I've used my usual method - a fairly well loaded layer of GW silver is applied, just leaving the deepest recesses and on areas of mail, to show the black undercoat. Then a covering of a 50:50 mix of GW washes of black and brown, letting it run into the detail and trying to get some gradual shading across larger plate surfaces. When dry, a drybrush of silver, trying to catch all the hard edges as a highlight. Other non-metallic areas are then blackened again - straps, cloth, scabbards, weapon shafts, etc and then painted.
One of the Burgundian men at arms has blue-finished harness and the figure wearing the coat depicts Claude de Vaudray, a chamberlain in the duke's household, who fought at the battle of Morat. A harness for the foot joust which is attributed to him, and dated about 1500, still exists in Vienna.
The next batch are in progress....
They look great! I'd been holding off getting a box of these since I already have a bunch of metal foot knights, but seeing yours finished is awfully tempting...
ReplyDeleteTerrific job on those new Perry foot knights Simon, and the addition of your plumes and the sculpted red crosses on the armour has given these a very cool Burgundian look!
ReplyDeleteVery nice indeed :-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent stuff, first I've seen completed and they do look great. Nice stuff!
ReplyDeleteThey look great sir! nice armour effects.
ReplyDeletejust finished my first batch to www.1066campaign.blogspot.co.uk
Very nice! Like the metal plumes. Are they for sale? My box arrived last week. It came together with another box of European mercenaries and mounted MAA. However, the conversion possibilities between the different boxes are not as good as I thought them to be. Stefan
ReplyDeleteAfraid I dont have any spare castings at the moment, but if I get more done, I'll see about offering some on here. Shame that you dont think the conversion options exist - personally I think there are many.
DeleteHave a look for the figures that Captain Blood has done on the LAF Forum with the Perry plastics.
Far too complicated!
ReplyDeleteI sprayed them silver with army painter silver primer, blocked on the colours, and then used army painter dark tone. They look just the same as yours but I did all 38 in two hours ;-)
Jason - that sounds tempting - still have 6 to go to finish my first unit! Army Painter dark tone does work well on steel armour, used on some of my HYW for speed.
DeleteLove 'em! I've got a box of these too and am very impressed. Your paint work is excellent.
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