Author Topic: Chema1986 XVIIc.Gallery:13/09/23 Ark Royal miniatures 1/1200 Spanish ships (Read 39947 times)

chema1986 · « **Reply #120 on:** December 09, 2020, 09:57:44 AM »

Quote from: Atheling on December 09, 2020, 09:36:48 AM

That is one really lovely piece of work

Lovely crisp brushwork and exceptionally confident colour use

Many thanks for your compliments, Master!

Arthur · « **Reply #121 on:** December 09, 2020, 11:01:06 AM »

A very impressive miniature indeed !

chema1986 · « **Reply #122 on:** December 10, 2020, 09:02:21 AM »

Quote from: Arthur on December 09, 2020, 11:01:06 AM

A very impressive miniature indeed !

Many thanks !

DintheDin · « **Reply #123 on:** December 10, 2020, 11:26:23 AM »

Outstanding, impeccable job! Congrats!!!

Paul Richardson · « **Reply #124 on:** December 10, 2020, 02:08:35 PM »

Tremendous

chema1986 · « **Reply #125 on:** December 11, 2020, 10:36:52 AM »

Many thanks guys!

chema1986 · « **Reply #126 on:** December 17, 2020, 12:51:35 PM »

Hello guys,

new post here:

https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/

I am still painting small scenic bases for my late XVII c. macro project, now is the turn of some French.

As this period is full of sieges, from large cities to small villages, I needed siege personel in my armies, so I got my inspiration from a blog I follow and visit regularly: Sidney Roundwood's excellent blog

this is the link of the exact post I "copied"

http://sidneyroundwood.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-council-of-warre-year-of-french.html

I wanted to reproduce a similar scene, where a French officer, maybe Monsieur Vauban, and a siege engineer, were supervising and conducting siege operations in common places like Flanders, Catalonia or The Netherlands in 1670' or so.

The miniatures themselves are a mix of Dixon's miniatures and Wargames Foundry:

- the officer/Vauban is a conversion of a Dixon's Grand Alliance siege engineer with a new head, the head of Louis XIV from Wargames Foundry and green stuff for the hair! I think the result is nice and the two parts from the different manufacturers come together well. I have painted him with a similar uniform to this Vauban painting.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aSrncMPJGf4/X9c68l-PSOI/AAAAAAAADyc/a6ROczYx_joTH9yO2j_B2rP-O4YySRF_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s651/sebastien-vauban-2.jpg

-the siege engineer in armour is Wargames Foundry's, from ECW/ 30 Years War range, very nice miniature, I fell in love with the miniature when saw it and placed and order ! So I left him unmolested, with no conversions haha. Maybe his outfit is a little "demodé" or slightly early from 1670', but I think in siege operation it was common to wear siege armour.

The little maps were downloaded from the abovementioned Sidney Roundwood's blog.

I used a mix of Vallejo and Foundry paints, with occasional Citadel Washes, I hope you like the finished result!

Cheers!

Paul Richardson · « **Reply #127 on:** December 17, 2020, 05:52:30 PM »

Beautifully done. You've coped very well with the fact that the Foundry figure is really very short.

DintheDin · « **Reply #128 on:** December 17, 2020, 05:56:32 PM »

Great vignette! Very inspiring! Cheers!

Lord Raglan · « **Reply #129 on:** December 17, 2020, 06:41:02 PM »

Bloody lovely vignette buddy

chema1986 · « **Reply #130 on:** December 18, 2020, 09:28:32 AM »

many thanks mates for the compliments

chema1986 · « **Reply #131 on:** January 05, 2021, 11:07:40 AM »

Hello friends, and Happy New Year 2021

I have just updated my blog with this mini project:
https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/

I hope you have had a good beginning of the year,

during the Christmas holidays I have painted an army scenic base or objective-base; a black powder cart.

I want to paint some generic miniatures for the logistic part of my XVII c. armies, in this particular case, Spanish Tercios. I have started with this strongbox/cart, for black powder transport and storage.

I remember I bought this little model from North Star 1672 range a couple of years ago, in mdf ,and it is very easy to build and paint.

The miniatures are a converted Wargames Foundry ECW siege engineer, a little dog (Tercios Miniatures) and a Spanish sentry with a firelock from Phoenix Miniatures. I needed a guy with a firelock musket, because Matchlocks muskets near black powder storage have the tendency to detonate the whole rearguard of your army, so better to be cautious with this!

In order to paint the cart I first used a dark brown paint, with a brush, and then I tried a new technique with "Ammo Mig" chipping fluid, applied with the airbrush, after a few minutes I used the airbrush again to paint the gray color over the previous layers, and that's where the magic starts...

I rubbed the grey paint with a brush moistened in water, and thanks to the chipping fluid product, the gray paint was wearing away in a realistic way, revealing the brown layer below.

Then I applied varnish, an oil wash to get it dirty, and a light dry brush of light gray on the edges.

Finally a drybrush coat of earthy colors and some dried mud in the lower parts.

As final details, I put a small black flag with the Burgundy cross in red, since they are typical colors of Spanish artillery, and we know that the black flag with the red cross was used by Spanish and Imperial troops during XVII c.. and on top of the cart, I put a small chain.

Regarding the miniatures, as I already mentioned, they are the well-known Foundry siege engineer, who I decapitated and replaced his head with a versatile Warhammer Empire militia head.

The guard is a Spanish musketeer of the now extinct Phoenix Miniatures, with a musket of the same brand. The uniform is in a typical color of Flanders Tercios during the 1670s; light gray and red facings.

I hope you like this little project.