Landsknechts (Steel Fist Minis) - update 20 Oct.

[Erik]

Superb painting. 

I haven't painted my doppelsöldner yet as I haven't decided whether or not to put them on the pikebase as you have done. The games I play are 50/50 about incorporating them into the landsknecht units and acting as a bonus or representing them as separate units so its a tough choice.

Putting them on the base look best in my view and it goes a long way in solving the problem with the pikes pointing forward if you have guys with great weapons running in front of the unit.

Nice job!

Cheers
Erik

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Update on my Steel Fist figures.

Mick - How did you get the "bronze" effect on the two armoured foot figures in the foreground?

BvW

[Atheling]

Mick - How did you get the "bronze" effect on the two armoured foot figures in the foreground?

BvW

I can't speak for Mick but I'm guessing that there are a few brown washes (light) in there as well as various mixes of (I still use Vallejo) metals?

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

The five figures with gilded armour started with black undercoat then overbrushed with bronze ( Vallejo Bright Bronze).

After that, the figure was overbrushed with a highlight using Citadel Burnished Gold (or Vallejo Glorious Gold).
Them I washed the whole thing with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

You have to redo the gold and wash a few times so that you get consistent bright highlights and deep shadows.
Sometimes, I mix a very bright silver with the gold to get an even brighter gold.

For metals, I like Citadel paints best and next I like Vallejo Game Colour. I use both interchangeably and mix them.

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Thanks, Mick - and Darrell.  I'm more a Foundry Triad man, myself; but I think I have the equivalents of all the colours you both mentioned.

[Atheling]

Thanks, Mick - and Darrell.  I'm more a Foundry Triad man, myself; but I think I have the equivalents of all the colours you both mentioned.

Baron, If I may interject, I think that you will get better results with the Vallejo metals. They have much more pigment in than the Foundry 'metals'. Unless I just got a bad batch of the Foundry paints?

Whatever, I'm certain that you'll love colouring them in