Perry miniatures continued...

Here's our man with most of the base colors blocked in. I leave the fleshy bits for last usually.

I'm not happy with the lighting.Things are looking alot bluer than they actually are. I'll have to ask Joe what he thinks the problem is. These were shot outside by the woodshed as usual but the day was overcast and gloomy.

Well I lost patience waiting for the weather to break and therefore better lighting for photos and painted farther along in the process than I had intended. It was supposed to be a step by step photo thing...but as you can see I skipped a few steps. I've already blocked in all the base colors applied a black wash and started the over painting namely the blue and white of the livery coat. Dry brushing of the pants has also been done.

So there you have it so far. I'll continue with the painting and try to post more often. BHS.

Perry Plastic War of the Roses

I thought it was about time I wrote another entry in the blog. It's been over a month. While in Madrid I visited a war-game shop I saw advertised in Wargames lllustrated. Atlantica Juegos was only a short three minute walk from our hotel. After coming all the way to Spain I couldn't leave empty-handed so I picked up my first box of Perry plastics,the War of the Roses infantry/archers.
The plan here is to show the gradual development of the figure from the pieces still on the sprue to the finished figure painted,based and ready for battle!

The box,sprues,info sheet and the object of our attention.

He has been based on a one inch diameter washer and then base coated with an ultra flat dark brown spray paint. Thera is one thing that bothers me a little about the head on this figure. If you look closely you can see that he is wearing some sort of hood. There is a raised contour running on either side of his face and under his chin suggesting some kind of head covering. Then if you turn the figure around and look at the back of his head you can see his hair sticking out from under his helmet,which of course should be covered by his hood. Bugs me a little.Designed to confuse the painter! Trivial really on an amazing figure by amazingly talented sculptors.

A few of the colors blocked in. One can see this fellows hood more clearly.

Here his curly locks can be seen protruding from the edge of his helmet ( on top of his hood!). He must have cut a hole in the back of the hood for ventilation purposes thereby allowing his hair to stick out. Ahha that's it. Mystery solved.

So that's all for now. I'll try to get busy and paint a little more on this guy and post again when all the colors are blocked in. BHS.