Last week I had the pleasure of painting up the pre-slotta Werebear model from Ral Partha and some eagle-eyed readers on the Facebook group noticed that the model bore a slight resemblance to the Mighty Avenger, Bryan Ansell himself. Steve Casey was quick to point out that there was indeed a Bryan Ansell model out there that shared a striking resemblance to the Werebear, and here it is... The famous (or should that be infamous?) Midland Troll!
I had such a good time painting up the previous model that I decided to spend some time this Bank Holiday Monday painting the other one, only with the green tunic replaced with a mighty Foundry T-Shirt!
Yellow is a very difficult colour to paint I have found and this was the first time I ever worked with it over such a large area but I feel that I have handled the tone reasonably well. Its simple a Sunburst Yellow basecoat worked up with Foundry's Boneyard Light in the same fashion as the Werebear. I was also keen to work on my skin painting once more, this time trying to nod towards Mike McVey rather than Kevin Dallimore.
The two models hare exactly the same base, and I managed to get a 'Chico style' (ie blurry) picture of the bottom of the base before I stuck it down. I plan to add a few more items of detail to the bases of these two models until I would consider them finished. I sculpted some mushrooms earlier on today and I shall be painting them up and adding them to the bases - perhaps with a little static grass too - in the near future.
I hope you enjoy my painting efforts!
Orlygg
Nice work. You have handled the yellow well there, I really like the contrast on the seams of the t-shirt. Couple of mushrooms on there will work a treat.
ReplyDeleteYellow is really a tough colour to paint. I always used to shade with orange but felt that this made the result just look like a washed out orange anyway. I find that no shade works better in this case, though I have red in various places that brown is also a worthy shade for yellow. Projects like this allow you to experiment and try out new ideas, as well as pushing those all important boundaries!
DeleteThanks again, by the way, for the excellent Irish company at BOYL this year. I bet the poor barman was happy when we buggered off to sleep at about 3:30 am!
DeleteVery nice; your lettering and edge-highlighting on the yellow work a treat.
ReplyDeleteThe lettering took some time to get right, though the red background really helped to cover up the mistakes- inlluding a green fingerprint across the front as I was finishing the base!
DeleteVery crisp and clean - especially on the lettering and the yellow is nice and vibrant. Cracking work as ever!
ReplyDeletehahaha love him. And the lettering is indeed very good.
ReplyDeleteLike others have said, the lettering is excellent! The yellow is beautifully executed too.
ReplyDeleteThey make a great pair.
Thank you all for your kind comments. They really are very nice models to work on, once you get the paint to stay put due to the high content of lead in them!
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