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Title: How to paint battle damage on shields (with pics again)
Post by: Lt. Hazel on January 17, 2016, 09:22:34 PM: Hi!

Nearly a year ago Aggro84 asked me to share my shield weathering recipe. I promised to do so and here it is. I is not "my" method of painting shields, Tom Weiss himself told me how to paint the scratches etc.

I took a Perry Miniatures Pavise and went with a rather simple geometric design.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/504_22_12_17_6_05_25_0.jpg)

The method works best with yellow or ocre, so I painted the pavise with Desert Yellow (Vallejo Modell Colour). I blended in some Ivory at the top and some light Brown at the bottom so simulate a zenital higlight. The pointed bar was outlined with black and filled with Hull red (VMC). Then I added more and more Flat Red (VMC) to the Hull Red and made a last highligth with pure, diluted Flat Red.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/504_22_12_17_6_04_06_2.jpg)

Now I mixed Burnt Umber with Black and painted some scratches caused by sword or axe strokes, which I placed mainly on the upper part of the pavise. I also painted dots to simulate spearthrusts and some irregular, larger Areas where paint chipped of.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/504_22_12_17_6_04_06_0.jpg)
With diluted Ivory I now painted Highlights just below the scratches and dots. I your shield is blue or green or any darker colour just mix some amount of the base colour to the Ivory.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/504_22_12_17_6_04_06_1.jpg)
My favourite step is to add "mud" to the shield, mostly at the bottom but I always make some mud spots here and there on the whole shield. I took an old brush and stippled dark Brown and Mid Brown on the pavise. Do not load your brush with too much paint please. Now that is all you Need to do.

I hope some of you find this tutorial helpful.

Cheers
Jan
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: painterman on January 17, 2016, 09:33:16 PM: Cracking tutorial - very effective technique on the shields and the steel.
Many thanks Lt Hazel.
Simon.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: gamer Mac on January 17, 2016, 10:05:59 PM: lovely :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Vagabond on January 17, 2016, 11:28:57 PM: Excellent tutorial, thanks for posting it.

I painted some Vikings this summer and was going to try this effect but bottled out in the end. They currently have clean and undamaged shields. Not fighting hard enough I guess. ;)
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: OSHIROmodels on January 17, 2016, 11:42:43 PM: Splendid little tutorial Jan 8)

cheers

James
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Dr DeAth on January 18, 2016, 12:03:05 AM: Extremely useful, thanks.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Lt. Hazel on January 18, 2016, 06:27:58 AM: I am glad you like it fellas!
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: pocoloco on January 18, 2016, 07:57:30 AM: Amazing tut! :o Many thanks, now all I need is to have a steady hand and great skill with the brush, then maybe I could have something like yours as the end result :D
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on January 18, 2016, 08:23:26 AM: Thanks for the tutorial. You have some very nice figures there.

Tony
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Hammers on January 18, 2016, 09:41:05 AM: A how to in its pride. Thanks!
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: verd on January 18, 2016, 02:11:38 PM: Excellent ! Thanks for share it
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Driscoles on January 18, 2016, 02:16:12 PM: Thank you, this is a very helpful tutorial.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Remgain on January 18, 2016, 07:10:23 PM: Thank you very much indeed!!

Grazie!
Marco
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Hu Rhu on January 18, 2016, 09:15:55 PM: Oh yes. :) A simple ??? tutorial that I hope to follow with some of my roman shields. Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Jeff965 on January 18, 2016, 09:41:24 PM: It's posts like this that make this forum, great tutorial thanks.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: flags_of_war on January 18, 2016, 10:15:34 PM: superb :)
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Lt. Hazel on January 18, 2016, 10:19:17 PM: Quote from: Jeff965 on January 18, 2016, 09:41:24 PM
It's posts like this that make this forum, great tutorial thanks.

Exactly! I love Tutorials, and here are so many fine ones to watch! I wanted to give a Little bit back to this Great Community and it affects me to read all your nice comments.
So I thank you for making my day!

Jan
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: aggro84 on January 19, 2016, 03:41:28 AM: Lovely!
Thank you so much. It was definitely worth the wait!
A very useful tutorial.
Your brush skills never cease to amaze me!
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Andym on January 19, 2016, 07:23:55 AM: Great tutorial! 8)

Have you tried the opposite way round with the damage? What I mean by that is paint the light colour first then the dark. It means you don't need quite as fine a line to give the chipped paint look.

For example, put a random blob of light, the a randon blob of dark slightly above it, leaving the slightest sliver of light paint underneath it.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: tomrommel1 on January 20, 2016, 10:06:34 AM: thanks for the tutorial
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: nervisfr on January 30, 2016, 07:27:24 AM: Great skill brush and paint job.

I use the same technic but with a cutter instead a brush and before paint job, of course o_o

Great tutorial like those i like to read.

Cheers
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Blackwolf on January 30, 2016, 07:53:28 AM: Nice!
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: horridperson on April 12, 2016, 11:17:14 AM: That looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I'm really excited to try out this technique on some of my frostgrave mercenaries.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Melnibonean on May 09, 2016, 08:02:59 AM: Great stuff. Much better than my efforts.
Thanks for sharing your skills.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Michi on May 09, 2016, 08:37:11 AM: I tried it. It works nicely - thank you so much!
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QLVyEEdbM0M/VyYdjGh6w7I/AAAAAAAAJDE/jlNxiBe0n8Uc6Qvd-1ziiYHC1-hsECOzgCLcB/s1600/Normannen%2B011.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjxwyRst5Xo/VyYdjysahzI/AAAAAAAAJDI/8N9Q_M8ibr8VP6zt446CqFdKlOYcAkqvQCLcB/s1600/Normannen%2B013.JPG)
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Romark on May 29, 2016, 10:31:27 PM: Just discovered this tutorial,great stuff,really useful,thanks for posting :)
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Lt. Hazel on June 05, 2016, 07:53:39 PM: Whaaaat?!? Michi I missed your Pics. Fantastic. Even better than mine..That was NOT my intention 😄😄😄
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Hupp n at em on June 06, 2016, 01:31:00 AM: Great tutorial! May have to try it out myself. :)
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: Michi on June 06, 2016, 07:31:35 AM: Quote from: Lt. Hazel on June 05, 2016, 07:53:39 PM
Whaaaat?!? Michi I missed your Pics. Fantastic. Even better than mine..That was NOT my intention 😄😄😄

You was on five, I was on ten in LPL10. That is going to change soon. Thank you... :D
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields
Post by: tanktastic43 on June 06, 2016, 07:40:23 AM: Excellent!

Thanks for sharing.

tt43.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields (with pics again)
Post by: Lt. Hazel on December 22, 2017, 05:16:24 PM: I replaced the dead photobucket links with new ones. I am now Hosting all my pics on LAF, I am not willing to pay 399 USD for crappy photobucket.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields (with pics again)
Post by: Hammers on December 22, 2017, 07:06:40 PM: Quote from: Lt. Hazel on December 22, 2017, 05:16:24 PM
I replaced the dead photobucket links with new ones. I am now Hosting all my pics on LAF, I am not willing to pay 399 USD for crappy photobucket.

Excellent! Thanks.
Title: Re: How to paint battle damage on shields (with pics again)
Post by: Andym on December 23, 2017, 08:25:47 AM: Well worth the effort! Cheers!