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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: THE CID on October 04, 2017, 02:29:30 PM
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Inspired by the good Captains twilight of Britain, I got round to finishing these beautiful Footsore Arthurians. They were a pleasure to paint, hope you like.
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VERY nice! You've given me a few ideas for my own Romano-British! I'm definitely stealing the guy in the stripes!
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Nice work 8)
I'd be tempted to limit the use of blue in future though - it was very difficult to make an effective dye and therefore extremely expensive and rare.
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Very nice 8) 8)
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I'd be tempted to limit the use of blue in future though - it was very difficult to make an effective dye and therefore extremely expensive and rare.
Aren't you confused with purple? Woad ( main western source for making blue ) was quite comman in Roman and post-Roman times... Or am I mistaken?
Oh, and of course, pretty nice Footsore Arthurians, effective looking force :)
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Nope, Bill Thornhill gave a me polite rollicking for doing it myself on ones I was painting for him
Edit:
A variety of plants have provided indigo throughout history, but most natural indigo was obtained from those in the genus Indigofera, which are native to the tropics. The primary commercial indigo species in Asia was true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria, also known as I. sumatrana). A common alternative used in the relatively colder subtropical locations such as Japan's Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan is Strobilanthes cusia. Dyer's knotweed (Polygonum tinctorum) was the most important blue dye in East Asia until the arrival of the Indigofera species from the south, which yield more dye. In Central and South America, the species grown is I. suffruticosa (añil). In Europe woad containing the same dye was used for blue-dying. Several plants contain indigo, but low concentrations make them difficult to work with and the color is then more easily tainted by other dye substances, typically leading to a greenish tinge.
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Nope, Bill Thornhill gave a me polite rollicking for doing it myself on ones I was painting for him
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. Merlin had magic blue dye though, lol.
Thanks for all the nice comments much appreciated. I will go easy on the blue in my next batch ;)
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Wow! You did an EXCELLENT job on face expressions and the shields! (and the dicing...) Congrats!
These sculpts are offered for masterwork!
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Another close up.
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very nice indeed
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Great looking warband. Certainly a bunch of upper-crust warriors as the richness of the colours used in their clothing attests.
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Nope, Bill Thornhill gave a me polite rollicking for doing it myself on ones I was painting for him
Thanks, I'm about to paint some DA-Footsores myself so the blues I'll use will be more bluish-grey than indigo.
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. Merlin had magic blue dye though, lol.
Thanks for all the nice comments much appreciated. I will go easy on the blue in my next batch ;)
I think they look wonderful. The rich colours might not be historically accurate but they would contrast with the earthier tones of their enemies on the table, and they hint at the former glory of rome that these romano British warriors might be trying to cling on too.
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A fine bunch indeed, like the check trousers.
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Aren't you confused with purple? Woad ( main western source for making blue ) was quite comman in Roman and post-Roman times... Or am I mistaken?
Oh, and of course, pretty nice Footsore Arthurians, effective looking force :)
Polite rollicking or not, Duncan McDane is right, blue dye extracted from woad (Isatis tinctoria) was one of the three common and most affordable dyes used in Europe from the Neolithic era up to the 16th century.
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Those are just great. Very nice indeed.
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Nice
victims Britons!
On the subject of blues, I'd like to see the discussion taken up in a separate thread as it is of interest to me, having used blue freely in my early medieval army.
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I love those minis, and your paintjob does them great justice. :-*
Do you have more of them to come ?
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Great work CID 8)
They are a joy to paint, aren't they?
As far as the blue goes, personally, I'm of the 'who gives a toss as long as they look nice?' persuasion, but I appreciate some people are more historically discerning ;)
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Great work CID 8)
They are a joy to paint, aren't they?
As far as the blue goes, personally, I'm of the 'who gives a toss as long as they look nice?' persuasion, but I appreciate some people are more historically discerning ;)
. Thanks, I'm of the same opinion as long as you don't go too overboard and paint designer labels on them lol.
Going to start my second batch tomorrow, they are a joy to paint.
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Dull and dingy this Dark Age clothing, isn’t it.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dark+ages+dye&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiih5umrtrWAhVHfiYKHd4YCe8Q_AUIESgB&biw=1024&bih=666#imgdii=RdTa8oarvuKmbM:&imgrc=50PSy_kFYhCvnM:
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I snaffled this from facebook; reenactment group Thegns Of Mercia recently showed a picture of freshly dyed linen.
https://www.facebook.com/search/str/woad/stories-keyword/stories-public?esd=eyJlc2lkIjoiUzpfSTE5MTA0NDM4NDM0MjY3MDoxMzkwMzQ1MTExMDc5MjUyIiwicHNpZCI6eyIxOTEwNDQzODQzNDI2NzA6MTM5MDM0NTExMTA3OTI1MiI6IlV6cGZTVEU1TVRBME5ETTRORE0wTWpZM01Eb3hNemt3TXpRMU1URXhNRGM1TWpVeSJ9LCJjcmN0IjoidGV4dCIsImNzaWQiOiJmZmEzMzQxODk4NjhkOWY5OWE3OTAzYjVmZDY4MTk2NCJ9
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I snaffled this from facebook; reenactment group Thegns Of Mercia recently showed a picture of freshly dyed linen.
