Late Medieval Loiterings (UP 12/04/25, p. 7)

[Ragnar]

Lovely stuff.  I am enjoying how the projects develops. 

[Codsticker]

That is a beautiful little farmstead.

[Atheling]

Both the miniatures and the building are fantastic! 

[painterman]

That's a great looking abode Doc; loving the chicken shed, which I may plagiarise right back!!
Simon

[Mad Doc Morris]

Thanks a lot for all your comments, they're much appreciated! 
I'm making good progress but seriously lack the time for taking photos and posting them on here (or anywhere else). So this is merely a quick update on things yet to come.



All Perry again, including a few and very minor conversions; 'reversed' hat and the like. The dial counters by Warbases are a well-known accoutrement, of course. I find 'gore' effects are easily overdone, thus these casualties are quite toned down. Basing still to be done.

More soon-ish. You know the drill.

[valleyboy]

Bloody superb painting and good to see unbloody casualties which is a personal preference

[Charlie_]

Yes, I prefer casualties to be clean of blood, but to be honest I don't really know why! It's not as if I'm squeamish.

Really amazing painting.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

There is some very nice work here - well done 

[Stärn vo Buebebärg]

Wonderful work! This all looks very promising, I really the balance you manage to strike between the clothes and armour looking worn, used and natural without looking too dirty either. Impressive!

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Fantastic painting, I love the rich saturated colours and the composition of it all! This is a great project to follow!

Would you mind how you proceed with painting the cloth on your miniatures ? Do you apply basecoats washes and highlights?

[levied troop]

Beautiful painting and that building is 

[Mad Doc Morris]

Many thanks again for your comments! A few replies are in order.

Yes, I prefer casualties to be clean of blood, but to be honest I don't really know why! It's not as if I'm squeamish.

I find minis drenched in blood a bit silly. Thank goodness I've never had to suffer seeing people killed in violent encounters. Yet even if there's a lot of gore and intestines involved, why would I display that in great detail on my kitchen table? That said, I will convert some minis for additional markers, and there may be some more blood and violence. But all in good measure.

I really the balance you manage to strike between the clothes and armour looking worn, used and natural without looking too dirty either.

Regarding armour, TBH, this is more of a happy accident and the camera struggling with metallic surfaces. I would love to depict some of the guys, the higher-ups in particular, in mirror-like shining armour. Polished steel was quite common apparently. But I've yet to find paints which provide a convincing finish. I also struggle quite a bit with separating the plates, which realistically shouldn't have pronounced edges – it just looks better, though. Well, onwards and upwards.

Would you mind how you proceed with painting the cloth on your miniatures ? Do you apply basecoats washes and highlights?

Basically it's the old triad method, famously mastered by Kevin Dallimore. I just tend to replace the shade colour by using washes on the basecoat colour. Re-apply that main colour, add some highlights – done. I include more than one highlight, if the first one blends into the basecoat too much. Sometimes it works just fine, on other occasions (like on the fallen Burgundian on the left) contrast gets a bit stark. Perhaps I'll do a step-by-step at some point, but it's really nothing spectacular.

[Corso]

Very nice painting - contrast is lovely and looks very natural. The pike group looks very cohesive without sacrificing individuality.

I noticed the Cadian Fleshtone paint with the old label - that's a good product. Having bought a couple of "newer" versions of the paint I did notice less opacity and being satin.

[MaleGriffin]

Masterfully done! Brilliant! I love your color palette!

[Tonhel]

Looks amazing!