Bishop Knight Herman Von Tartu 1:72

Had to take a break from the Tavern diorama in order to finish this piece for Valdemar Miniatures. The rider is ready, next week is for the charger...

looking nice already............  

Lovely work so far Ray.

Thanks guys. Glad you like   

Looks great mate considering the size ... you just need to add the catch of light in the eyes LOL

Looking good bro. Especially considering the scale

Steve

Some more work   Hopefully will be ready on Labour's Day   

Ray wrote:The very very  very good work continues   

I feel, & again judging from the pics, that you stepped up your technique a notch or even two & three IMHO   

Keep them Reggae n Rocking Relax     

Thanks bro. I really appreciate your feedback, good and/or bad. I need to highlight the horse's tail which is painted in oils (Lamp blk), what do you suggest?

Let it DRY up & pick up the lights in acrylics if I were you...that's what I did sort of on the Consul's helmet plume...painted in acrylics, heavy wash with Blue Black Oils, then when completely dry, I picked up again with base mix, then Carmine Maimeri & then Vallejo's scarlet + Tamiya Flat X-21 to KILL off the Vallejo sheen   

I wouldn't have painted in Lamp Black oils....I would have painted a very dark brown in acrylics, then applied a wash in Lamp Black for added depth   

Now, again if I were you, after I would pick up the lights in acrylics, overdo it a notch, then apply a wash with Burnt Umber oils to add some depth to the Lamp Black   

Depth is created by having two very close yet distinguishable tones showing thru   

Excellent so far Ray, well done

lovely work Ray
In nannu

It was actually painted in black acrylic then heavily washed with Lamp black, now I need to highlight it. I used black because I read that Bay horses have black main, tail, lower legs and points   Your method would have been pefect I guess. Now "wara li l-froga saret", with what colour can I highlight the Lamp black please?
The body was underpainted with Raw umber acrylics, then glazed with W&N Raw umber, shadowed with a mix of Raw umber and mars blk, highlights added wet on dry with Mars orange. I will bring it with me on wednesday to show you the result in the flesh.

Brian and Nannu, Thanks for looking   

very good paint job consider the size........  

Ready at last  Rolling Eyes Smile

Ghaggiltu ftit l-ahmar fl-ahhar ghax qabzitli imma insomma nahseb li jaddi    

welldone Ray . very nice..  

Thanks skyhigh. The red is much less bright than in the photos. I think it is due to the flash.  

Yes, Ray as I said the red in the photos is different to the real thing. I will bring it to the club as soon as I can. Having said that, I kept the highlights a bit low too because I didn't want to make it look too bleached given that he's a bishop, however I agree that more depth will definitely improve it. Will correct later, when I find some time to spare :'(

I adjusted the photo's vibrance on my son's calibrated monitor and got it much closer to the model's...

Ray wrote:Looks a bit better   

The secret of painting red is something like this...

Base - Red + Green....

Then start highlighting with the Red & stop with the Red   

No need to BLEACH the Red for highlights   

Vallejo Scarlet + Tamiya X-21 should do the trick      

Or else IMHO another option is Scale 75 as they produce a fine selection "ready made sets"    

Thanks for the pointers mate. I will use them together with Stephen's on my next RED project. Will bring it over to the club next time over.