Queen Boudicca of the Iceni

[Guest]

Ok Paul, I stop.

Does she have a mobile number?

Francesco

BTW, how talk is she (the figure I mean)?

[Guest]

Francesco no mobile im afraid, and shes 120mm 1/16 scale

Paul

[yak face]

Excellent work as always paul , the hair looks great (although in the first few pics before you added the top, she looked like Bill Bailey!!!!!!LOL!!!) keep it up matey , cheers tony

[Guest]

cheers Tony, yep I thought of bill Bailey as well, should have left her with a bald head

Paul

[flyjoe180]

She's looking good Paul, that hair is nicely done. Be stunning once the top is on

[Guest]

Thanks Joe hows things in the land of mordor

[Ian M]

That is fantastic. I hope you get this one kitted!

Ian M

[Guest]

Cheers Ian, well ive had a few offers to turn this into a kit, ive also had a great deal of interest from the British museum who supplied the plans, but who knows theres a long way to go yet.

So at long last I decided to get the paints out, first thing I had to do though was to make a 1mm hole in the axle for the lynch pin, nearly forgot it

This is actually quite a complicated little set up, it consists of a metal ring, like a large washer, with holes in and a curved lynch pin, and a leather strap with a metal ring at one end, ill put a diagram up later to show how it all went together, but it was basically a quick release mechanism for the wheel as well as a way of holding the wheel on

The whole thing had a coat of grey primer

And this was left for at least 24 hours.

These chariots would in all probability have been painted, so im going for a painted worn look. The base coat is a mix of Raw sienna and yellow, I started at the back and added washes of different shades of the base colour, near where the bindings are im making these darker area, not just because of shading , but also that's where dirt and grime would build up, there would also be staining from the leather bindings when they got wet.

Ive added highlights to the very edges, and also very thin black lines where the dirt has seeped into the grain of the wood

Sorry about the pics, my camera will not focus very well in close ups

The bindings are base coated Burnt Sienna with burnt umber for the shading and white added for the highlights.I also want to paint a celtic pattern on the back spar, something like the eternal knot, the wheels will also have some sort of decoration on them.

all for now

Paul

[Guest]

I thought id move on to the driver for a bit of variety, So I always start with the face on figures, I think the face either makes or breaks a figure, after base coating I put a couple of coats of flat black on and left it 24 hrs to go off.

I then did the eyes, off white first, then black circle, then blue over that just leaving a thin black edge, and then a black centre and finally a white light dot, I then painted where the highlight areas are

I then added the low lights, this is a shade about 2 shades darker than the highlight

I then mixed the pallet with 6 shades the highlight and the darker shade plus 2 shades of a combination of both, and a final highlight shade and a darkest

shade. the next stage is to use the intermediate shades on the harsh lines between the first 2 colours, this blends the colours together

and then add the final lowlights and highlights and base the hair

looks a bit like Charles Bronson.

next stage was the helmet, it was base coated and then I used silver mixed with black and dry brushed it on gradually using less black until I had straight silver on the top

Added a bit of brass around the base and the chin scales and highlighted the hair, I was really pleased with the helmet it came out really well

all for now

Paul

[Guest]

Love how it is coming out.

Impressive results and very good tutorial!

Francesco

[Guest]

Cheers Francesco, just a further update, started on the chainmail and the front part to the cloak, the chainmail is dry brushed, as the helmet, first with silver and black and then less black for the highlights. The cloak will be tartan, so green base with blue crisscross then thin red stripe within the blue, and then yellow stripe within the green.

all for now

Paul

[Guest]

I'm agree with Francesco, thank you Paul to share all the paint process with us.

This is coming very nice, and you nailed the helmet!!

Cheers. Polux

[Guest]

Gobsmacked is an understatement Paul.

Thanks for the mini tutorial ... Will have a bash at that sometime... Is I get somewhere half as good I'll be chuffed to bits.

[Guest]

Thanks for the comments guys, theres really no mystery to face painting, its just like everything else, practice, practice, practice, the next time I do a bust ill do a more in depth SBS

Paul

[Guest]

Hi Paul.

Can ask something please?

Do you use sometimes oils? Or only acrylics?

Regards