Monday, 4 November 2013

WotR WIP

Just some WIP shots of the 3 men-at-arms I'm working on at the moment. These are just about to receive washes and highlights for their clothing, belts, scabbards and my first attempt at a painted helmet (it appears quite bright at the moment but it will get much more colour depth as I apply the shading). The armour itself is actually finished, basically what I do with armour is dry brush the black undercoat heavily with Citadel Chain Mail paint then pick out the joins between plates, rivets etc with black. Some areas are also touched up with a detail brush (00) and the chain mail (if the figure has any) is washed with a thin black wash to make it appear different to the plate armour. The detail of the armour the designer has moulded on to these figures is really really good so they're actually quite rewarding to paint.








These are codes WR63, WR58 and WR71 respectively from the Front Rank WotR range.

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4 comments:

  1. Andy Canham5 November 2013 at 08:53

    Nice work, looking forward to seeing them with the finished shading. I've never thought of showing painted helmets, looking good!

    Cheers

    Andy

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  2. Richard Naylor5 November 2013 at 18:41

    Thanks Andy, they've been given their shading early this morning so the highlights should be done tonight. I'm not sure how common painted helmets (and other armour) was but there are certainly examples in various museums though some of them are rather to complex for me to attempt! For example see the one part way down this forum page http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?572485-Armour-of-the-1470-s-Image-resources.

    Cheers

    Richard

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  3. Andy Canham5 November 2013 at 22:54

    Thanks for the link - that's an interesting site, with some great examples. As you say, some of the helmet art is pretty intricate.

    Cheers, Andy

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  4. Richard Naylor6 November 2013 at 08:55

    I've ended up dulling down the helmet colour, I just couldn't find any proof that they would of had such a modern blue available. I should have some pictures up this evening once I've based the figures up.

    Cheers

    Richard

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