Early Byzantine Skutatoi- Different Colour Experiment

[Atheling_2006]

Just a quick post to keep things up to speed. I have been experimenting with different colour schemes for the tunics for the different Unarmoured Skutatoi Units that will be standing as the main battle line in the army along with their Armoured Comrades (in Shieldwall). I have avoided the temptation to go for purely complimentary colours as they often create a hard contrast which, given the surface area of the miniature that will be covered by my chosen hues of "Green" and "Yellow" would tend towards the dynamic between the colours being too strong. I have also shifted the hue of the green slightly.

I am happy with the way in which the colour schemes have worked out on this the second unit of Unarmoured Skutatoi but as always, I would be very interested in hearing what you guys think?

Please note, the models are unvarnished. so no gloss and matting down as of yet.

The first unit is still waiting, somewhat impatiently for the gloss to dry so I can finally matt the miniatures down, paint the banner and base it up so pics of that very soon.

More pics and waffle can be found on my blog here:
https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.c ... t-two.html

For now though......



Cheers

[Essex Boy]

Wow! Seriously gorgeous colours.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

I love that green. Can we have it's name, rank and serial number please?

[grizzlymc]

Bloody marvellous. Did the Byzantines have enlarged access to dyes, or just a lot of money?

[levied troop]

Those colours work well

I’ve always liked that particular ‘solid’ painting style as it appears to me to be very artistic and attractive, but tended to end up with something messier and scrappier. I must have another go at attempting it.

[Atheling_2006]

Cheers guys,

Bloody marvellous. Did the Byzantines have enlarged access to dyes, or just a lot of money?

I'm saying yes

I love that green. Can we have it's name, rank and serial number please?

Yeah, no problem. It's the third lightest Andrea Green from the boxed set (it veers hard towards blue) with successive amounts of VMC Pastel Green. Simple really. I went for the Pastel Green rather then a yellow or a white (I would normally use Ivory or Off White) for highlights as I wanted the green to be vibrant as if just issued, but not so vibrant that it was too strong.

Those colours work well

I’ve always liked that particular ‘solid’ painting style as it appears to me to be very artistic and attractive, but tended to end up with something messier and scrappier. I must have another go at attempting it.

You should. It's really just patience and practice. My painting was pretty average for many years until I started studying David Imrie, Tom Weiss and a few others mixed with quite a lot of guesswork on how they applied their techniques.