Sunday, April 28, 2013

Soldiers Gunther von Schwarzburg - Update #8

A bit of honesty here.....I love medieval subjects, but I HATE painting heraldry, especially the more detailed it becomes. This figure has a ton of lions, equally spaced all over the blue surcoat. I started painting them by using a mixture of Yellow Ochre and Cadmium Yellow Deep. This mixture is very transparent as can be seen in the photos, but makes a nice base outline for the heraldry. Not shown below is my progress today on these lions. The larger one on the shield is of a size that I can outline and delineate the lion with black oils. Fine lines from a very small brush!
 
These photos show the fence and shield on the base temporarily to see how everything is coming along. I am still painting the two items separately until the heraldry is complete.
 



2 comments:

  1. Darn nice colouring Jim, coming along sweetly.

    Mike

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  2. And that's the best way to approach it...start light, and build up the density from there.....did it with a heavy start, went pear-shaped from there.....

    Slow & steady....wins the race...

    Good, persistent pattern, good repeat on the lions (consistent!)

    Cheers
    Jamie

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