Just a quick paint today. We had a tradesman round to replace the battered garage door and make a couple of our outbuildings more secure. and working with him took most of the morning. The afternoon was spent at the dentist getting my dry socket cleaned out and repacked. New antibiotics too.
Still, it was fun to work on this injured, or even dead, chap. As with the Feudal Dwarf, I got to play around with painting chainmail. I used a black basecoat as before and drybrushed over in layers of brighter silver. Proper medieval fans can no doubt name all of the different parts of the armour and having played a little Kingdom Come Deliverance I may be able to do the same. The gambeson was Bleached Bone with a little Snakebite Leather mixed in, highlighted up by adding white. His surcoat I kept a simple green as I'm still not ready for complex pattern work.
I am pleased with the gold colours on the hilt of the blade and his great helm. Brown and orange inks help a far bit when shading gold and I'm still experimenting with this. Thanks to WD of the early 2000s, I know to give any gold a tiny silver highlight here and there.
Mixing PVA glue, scarlet ink and Red Gore together, I created a glossy blood tone and dabbed it painfully around poor Sterben's wounds. He is now ready for a battlefield which needs a few extra touches.
Most of the C26 range is available from the Wargames Foundry in various packs, though not all of the figures have made the light of day yet. It seems that this chap has long been one of the them. You can pick him up alongside another very early Citadel model from their website now.
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