I have now done the main horse colours and the faces, headdress and some of the main blocks of colour. They are going to be very colourful when done.Horses were done in what was for me a fairly old oil and enamel mix technique - this gives plenty of time to shade and highlight to get he result I wanted. I undercoated the horses in range of differing colour shades and gave them a light oil wash and left them overnight. Next day I again did another light oil wash of Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna or Indian Red and then used Enamel white and leather brown and some white spirit blended the colours with oil to get a whole range of shades and finishes.
I have then just worked on one to finish it , to work out the various colours and processes that need to done for the rest.
He has come up rather well I think.
In between all this colourfulness I have also knocked off a French Legere - they seem to have been popular recently!
Aim is to complete the Mamalukes this week - there is the sound of Sudan drums - there is an order on the way!
Stunning! Absolutely stunning!
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Stokes
Fantastic colors on the Mameluke; the group will surely be jaw-dropping impressive. BTW, could you tell who makes the Legere? They look great too. Dean
ReplyDeleteDeanM , they are Elite miniatures full dress variation 1812
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!!
ReplyDeleteAs always, great stuff. Looking forward to seeing them all finished.
ReplyDeleteIan
Lovely Mameluks. But hey, les Legeres really do look awesome.
ReplyDeleteElite really turned stiff toy-soldiers into fighting miniature-men. Units made up with these models still look brilliant.
Glorious!
ReplyDeleteGreg
when you mentioned this project i knew the mamalukes would look good. nice job mate.
ReplyDeleteThanks Obi Wan....enjoy your newly aquired Plastics!
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