https://www.facebook.com/search/str/woad/stories-keyword/stories-public?esd=eyJlc2lkIjoiUzpfSTE5MTA0NDM4NDM0MjY3MDoxMzkwMzQ1MTExMDc5MjUyIiwicHNpZCI6eyIxOTEwNDQzODQzNDI2NzA6MTM5MDM0NTExMTA3OTI1MiI6IlV6cGZTVEU1TVRBME5ETTRORE0wTWpZM01Eb3hNemt3TXpRMU1URXhNRGM1TWpVeSJ9LCJjcmN0IjoidGV4dCIsImNzaWQiOiJmZmEzMzQxODk4NjhkOWY5OWE3OTAzYjVmZDY4MTk2NCJ9
Vindicated, lol
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The issue with clothing colours is that they will fade rapidly as natural mordants don't "set" permanently - I paint my lower class warriors with very faded shades and my nobles with brighter
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Lovely job on those.
And as for the colours, they're your toys, paint 'em how you like.
If I had your skill and patience I'd love to get mine looking that vibrant.
I'm working on a WAB army of the same models http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=102620.0 and they are great models to paint.
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The issue with clothing colours is that they will fade rapidly as natural mordants don't "set" permanently - I paint my lower class warriors with very faded shades and my nobles with brighter
That' s indeed the overall consensus, the higher status the warrior had, the better quality his clothing and gear. In Warhammer Ancient Battles - Shieldwall are some thougts about that.
I think the main confusion over here is that the colour Indigo ( as posted in the link by Dags ) isn't exactely the same as Blue.
But hey, as long as were not talking about purple, anything goes lol.
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I always think the academics, who say colour would wash out quickly, don't do their own laundry.
Fruit juice stains, for one are a sod to get out!
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Ah what the hell, one more parting shot. Again from the Thegns and snaffled from facebook. (although I can't link a specific post). The description reads: "Mid 6th century Anglian freo (lady) or sithwif (princess) impression. The elaborate peplos dress (made this summer by members Æd and Lindsey) is of extremely fine diamond-twill natural wool dyed with real woad (some of which home-grown).
The fine, 4-colour tablet-woven detailing is in the style of the 6th century Snartemo V weave. The under-dress is of natural linen in plain/tabby weave, with trim at the neck of the same material dyed with woad and then overdyed with weld to achieve a subtle turquoise. The overdress is pinned together at the shoulders by a pair of silvered small-long brooches with abundant swags of beads between, and, finally, a square-headed brooch centrally, which can be used to pin a cloak or shawl. "
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Excellent work! ;)
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A few more Footsore beauties including Guinevere. I painted her as described in Cornwalls Arthur trilogy, flowing red hair.
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Super stuff, like your fish scale decoration on the draco in particular.
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Lovely stuff.
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Very nicely painted :-*
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Lovely work 8) 8)
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Thanks chaps, next some enemies.
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The enemy.
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Wonderful stuff. Love the tattoos.
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You would not wish to meet them in the dark, or otherwise.
Fine looking tattoo work.
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Good work
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Very original and characterful!
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Great stuff 8)
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Thanks again guys, next up some more Picts and the start of my Arthurian cavalry.
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My first two mounted Arthurians.
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Well turned out troops there, so stealing the checks for my next batch of figures.
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Looking great! :-*
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Excellent paintjob, the shields are fantastic! Congrats!
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A few Irish and Merlin.
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More shots.
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Fine work, I like your colour palette for the fianna.
Have you seen the new pack with swords, spears etc. they are very nice some of Bills best IMHO
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Great paintjob!
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Arthur and Picts.
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More views.
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Really nice those.
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Those are simply superb. Extremely nice detail, especially on tattoos and garments.
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I love that bear on Arthur's shield.
That's such a simple idea of identifying him as Arthur and such a good one.
I think I'm going to get myself a suitable Arthur figure and do the same.
Lovely models.
I think your metals lack a bit of depth though.
Treat metallic colours like any colour - they need a base shade and a highlight shade. Instead of going with the silver straight on the undercoat and leaving it at that, try using a 'natural steel' colour first and then using the silver to highlight.
You've got me in the mood for some Arthurian games though.
Thanks for the input, but I think it's my photos that don't show the detail. I do base coat with steel plate, just doesn't show on photos.
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Boru and Heavy.
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I love those Footsore minis!
Great job painting them up!
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Excellent vignette! Bravo!
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Very well done!
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nice collection
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More Irish added.
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Beautiful painting!
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Especially the middle pic is awesome :o
Great paintjob!