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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Captain Blood on 28 December 2011, 06:23:19 PM
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Here's a Perry plastic WOTR figure I built and painted for a step by step in Wargames Soldiers and Strategy magazine a few months back...
Realised I hadn't posted him online.
He's enjoying a well-earned pint after a dust-up somewhere. (Or maybe stiffening his sinews before setting to it again... ;))
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_28_12_11_7_17_12_1.jpg)
And here he is with a few of his fellow plastic conversions, most of whom you'll have seen before ::)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_28_12_11_7_17_12_0.jpg)
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That really is a beautifully painted miniature, really.
I so enjoy seeing your figures and the bright almost vibrant colour schemes you use - I will look out for the article.
Thanks for posting.
Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/
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Jolly good, Richard!
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Lovely work Richard on the conversions and tutorial.
Helen
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That's excellent mon capitan :-*
How much of it is by you, and how much is Perry?
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Good stuff. He seems to be really thinking about that pint.
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As always you leave me in awe with your painting, well done Sir! :)
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They look lovely, I'm a big fan of your painting style.
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Wonderful. He's thinking 'time for another swift one before the battle commences?' lol
Really enjoyed the step-by-step article in WSS as well – you've got a nice writing style as well as a handy brush! ;)
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I saw the article and thoroughly enjoyed it - great job Richard!
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Stunning as always Richard but is that a leather tankard or a pot one ;)
cheers
James
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No, you can't fool us:
Those are REAL PEOPLE standing on round bases. ;)
Thanks for sharing such BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED minis.
Best wishes.
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Thanks all. Much appreciated.
How much of it is by you, and how much is Perry?
Oh, they're all Perry bits right enough, but somewhat messed with by a sharp knife - including the tankard which is a short piece of a bowman's upper arm ;)
Stunning as always Richard but is that a leather tankard or a pot one ;)
Well it was meant to be a leather jack, but i guess it would pass muster as a ceramic pint pot... :)
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Oh, they're all Perry bits right enough, but somewhat messed with by a sharp knife
That's what I mean't, I doubt the Perry's ever thought a medieval pisshead should be included in each unit ;) The idea's the clever bit 8)
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I have the WSS article saved - lovely work. :-)
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I don't know how you do it. I too have saved those pages from WWS into my "must emulate or kill the artist" file. s'Wonderful.
Also, that's a post-battle pint. I've been taking medieval combat lessons and I recognise the look on his face. ;)
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Very nicely painted :o
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Stunning Captain. Stunning :-* :-* :-*
I'd like to know how do you obtain such a bright colour on your models. :P
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Richard I cannot think of a more talented painter - simply superb, I just cannot get over the detail in those faces for one thing
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As I said over on SD,cracking work!!! :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks chaps :)
Richard I cannot think of a more talented painter
Thanks Kerry, that's very kind of you. Actually, i can think of several, but i'm happy to be able to hold my own with most of them ;)
I'd like to know how do you obtain such a bright colour on your models. :P
Well i think it's a combination of using bold, brightly coloured paint (which i do), photographing the figures under a very bright light, which enhances the colours, and then auto-adjusting the exposure and balance in the photo software, which tends to boost the brightness still further. So the figures are certainly not quite as vibrant as this 'in the flesh '. There again, the figures in real life are also much tinier than you see them here on screen, so one is never really seeing a true to life representation of the figures...
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Well i think it's a combination of using bold, brightly coloured paint (which i do), photographing the figures under a very bright light, which enhances the colours, and then auto-adjusting the exposure and balance in the photo software, which tends to boost the brightness still further. So the figures are certainly not quite as vibrant as this 'in the flesh '. There again, the figures in real life are also much tinier than you see them here on screen, so one is never really seeing a true to life representation of the figures...
thanks! I'm a newbie in taking pics and, as often said here on LAF, this is an important part of "sharing" the hobby, so I'm happy to learn :)
Your method is really effective and I'd like to obtain a similar result. :)
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Beautiful as always!
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excellent again mate 8)
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I keep for getting to ask, so I'd better take the opportunity now that I think of it. What do you use for flowers on your bases?
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They are Silflor flowers. They come in a variety of shapes and colours. Antenociti's Workshop stock them in the UK, although i think they're a German product aimed at Railway modellers. You can buy them in small packets for 3 or 4 pounds GBP. A packet lasts a long time and willserve for a lot of figures!