Young Miniatures Norman Knight Bust

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Your coloured surcoat seems to be a big hit, well done

A dragon to come too, should be a fun day all around with such good weather too.

Do you have many unused paints?, I do, LOL

Have a good day with the paints

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Hi Steve

Yes, this seems to be going down well, which is always a boost. I do in fact have quite a few unused paints, mainly greens for some reason.

Well, I tried the dragon, but couldn't make it work. So here is the finished figure with a compromise on the shield:

[Richard48]

Nice one Pierre.Hes a mean looking dude for sure.Whats next on the bench?
Ricardo

[wasdale32]

Great job

The helmet is probably meant to be "Cuir Bouilli" or "boiled leather" with metal reinforcement - this was used extensively in the pre-medieval period as it was easier to shape than metal and was remarkably tough- see the following link for an example.

http://www.museumreplicas.com/images/Product/large/helmets-armor-shields__2432.jpg

Regards
Mark

[Neil Merryweather]

One of my absolute favourites , Peter:blow-kiss-2:

[Guest]

Lovely painting Peter :smiling3:.

[Jack L]

This is a favourite of mine Peter!!

[Guest]

Ricardo - Many thanks. His Saxon opponent next.

Mark - Many thanks. I suppose then that the leather could have a reddish colour, as here, or even be painted.

Neil, Ralph and Jack - Thank you.

I have done a little refining since the last set of pics:



The large photos always show up a few rough areas, so I've tried to iron those out. Quite a bit more was done to the shield, which was looking too dark. It really is finished now.

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[NickT]

What a superb result Peter !

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Excellent as always.
Jim

[BigGreg]

Peter as usual you deliver terrific paintjob...

[Andy Belsey]

Excellent!! Looking forward to the Saxon.
Andy

[Jason Crausby]

Absolute gem..,,!
Jason

[Guest]

Thanks for your kind words people.

[SteveH]

Morning/ Afternoon Peter

IT difficulties but its all working now.

Another wonderful bust and the shield looks fine even if the Dragon has flown the coop!

Looks like all those unused greens are getting an outing too.

Off to find the opposition

Regard

Steve H