15mm Celtic Warbands

[Misneach]

2 elements of Celtic warriors from Museum. I added cloaks to some of them to make them less "monopose". I've gone for the most colourful look possible without being completely historically inaccurate (somehow I don't think purple and turquoise tartan was a thing back in the Iron Age  ).

[Rick F]

They're lovely looking figures you've done there. I wouldn't worry about historical accuracy with regards to Celtic clothing, for all we know they could have looked like the Bay City Rollers fan club

[Bloggard]

my goodness those are amazing !! all that freehand in 15mm ?? ! 

[Ranthony]

This is fantastic work, I love the colour schemes and the wayb you've painted the tartan on is first class.

[mc_deli]

I’ve had a pack of these figs for a long time, actually since the 80s, and I never painted them as I didn’t like the sculpts or one pose.

Consider me well and truly shot down and proven so wrong.

These are amazing, really inspiring. I’ve only seen one other 15mm do this kind of magic with eyes.

I you ever make any tutorials pls announce:)
Wiw.

[Ranthony]

Great figures!

Those dyes are perfectly acceptable, we have some amazing natural colours in these isles.
For a culture so well renowned for craft work, I'd think colour would be something they'd have mastered early on.

Take a look here for some inspiration and a colour guide of sorts.

https://www.jennydean.co.uk/dyes-of-the-celts/

Cheers

[Misneach]

Thank you Ranthony  I hadn't seen that source before, thanks very much. It's very helpful!

I you ever make any tutorials pls announce:)

For painting 15mm eyes, I use cheap artist's oil paint and a kind of "dotting tool" I made myself. It's made of a sewing needle glued into the ferrule of an old brush handle. Firstly paint the whole eye in black acrylic. Put some white oil paint on some cardboard to draw out some of the linseed (this will make it cure faster). Then dip the dotting tool into the oil paint, only covering the very tip. Put a dot on either side of the black in the eyes

The oil paint dries so slowly that you don't have to worry about it drying on the needle or brush. It can really speed up painting eyes in this way. I don't think it will work for a lot of 15mm figures though, as the eye sockets need to be quite big (at strictly 15mm scale, you shouldn't really be able to see eyes at all).
Hope this helps! If anything is unclear just ask 

[mc_deli]

Clever! And great results.

[wmyers]

Thank you for the eye painting tip!

It’s the opposite of what I’m used to - I’ll have to try that for 28mm. 

[Clach Umha]

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