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Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 23 September 2007, 02:56:23 PM: (http://www.witchhunter.net/league/01_season/007_ADOLF_VIII_Earl_of_Berg_and_followers_Admiral_Benbow.jpg)

(http://www.witchhunter.net/league/01_season/023_BPRD_Prof_Witchheimer.jpg)
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Klabautermann on 24 September 2007, 07:19:46 AM: Who is the manufacturer of that lovely HellBoy?
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 24 September 2007, 07:39:29 AM: Quote from: "Klabautermann"
Who is the manufacturer of that lovely HellBoy?

It's a Horrorclix figur, btw very soft plastic, was a pain to paint :?
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Hammers on 24 September 2007, 08:31:15 AM: Almost an impossible choice.
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Lowtardog on 24 September 2007, 09:19:03 AM: You know those knights are to die for but there is such pulpy goodness in the hellboy group :D
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Plynkes on 24 September 2007, 09:44:56 AM: I can't choose this time. This one goes down as a draw on my personal scorecard.
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Agis on 24 September 2007, 10:43:08 AM: Go damn it, the B.P.R.D. is cute.
:wink:
I always wanted to re-paint them, you beat me...
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Hammers on 24 September 2007, 12:05:30 PM: B.P.R.D is obviously still "the shit". Check out these Play Mobile figures.

http://hellboy.joueb.com/news/les-playmobiles-hellboy
Suitable for which age?
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Grimm on 24 September 2007, 06:18:41 PM: @Admiral Benbow
Did you use transfer pictures for Adolf VIII of Berg and followers or is all free hand ?
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Admiral Benbow on 24 September 2007, 07:48:56 PM: Hi Grimm,

don't know where all the posts from round 1 have gone to, there I had a quite lenghty description about painting the knights ...

The short version: heraldic figures are decals from Empire decals

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2h4x8/id11.html

painted over for lights and shadows.

Thanks for your interest.
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 24 September 2007, 08:31:55 PM: Hi Michael,

sorry, the 1.Round topics are removed to the Admin board to keep the board a bit clean. Later I will create a sort of gallery of the League with all the pics!

Here your answer from the old poll:

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@ Lt.Hazel: Thanks for the nice comments! It was a joy painting them as they are so nice sculpts by the early Perrys from their Foundry "Baron Wars" range, and true 25 mm.

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What are the colors you use to paint your horses ?
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Well, I use a variety of color brands, today mostly Game Colour from Vallejo, the old Citadel range manufactured today by Coat d'arms, the one or other from Foundry and my trusty and cared for Ral Partha paints, supported by some Plaka, Andrea, Vallejo Air and ordinary cheap hobby brands.

I was really inspired by the Prof's magnificent Bolsheviks Cavalry horses and wanted to get as many brown variations as he did; see them here:

http://www.backofbeyond.de/gallery_bolsheviks_cavalry.html

The painting process was an experimental one: looking at real horse photos in books and on postcards or my own photos, I picked a special hue I wanted to realize and started to look at my paints for the most similar tone. That was my main color. Then looking for a much darker color as the shadow tone, and a much lighter one for the highlights. Painting started then traditionally with the three-color-method from dark to light, adding the one or other fourth or fifth highlight. After that all the details like the area around the mouth, eyes, mane, hooves, stockings, white head markings etc. It was all quite experimental, and I tried several color combinations until I found the best working ones. These have been painted in a small 2x2 cm area onto small index cards, together with the name of the color. So I'm now able to duplicate it whenever I want to. When I update my website again, I'll show some of those cards and you could read the exact colors I used!

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Originally posted by poulppy
The heraldics are free hand paint or decals ?
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Both! Well, all the figures (the lions) are decals from Artem Vorobiev's magnificent range Imperial Forge: http://www.imperialforge.net/

They were cut to fit and pushed into the folds and creases with the help of decal solvents "Micro Set" and "Micro Sol". When dry I painted them over for shadows and highlights.

I will let you know when my site has been updated with many more photos of the knights. Thanks for your interest, and have a go with horse painting yourself. It's fun!
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Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Admiral Benbow on 24 September 2007, 09:00:05 PM: Hi Alex,

thanks very much for you kind repeating of my comments. :)

I was really thinking about changing my team, but with so many things to complete for our game at Crisis I don't have the time to paint anything new. But maybe I'll do some more photos in a minute of spare time to get a new team from some of the figures from my collection ... 8)

Cheers,
Title: Round 2 - Adolf VIII of Berg and followers vs. B.P.R.D.
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 24 September 2007, 09:04:45 PM: Quote from: "Admiral Benbow"
But maybe I'll do some more photos in a minute of spare time to get a new team from some of the figures from my collection ... 8)

I'm convinced that it will be an awesome one :) cant wait to see it :love: