I present to you Lord De La Warre of
Treyine and his men. To create some interest in my red and white
theme I broke it up into solid red, half red and white and quartered
red and white. I figured that this would represent each of the
knights and their retinues. As with the previous entry these are a
mixture of Zvezda
English Infantry
of the 100
Years War, Miniart
German Knights, Airfix
Robin Hood and Strelets
Military Order Warriors. They are all 1/72 (20mm) scale plastics.
All the same painting techniques, but
this time only Vallejo matte varnish at the end. I feel like it
dulled the metal a tad too much and it almost looks like NMM. Still
flailing around, but why change how I work now. I'm just glad to get
another batch done. It only took me the whole competition to do it.
There is nothing particularly special
about the two footmen, I just hid them on the work bench and found
them after I'd photographed the main group.
You can see the entry and a few more pictures on Curt's blog here.
I've painted myself into a corner, in as much as I have a lot of figures left to do for the final themed round plus my entry figure. Better get started.
Very nice. I do like that you've used a somewhat muted red, rather than a brilliant scarlet. In my view that's much more appropriate for a medieval technology - no modern bright chemical pigments!
ReplyDeleteThanks Hugh, I like the red too. It is called Red Iron Oxide and is made by Delta Ceramcoat. The washes and matte varnish also help mute things a lot.
DeleteHah, I thought that I recognised it. I use that colour a lot myself :-) .
DeleteGreat minds and all that :).
DeleteExcellent work, beautiful units, love the shields, so realistic!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, I think the fact that I have trouble painting straight lines adds to the realism. I feel like medieval shield painters weren't super precise.
DeleteBloody lovely work Sean.
ReplyDeleteThanks Fran, high praise indeed.
DeleteGreat work Sean! I like these guys!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rodger, I'm happy to return the favor as I always enjoy looking at what you post.
DeleteGood stuff, Sean. They're a cruel looking lot. I wouldn't want to run into those guys on a battlefield!
ReplyDeleteThanks Prufrock, I need to get them on the battlefield today.
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