The Lion on Crusade

[braxenk]

my my... 

I'm glad I saw these, made my day.

[Dalauppror]

 

[Mad Doc Morris]

Thanks a lot all for your very kind comments. I feel truly honoured.

To add some substance to this post, here's a picture of my makeshift photo setup:



Ingredients are:

• small acrylic mat (many thanks to Lt. Hazel for providing this one)
• random items shifted underneath to create rolling landscapes (a puncher was my weapon of choice here)
• printed backdrop, there are literally millions of high-definition photos online
• daylight bulb, two were preferable but no requirement; a sheet of thin paper attached in front diffuses the light
• a camera, of course; I'm using a no-nonsense compact camera (Canon Ixus)

Perhaps of interest to some.

[Rhoderic]

Thanks for the behind-the-scenes exposition! Will have to take that to heart.

[Goliad]

Lovely work - like the weathering of dust and dirt especially. I try but it never comes up as natural looking as your work. Any recommendation on materials, paint, technique?

[Furt]

Brilliant painting. No one, but NO one does shield weathering like Mad Doc. 

Thanks for the little look at your "studio" too. Uber clever.

[Mad Doc Morris]

No one, but NO one does shield weathering like Mad Doc.

Nah, there are others way ahead. I just had the privilege to learn from one of them, the masterous Lt. Hazel.

Goliad, for any try that works there's one miserable failure. Therefore all the advice I can give is to be prepared to spoil your lovingly decorated minis. It takes some courage to brush over a freehand, I tell you.
If it helps, though: I use the same colours as for the base itself, of course. For mud I apply the lightest colour first (mud fades as it dries). However, with dust I sometimes follow the normal highlighting routine. Personal preference, really. I dab small amounts of paint onto the surface with a worn-out brush (some call that 'stippling'). There's little control, but you want an irregular look anyway. Finally I give it a very light drybrush to highlight the edges.
Cuts and deep scratches in shields are done by two thin strokes of 1) black and 2) white underneath. Both are thinned down, thus the original colours may shine through. If you paint scratches first or last is, again, up to you.

[Big Martin Back]

Ooh! Nice.

I keep getting tempted to add a load of earlier medieval figures to my painting backlog.

[Goliad]

Mad Doc

Thanks for the advice. So far I have always failed the courage test - I start painting over my minis and then panic, wiping off the mud/dust ...

[Little Odo]

Love 'em 

[Jeff965]

Cracking painting, my favourite of them all are the peasants really nice colours and faces.

[Captain Blood]

Great advice Mad Doc, on weathering and photography.
I think I shall try a thin sheet of paper as a diffuser over my fluorescent daylight lamp... See if it changes the outcome 

[Marine0846]

Wonderful painting.
Love them.
I too have a number of Black Tree, I love them.
Also have had excellent service from them.

[aggro84]

The minis are stunning!
 

[Atheling]

Excellent work Mad Doc Morris! 

I think I'd have given the winged helmet a wide birth but everything else looks superb!!

Do not put down those brushes!! 

Darrell.