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Hi all,<br>
Heraldry is quite something different when you're used to WWII camo patterns, but here's my first effort at a Roman shield, leaning against a nearly finished centurion. Looks big, but the original is actually about 2cm high.<br>
<img src="http://www.jloorthuys.myweb.nl/Webmapje/Schildcenturio.jpg"> <p>Greets<BR>
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It's lovely, Jasper! Did you say you were using oils? A very nice 3D effect on the boss if in fact it's painted on and not in real relief.<br>
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Thanks! It's painted mainly in Humbrol enamels. Just the ribbon and the lines around the leaves are in oils. The shield boss is in 3D, painted with Humbrol metalcote and then given a coat of varnish and black. The scratches are just that: the shield was scratched with a hobby knife and the scratches were then painted with darkbrown with the edges in a very light yellow.<br>
<p>Greets<BR>
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Jasper</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/ujasperoorthuys.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Jasper Oorthuys</A> at: 8/28/01 6:55:23 pm<br></i>
Excellent! It really looks nice. <p></p><i></i>
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Your painting of the shield is excellent.<br>
I wonder if you would add that excellence to a whole army (wargames size), or just an individual figure? If a whole army, then that shows some degree of devotion and deserves a wargamers admiration <p></p><i></i>
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Thanks, but remember, this is not a wargame figure. It's 54mm size, a lot bigger. And FYI, if I started a wargaming figure collection, I probably wouldn't spend this much time on it. I'd go mad!<br>
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For Jasper's benefit, just to show that the hoplites he was considering buying aren't too difficult to manage, these are the first 28mm I've tried in 5 years,. if you're after Athenians Jasper you'll have to wait, the spartans arrived first <p></p><i></i>
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Looking good Catiline! Nice grizzled spartan veterans. For now I'll leave wargames figures for what they are. Bought some great 54mm Romans a while ago. Will keep you posted. <p>Greets<BR>
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I would like to commend you Jasper, on you skill with oils. I've never been able to paint THAT well with them!<br>
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Thanks for the compliments *blush*<br>
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- Good brushes<br>
- 15 years of practice<br>
- Working very slowly<br>
- Oil helps: it's better controllable because it hardly flows. Disadvantage: it takes ages to dry. <p>Greets<BR>
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Found a trick for shield patterns in Military Modelling. I tried it on a parma and it works fine. I found a fitting, head-on picture of a shield. It was resized to fit the model and then printed. I sanded the paper as much as possible and then glued it on the shield with thinned white glue. When dry, I sanded the edges once more and then you're left with a perfect painting pattern. Real easy!<br>
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I am a painter a builder of mostly Napoleonic military models, but have done some Romans and medivals. A hint for all who face problems with complex heraldry: for you lazy bastards, Border Miniatures have made, in my view, excellent decalls. For an authentic look, place the decall and then use it as a painting guide.
Both Andrea Miniatures and, I think the company is calles Rufi??? but excuse me if I spelled it wrong, make great heraldic decalls.
Still: the biggest challenge is to make something from scratch. I did just that using the old Airfix multipose 8-th army sprue, and made a 1-st century leginonaire of that poor guy. So he made a time travel of about 1900 years. For the pilum, I used a steel pin and the handle of a, tyvm Revel, German Panzerfaust. The scutum, it was a stand for the figures cut down to seize and curved with a pyrograph.
Pics will follow, but being at work, I can't do that now
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Where is the image? :?
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Well, here are some pics. More will follow.
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