Queen Boudicca of the Iceni

[Deano]

Excellent work , all the textures and detailing look spot on , cant wait to see her all painted up .

Deano

[Tim Stevens]

Excellent work all round fella including the breast reduction surgery....I might need some of that action too!

Did I read that correctly Dicky, or has something been lost in the editing?

Tim

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Sept 9, 2013 13:22:41 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

"I'll be sending these pics of to the British museum just to see what my friend down there thinks "

Why? Ask CB...she was on the bank notes when 'e were a lad!!

Excellent work all round fella including the breast reduction surgery....dunno about the new syrup...I might need some of that action too!

No she weren't!!!....I was serving,when Centurion was a rank,not a Tank!!!

As for the second and third parts of this,I think a LOT of us qualify,eh?

[Deleted]

Just catching up, this is ace.

[Paul P.]

Cheers Andy much appreciated

Thanks Bill MKIII holding up well

Cheers Deano yep im about ready for paint as well

jackwagon ok so id better bring me file and sanding paper as well as spru

Dont listen to em Cee Bee

Thanks Mac glad you like it

OK with Boudicca almost finished this is just about 4/5 done, just another horse to go, soooooooooooo i thought i would get the paints out and multi task, paint and sculpt

I made a start on the chariot, before hand though i had to drill a hole on the axle for the lynch pins to go in, nearly forgot about them




And then primed the whole thing








once the primer had gone off it had a base coat. The original chariot would have been painted so im going for a painted worn look if pos ive started adding a bit of detail to the bindings, and using burnt umber and black painting in dirt marks where wood or metal or leather rub together






highlights are added going up to near white. i then added a pattern on the back and again faded it and added some weathering




I have been hoping to get this finished for Telford in November but i dont think that will happen.

Paul

[Deleted]

Nice to see a bit of colour going on,Sapper!!!!......Don't rush it,ferchrissake!!!!....I't'll keep for Euro next year!!!!

[Paul P.]

Cee Bee dont fret mate no russians here

Thanks jackwagon PM replied

Paul

[Leon]

Nice to see paint on the chariot Paul.The worn areas look aces mate .Boudicca looks fantastic in all her attire.

[wbill76]

Nice progress on the chariot Paul, love the pattern and the wear.

[vlpbruce]

Great paint work so far. I look forward to more.

[Steve Zuleski]

Man, you are not missin a beat Paul, incredible sculpting. Got this one bookmarked too.

Cheers, Ski.

[Paul P.]

Hi all

Cheers Leon its nice to slap some paint on

Thanks Bill, unfortunately i wasnt happy with the pattern so still working on it

Thanks Bruce more coming up

Glad you could join us Steve

Good day today, holiday + s*** weather + wife away = BENCH TIME

So did a bit more to the chariot. ive got rid of the pattern on the back, i didnt think it was good enough, there will be something there but im trying to work out how to paint a celtic rope knot along there, trouble is its quite a samll area and the pattern is complicated so i dont know if it will work






To get a break from painting the bonding i thought id have a go at the drivers face. If you havnt seen it theres a brilliant article on Life Miniatures site lifeminiatures.kr/140178056263 this is the address, with a how to guide on face painting.


So i started with a black base coat



Once the eyes were done i added the highlights to the areas that would get the most light



I then added a shade approx 3 shades darker to the rest of the face




Unfortunately the colours dont show up so good cos i take crappy pics . Anyway from there i mixed 2 colours using the lighter and darker shades to get shades inbetween the 2, if that makes sense, and i used those colours to go over where the 2 shades met to tone down the contrast



Once these had blended i added some very deep shadow and very light highlights and the hair








If you want a more detailed description of how to do it check out the life miniatures site

all for now

Paul

[Paul P.]

LOOL cheers jackwagon,yep good likeness for old Charlie Bronson, purely accidental ......The bonding will take some time to do, so much of it

Paul

[wbill76]

The good thing about whether or not to add a pattern Paul is that the choice is totally up to you! Lashings/bindings are looking great as is the driver dude, nice little SBS on the face to go with it.

[Paul P.]

Thanks Bill yeah your right ill definitely add a pattern, just don't know what yet

Paul

[vlpbruce]

This is Amazingly Amazing work.

[deafpanzer]

GREAT TOOT! We always need them... thanks for doing this. Face looking great... especially the shades.

[Paul P.]

Cheers Bruce

Andy many thanks bud

Just a few pics firstly of the chariot, still plugging away at the bindings




and secondly of the driver dude, i dry brushed the helmet with silver, firstly mixed with black and then for each run at it i reduced the black until i had straight silver at the top. added a bit of brass to the edges and a bit to the pattern, i was really pleased with how the helmet pattern came out . Started on the chainmail and the tartan cloak and then added the chin scales.








more to come

Paul

[Deleted]

Sooooo amazing!

[Deano]

Wow thats some awesome painting and thats only the head and shoulders . look forward to more!

Deano

[Tobi]

Great, great and great! Always a joy to look at that marvelous project.

Cheers,
Tobi

[Deleted]

Ferk me Sapper!!!..You're really cooking with gas at the mo,matey!!!...Ole Charlie looks the beesiness!!!

[vlpbruce]

I echo everybody else here. This amazing!

[wbill76]

You've got good reason to be pleased with that pattern Paul, came out very very nice with the dry-brushing. Really makes it stand out even more as a result.

[Paul P.]

Thanks Bruce glad you like it

Deano cheers mate, its the only bit I'm good at, the head and shoulders

Thanks Tobi glad you like it

Cee Bee me little dreme mucka we have oil here, they haven't discovered gas in this neck of the woods

Thanks Bruce

Cheers Bill, yep i gave meself a pat on the back for that bit

Well i finally managed to do a Celtic pattern on the back of the chariot, this was the 6Th attempt at something that i thought was quite simple, there's still a bit of cleaning up to do for it and the photos are crap, for some reason my camera will not focus close up





basically its a never ending loop that criss crosses along the length.

I then decided to start the horse, I have been doing a bit of research into horses, for some reason i didn't think they were native to this country, turns out they found bones of horses dating 500,000 years ago in graves. So i then looked into variates that would have been around in AD 60, Thousands . After getting all that info Ive gone for something i haven't done before, after all I've made every thing else difficult, why stop at the horse, so its going to be a Skewbald, or brown and white to all you that know nothing about horses

here's the left side with the base coats on, I'm using white and burnt sienna



And here's the right side with shading added and an eyeball





I really have no idea how this will look when its done, but that's 3 things on the go with the painting now so i shouldn't get bored

Paul

[Deleted]

One of these days,Sapper...you will cease to amaze me!.....But on current form,that'll be a long time ferkin comin!!!! ;)Great stuff fella!

[deafpanzer]

YEAH!!! I like the Celtic pattern!!! Great job!

[Paul P.]

jackwagon fanx mushty, sometimes I amaze meself as well


Cee Bee im trying mate, im trying


Andy cheers matey

Paul

[wbill76]

Choice of skewbald is cool! Will that mean the other will be a piebald? Going to look great once all said and done there Paul, very nice work so far on the head/face areas.

[Paul P.]

Bill you read my mind, yep the other one will be piebald

Paul