Verlinden 120mm German Knight

[Guest]

Da, Dah!



Gold and silver effect girly friendship necklaces from Claire's. Plenty there for £9.

[Richard48]

Knights coming along nicely Peter.I have never painted armour in my life mate.You havent been through my jewellery box after my trinkets!!.My real names ifan but me friends all can be fanny hehe.
Richard

[Guest]

Shhh, Richard - I'm pretending I bought them!

Decided to do just a little bit today - the sword scabbard and dagger:



The kit dagger wasn't painting up very well, so I swapped it for another Verlinden example from the spares box.

[JR]

Peter .
Nice shopping haul !
Mr Knight looking smart I like the contrast between the green ,red and the dry brushing silver.
John .

[SteveH]

Nice catch with the chains Peter

Who will be your BFF

Very nice work on the dagger, it looks just right

Nearly there, will you use the base it came with?

Looks a bit like a tavern fight scene!

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Cheers John

Steve - My BFF:

This is Joe, wonder dog.

I tried the new chains, but they looked far too bright. With no way of dulling them down, I decided to try the kit chain:

I think it looks fine after all that fuss (and the humiliation of having to go into Claire's).

I may try a new arrangement of having him hold the flagon, giving a toast. Smaller base I think.

[Steve Jones]

You are changing a few things as you go. Your attention to detail is admirable. Great to see the progress

[Guest]

Many thanks Steve.

He's finished:



The idea of having him holding the tankard did't work out (I ruined it), so I went with the sword option after all.

The box art has the shield on his back, so I removed the moulded straps and made new ones so that he could hold it instead. The shield decoration is taken from a German C14th armorial roll (the finish is slightly more weathered than shown, but my camera has bleached out the detail).

The chains were a lot easier to do than I'd thought they would be. All were easily cut with nail clippers and all stuck the first time - a miracle.

With no tankard, I decided to dig a spare Verlinden helmet out for adding to the base, which is smaller than the one provided.

Not a great finish, but good fun to do nevertheless.

[Jim R]

Hi peter
Beautifully painted. Very colourful. Still can't quite figure out what he is doing in that pose. Ceremonial stance of some sort?
Jim

[Guest]

Many thanks Jim.

I think he's swearing an oath or issuing a challenge - something like that, or 'I can see my house from here.'

[Steve Jones]

Wonderful Peter. Absolutely wonderful. Please tell me you didnt hand paint those straight lines on the shield. If you did, then all is lost!:smiling5:

Glad you enjoyed this project and thanks for sharing

[Guest]

Cheers Steve

Erm, I did hand-paint the shield (after drawing the lines on with a ruler and pencil). It took a while.

[Mickc1440]

An unusual pose Peter but your finish is superb as always.
Mick

[Guest]

Thanks Mick.

[Guest]

Excelent work, I really love it (y)