Queen Boudicca of the Iceni

[Deleted]

That is so cool, The Horse is stunning.

[Leon]

Excellent color for the leggings Paul.Looking good.

[Paul P.]

Thanks Luigi

Cheers jackwagon, the mug was a fathers day gift from Jack, about the only time I can be king,and don't knock it till you've tried it


many thanks Boots

Cheers Bruce and Bill

Thanks Mac hopefully will get the back end done soon


Cheers Leon

Im just thinking ahead at the base, I noticed that the in thing at the mo is black bases, and im not sure if I like them or not. I suppose it makes the model pop and they can be made from mdf, so dilemma of natural wood or painted ??
more to follow shortly

Paul

[Paul P.]

right you are then, I need to find a real nice bit of wood then


Paul

[Deleted]

Paul,if you could get hold of a nice 'ring' of oak,and get it all varnished up?

[Deano]

Stunning results as usual Paul , inspiring figure work all round!

Deanop

[`Boots`]

Defo natural wood for me matey....

[Steve Zuleski]

Looks stunning to me Paul, standing by for more.

Cheers, Ski.

[Paul P.]

Hi all

Cee Bee cheers mate, Oak is something i have plenty of, ill probably have a look for something a bit more Exotic, trouble is theres nothing exotic in Penrith, apart from my good lady of course

Many thanks Deano

OK Boots Au Natural it is then

Thanks for the comments Ski

Well i think the overall opinion is natural wood, so like i said ill see what i can find around the wood yards around here

Just one update pic so far, and thats of his other leg





Ferkin works been busy so i havnt had a chance to do much at the bench and SWMBO is talking decorating before Xmas , Should get some more done at the weekend

Paul

[bullardino]

Pants color is really nice

[vlpbruce]

Great job my friend.

[Paul P.]

Many thanks Luigi and Bruce


I was wrong one more update, I thought he looked a bit plain so ive added his sword belt to go over his shoulder




just the belt pin to add when the milliput has gone off

Paul

[wbill76]

Pant legs match and a new belt to go with it! Nice little update there Paul.

[bullardino]

Nice addition, Paul

[Paul P.]

Cheers Dicky, as for Karen being foreign, well she does speak Geordie, not to sure if thats exotic though

Many thanks Bill and Luigi

OK belt strap painted and ive started on the cloak, Tartan mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, this will be fun . just the base coat first, a mix of green, white and yellow









more to follow

Paul

[wbill76]

Have every confidence in you Paul, that tartan doesn't stand a chance.

[AndyArgent.]

Paul this is awsome work buddy.A real inspiration to us all.

[bullardino]

That's going to be real fun. As dicky asked, SBS please

[Leon]

Looking forward to your paint magic on the cloak Paul ;)The driver looks excellent mate.

[Paul P.]

Hi all

Dicky, I opened the tin of tartan paint and guess what, the ferkin colours had all mixed together , don't ya just hate it when that happens

Cheers Bill, good job someone does

Many thanks Andy, I might pick your brains when I come to do the ground work

Luigi SBS on the way

Many thanks Leon

More to come shortly, ill get the camera geared up ready


Paul

[Paul P.]

Wonder if I just dip the cloak in the tin, it will come out ready tartaned then

Paul

[Paul P.]

sounds like a plan, im sure she wont mind ,

Paul

[Paul P.]

just almost. ?

Paul

[Deleted]

It'll end in tears!!!! ...or is that Tears???

[bullardino]

Thanks a lot, Paul. I'm thinking of painting some tarp in tartan style

[406 Silverado]

Was just getting caught up on the last few pages. Simply stunning Paul. I still love the chariot, the scratch work is fantastic.

[deafpanzer]

WOW! Catching up here.... figure looks superb!

[Paul P.]

Hi all

Well jackwagon i tried yr method and im now modeling from the doghouse, you and your almost certain

Cheers Luigi coming right up

Many thanks Boss glad ya like it

Thanks Andy


OK the cloak, as Dicky promised ya ill do an SBS on tartan , this is not by any means a be all and end all of how to paint tartan, but rather my interpretation of it. It would seem that there are a plethora of different tartans around, some with the same colours but slightly different on the thickness of certain stripes, must have been very confusing trying to differentiate between some clans. So the problems i have found when painting tartan is that its very time consuming for little result and you need a very fine brush and good eyes, one out of two isnt bad then .
This tartan will have a green base, Blue check, with yellow and red.and ill start on the inside where it is darker, that way if i cock it up you wont be able to see it

When the base colour has been painted this needs to be highlighted and shadowed as per usual. ive put very deep shading at the top and on the lower parts of the cloak







The next stage is to paint in the main check colour, in this case blue, thse will have to be as uniform as possible and i started on the outer edge so that i had the edge as a guide












Once you are happy with this it then needs to be highlighted and shaded in the same places as the green base, so where the blue is nearer to the top i added a touch of white gradually and nearer the bottom i added a touch of brown, and carefully painted over the original lines, again as this is acrylics its a case of layering each colour a bit at a time.




As you can see the blue parts now have the highlights and shading in the same place as the base green coat did. Next step is the yellow, this is a very thin line in that goes onto the green squares, again in a checker pattern





The next step is to mix a darker blue, this one i have mixed about 4 shades darker than the original. This colour is to go on where the vertical and horizontal blue stripes meet, so all the blue junctions are painted in this darker blue and where they are in shadow ive mixed an blue even darker in colour








And the final colour is red, this goes on in a very fine line in the middle of the blue check.






As i said at the start this a very times consuming thing to paint as each colour needs to be highlighted and shadowed. The outside of the cloak will be a bit lighter and perhaps a bit clearer in the pics so ill post some more when its done


Paul

[deafpanzer]

No masking tape at all?!?!?!? Are you really a human being?

[bullardino]

Wow