Edward the Black Prince

[Paul P.]

Hi Chris
To be honest i have no idea, hadnt thought about it, if it turns out that it cant be cast ill do one from milliput

Paul

[Paul P.]

OK milliput it is then ;D

Paul

[`Boots`]

I`m just sitting here with a look on my face................absolutely outstanding my friend, i`m for the crown as well and good luck on getting the casting right matey!!

[TRM]

Unbelievably impressive Paul!!!! Keep this rolling!!!

[Paul P.]

hi All

Boots and T many thanks for the comments, ;D

Bit of a change of plan, as i said before i have seen different pics of the lion on the helmet, some where the lion has a mane and some where it doesnt, I had assumed that the lion on the original had had the mane worn off, HOWEVER after a bit more research and a phone call to a nice woman at canterbury catherdral it turns out the lion had NO mane

So ill be busy filing and sanding the mane away, pics to follow later

Paul

[Paul P.]

Hi jackwagon

To be honest i hadnt thought of that idea either, ill have a go at the milliput crown and see how that goes, but the foil crown might be a better idea ............and dont call me shirley..

Paul

[Paul P.]

OH thats great youve let the cat out of the bag now,

How would i do a photo etched crown ? the only thing i can think of is just to supply alu foil with the kit and the buyer would have to make their own, not difficult i grant you, but just wondering if theres a better way....

Paul

[Paul P.]

Hi Chris
Sorry you pre empted me, by cat out of the bag i meant what jackwagon said about the names LOL.....Shirley !!!!

Yeah some pics show it without the crown, but just to be accurate the original did have a crown on it, ive been watching videos on photo etching, doesnt look tooooo difficult

Paul

[Paul P.]

Hi all
Chris thanks ill send him a pm, ive looked at different ways to do photo etching you can even get a photo etch kit ;D

Anyway this is the lion as it stands, mane shaved off and shaped, the mouth has been opened and teeth added, i did add a tongue but it was so fine it kept breaking so that is something that will definately have to be added with foil, and of course the crown, its not bad but is something that could be improved on so it will stay for now and i will keep trying other ways







And finally a pic with it sat in the hand, i also finished shaping the hand and added some rivets to the plates



All for now

Paul

[robbo]

Stunning? not arf mate, you certainly can scratch things matey

[Paul P.]

Hi All

Cheers Robbo hows things with you ??

jackwagon, always an idea that i hadnt thought of, its 6mm dia, ill have a look for some tubing tomorrow. Got your base more or less finished, just waiting for the varnish to dry, and yes i got your email thanks, i loved that kit it looks very detailed. dont know if ive got the experience with that sort of kit to pull it off though

Paul

[robbo]

Things are groovy this end mate

[Deleted]

Hello Paul
This is my first thread and im gobsmacked at quality of your work,
Brilliant

Gaz

[Paul P.]

Hi all

28ten thanks for the tip

Gaz and tiger312, thanks for the comments, ive tried to make it 200mm which i think is about 1/10 scale

[`Boots`]

Just doin` me Sunday catch up bud..............man that looks freakin` amazing................think i`ll stick with me cars tho fella ;D ;D ;D

[Paul P.]

Hi All

Cheers Boots, ill probably be getting tips from you after christmas, def know number 2 son has got me a tamyia F1 mclaren car...... ;D

Well ive been doing the other arm and the coif, which was the chainmail hood, tried it first with super sculpy but after i fired it it lost some of the detail, so redid it with milliput. I had difficulty getting the hood part to look right, so i made a hood then folded it down.....Der







The inside of the coif was lined with leather so more detail will be added after this dries. Also finished the left hand poldron, im only doing the left arm to just past the elbow

all for now

Paul

[TRM]

Another fine update Sir!!! Think that hood looks tops there!!!

Heres another one for good measure....


(gonna hold you to that "Rusty Knight" you know )

[Paul P.]

Hi all

T always a pleasure

Chriss67 cheers mate, i wouldnt consider myself a master but thanks anyway

jackwagon thanks mate, ill check with the PO tomorrow, im going into town at lunchtime anyway, we do still have pony express up.......... i think they have donkeys here not ponies

Paul

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

That would be a hard decision to make. A big cat on your head or a monkey on your back.

This has been a good show so far
Tony

[406 Silverado]

I'm speechless......wow

[`Boots`]

Utterly fantastic buddy............ ;D

[Paul P.]

Hi All
Thanks for the comments guys.

Ive found some 6mm steel tubing in Wickes so ill be making another crown shortly, the sword belt has been finished using milliput and the embossing and buckle are made from stretched spru, ive also positioned the right arm in the finished position and filled in under the arm pits



The next big problem is the surcoat. this had quarters of fleur de lys and lions which would have been embroidered on, so would be slightly raised. As i see it i have 3 choices
1......let the modeller paint them on

2......try to make the shapes and then fix them on

3......transfers, but where to get them

HELP !!!!!!!!!

all for now

Paul

[Paul P.]

jackwagon i was thinking the same thing.........more or less.....well probably less actually . ill have to order some foil

Parcel getting posted tomoz, the good lady is going into sunny penrith so she offered to post it

Paul

[TRM]

Brilliant Paul!!! Everything is looking great!! The belt is particularly sweet!!! Foil tricky-dicky thing sounds like a good idea!! (that's cause I am trying to imagine painting them all on) LOL!!! Some really nice progress...keep it going!!

[Paul P.]

Hi All
thanks for the comments guys, I had a small piece of foil left and spent and hour trying to make a fleure de lys, in fact after 4 attempts i gave up, it was just tooooooo small to cut out and the lion was worse. So my next attempt was in milliput, i pushed the milliput onto the body then cut a square out and then shaped the fleure de lys with a fine blade, also did the same with the lion. when it had gone off i sanded them down to a good thickness and then shaped them some more, finally adding some detail with a sculpting tool.



both of these took and hour and a half to complete so i think it will be a while before the surcoat is finished, still its not a race

let me know what you think

Paul

[Paul P.]

Hi jackwagon
Dont know if i was doing it wrong, tried with scissors and a sharp knife, the bits were too small for my clumpy hands

[406 Silverado]

Still think it's mind blowing what you fellas do with figs. this is a work of art.

[johnt]

Hi Paul, awesome work mate, very impressive!

Cheers
JT

[Paul P.]

Hi All
First of all i just want to wish everyone a happy and peaceful christmas and a prosperous new year ;D

Just a quick update, ive been slugging away at the heraldry on the surcoat, and also added a couple of straps either side that would hold the 2 halves of the breast plate together





The bottom lion has just been started so ill have to wait for the milliput to go off before adding the detail.

all for now

Paul

[armorguy]

Wow ! I like sculpting too and this looks soooo right !