

Nice job on the tartan but agree, the blue looks much more appropriate

 

[bistray]

Hi all had a great reply from Dr Jody Joy at the museum, there is no evidence either way as to if Vikings had tartan, none has been found in any graves but that doesn't mean that they didn't as many areas of Britain had tartan and Vikings were great traders as well as raiders. Surprisingly enough there has been tartan cloth found in Roman graves in Britain, that could have been a Roman or a local that had taken on Roman ways, doesn't clear this up but it leaves room for scope

 

[fermatgom]

Very interesting! So it is not possible to deny they could have use it.

 

[bistray]

Very interesting! So it is not possible to deny they could have use it.

They could possibly have

 

[bistray]

Hi all bit more time at the bench seeing as we are flooded in, started on the bottom part of the leather jerkin, finished the left sleeve apart from the pattern and the left inside of the bearskin,







more to follow thanks for looking in

 

[Helm]

Just a tiny point Paul the shading on the gambeson is counter to normal shading ie the recesses are lighter than the uppers due to the way it wears ie

 

[bistray]

Cheers Helm havnt seen that before, I'm just wondering how that will look on scale painting though, heres one of Pegaso figures that show dark to black creases



perhaps its worth a try to see how it looks

 

[Helm]

I did it here Paul apologies for the poor pic obviously I am not claiming to be an expert

 

[bistray]

ill perhaps give it a go and see how it looks

 

[samson]

First I must have missed this this somehow. Awesome stuff here . and if I can ask Helm what type of book is that.?

 

[Helm]

I don't know it was on a google search I'd love to get it looks a quality work
Steve

 

[bistray]

Good call Helm





I think it looks better, i had to deepen the shades on the bottom edge of the padded parts and the crease is off white, white was a bit stark

 

[Helm]

looks excellent Paul It's counter intuitive I know but it really works well how you've done it
Steve

 

[bistray]

your right, always imagine the deepest part being darker, whod have thought

 

[Helm]

I first noticed it on my bike jacket the way the red quilted lining was black where it rubbed but the creases not coming into contact with anything were still bright red as new
Steve

 

[arj]

I like the way you've managed to change the shades and highlights in mid paint.
It looks very effective.
Good suggestion from Steve (I'll have to keep that in mind for the future).

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[bistray]

Cheers Andrew, yes it was a great call from Steve, funnily enough I looked at my wife's old quilted jacket and its the same