Verlinden’s 120mm 13thc. knight.
Resin, painted with acrylics, enamels and oils.
This is one of two figures that will be grouped together for one display. It is currently on a temporary base till the second figure is finished.
The armor is typical of that seen in period and best illustrated in period manuscripts like the Macejowski Bible or chronicles of Mathew Paris.
Tried something new on the armor pieces like the helm and poulaines. Painted the base with MM chrome silver, then over that, Tamiya’s smoke. This was used like a wash. And I liked the way it added depth to to surface. A heavy wash of black oils was then used to bring out things like rivets and lines. It was wiped off and the results looked pretty good.
The rest is painted using vallejo acrylics and the face was painted with oils.
I think its one very fine piece of artwork. Very impressive, Mike. I like the interplay of colors. Cant wait to see the other figure youre working on. I’ll try your technique if I ever build another medieval figure.
The 2nd figure is almost done and I should have it finished by the weekend. It’s going a little faster considering I have a better idea what I wanted to do with it.
Ive been playing with the Vallejo acrylics and I’ve got to say, I’m really impressed. If you take your time and work it up in layers using almost wash consistency paint the effect is almost a glow. There is a great amount of control with the layering of color and I have added a little liquidex retarder and have been able to work the paint for that extra couple of seconds longer to get almost a blend out of them.
This thin blend of paint, works best if you just allow the excess water in the brush to wick away into a towel or tissue and the pigment remaining goes along way. Just by touching the upper end of the brush near the ferrule, seems to do the trick. Then I go in and do my brush work.
The finsih is almost a dead flat and by working contrasting and complimentary colors (yup kids, grab your color wheels and post em where ya can see em) the results are very satisfying.
I still use oils here and there and contiue to play with the mixes of retarder, flow enhancer etc. and try to improve the working characteristics of the paint to see the effects achieved.
Once these are done I have two more from this period, (Warriors releases) a Viking from Verlinden (modeled after the Angus Mcbride cover art from the Osprey series) and 3 Napoleonic figures. I am trying hard not to get ahead of myself on these but its tempting.
