'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely transformation 

[Jeff965]

Fantastic work Cubs

[Bloodsbane]

Congratulations, you're officially an alchemist. You've truly transformed an old lump of lead into gold!

[Daniel36]

That is gorgeous!!

[JollyBob]

You, sir, are a flaming genius! 

It was actually me that sent him to you, he'd been lying unloved in a box for donkeys years as he was so badly miscast (as was the duplicate figure I still have). 

I'm so impressed with what you've achieved, its actually given me hope that I could rescue the other old RQ figures that I have. If I didn't know better I'd swear that was a new cast Foundry figure!

[Cubs]

You, sir, are a flaming genius! 

It was actually me that sent him to you, he'd been lying unloved in a box for donkeys years as he was so badly miscast (as was the duplicate figure I still have). 

I'm so impressed with what you've achieved, its actually given me hope that I could rescue the other old RQ figures that I have. If I didn't know better I'd swear that was a new cast Foundry figure!

I'm sorry I forgot you JB! I regularly clear out my messages so I'd lost the PM and just couldn't remember the kind donor. As you can see, these old models do paint up nicely. They don't have the depth of detail or crispness of newer models, but I prefer that to be honest, because it's more of a blank canvas to work from.

[Diablo Jon]

Oh that's just ridiculous old school Citadel miniatures just aren't supposed to look like that 

Back in the day we were all painting them in gloss enamels its amazing how good they look with a quality modern paint job.

[Severian]

A grand job on what has always been one of my favourite old RQ figures. Lovely textures (especially on the armour) and the shield is cracking. Splendid stuff.

Like many of us I suspect, I have a fair few of this range in varying states of disrepair....but they're usually great fun to fix up.

[Andym]

Cracking! The NMM is particularly good! Any chance of a recipe?

[majorsmith]

Fantastic work, I love that shield

[Cubs]

Cracking! The NMM is particularly good! Any chance of a recipe?

It's a bit of a cheat really - I rarely go full NMM, I usually blend a bit of metallic paint and non-metallic to g highlights and the same is true here. The old bronze helmet was mainly dull bronze colour highlighted up with cream to make a muddy brown. Then it had a light wash with green ink, just for a hint of verdigris, topped off with a very very light drybrush of brass, just to pick up very lightly on the textured surface. The sword again was a blend of copper, brass and a little bit of light brown. Then the shade was brown ink, with the highlights copper and cream. All the final highlight dots are just light cream colour. 

[Tactalvanic]

Stunning as ever.

Technique went straight over my head, enlarged the male pattern baldness and completely passed my level of ability by.

But thanks for sharing always.

I must practice more...

[Andym]

It's a bit of a cheat really - I rarely go full NMM, I usually blend a bit of metallic paint and non-metallic to g highlights and the same is true here. The old bronze helmet was mainly dull bronze colour highlighted up with cream to make a muddy brown. Then it had a light wash with green ink, just for a hint of verdigris, topped off with a very very light drybrush of brass, just to pick up very lightly on the textured surface. The sword again was a blend of copper, brass and a little bit of light brown. Then the shade was brown ink, with the highlights copper and cream. All the final highlight dots are just light cream colour.

Thanks for that! I’ll need to give it a go!

[Bloggard]

fantastic.
interesting what you say regarding the blank canvas - and if my skills could ever extend to it, that's just the sort of chiaroscuro I'd like to achieve on figures generally.

[Keith]

Everything about your post makes me happy - a wonderful old gem polished to a brilliant shine, and with a little bit of how-to and technique thrown in for good measure.
Top job Sir!