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Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:20 am
by valleyboy
you certainly have a way of making figures "pop"with your painting. Very nice
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:27 pm
by vexillia
grizzlymc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:17 am
What are you using for Union Blue?
Is this a loaded question?
Whatever, I haven't started them yet. Soon. I will probably start with a Dark Prussian blue and see where that takes me.
Any tips?
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:40 pm
by vexillia
valleyboy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:20 am
you certainly have a way of making figures "pop"with your painting. Very nice
Thanks. It's all in the layers. It gives great depth of colour even over black.
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:56 pm
by grizzlymc
Ask the slippery Count, he has the blues by the short and curlies.
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:47 pm
by vexillia
grizzlymc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:17 am
What are you using for Union Blue?
Started a command stand this morning. Current recipe:
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Undercoat Any Black
Base Vallejo 70.899 Dark Prussian Blue
Highlight Vallejo 70.962 Flat Blue with touch of the above.
Wash Vallejo 70.899 Dark Prussian Blue (very dilute) with some black.
Repeat highlight and wash if necessary.
Only problem is that, as I've only done three figures, I wouldn't call this a consistent recipe. The officer's a different shade to the standard bearers as I did him first. It'll get better as I do more.
Hope this helps. and do remember it's a recipe for 15 mm.
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:25 pm
by vexillia
Change to the blue recipe after post varnishing repaint:
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Manufacturer Colour
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Any Black
Vallejo 70.899 Dark Prussian Blue
Vallejo 70.965 Prussian Blue
Vallejo 70.962 Flat Blue
Recipe
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Undercoat Black
Base Dark Prussian Blue
Highlight Flat Blue & Prussian Blue (4:1)
Wash* Dark Prussian Blue (very dilute) with some black.
Notes
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Add above average amounts of talc (blues are very shiny, even after varnishing).
* Only use wash if necessary.
This is close to settled now.
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:08 pm
by vexillia
Two new ACW blog posts:
https://blog.vexillia.me.uk/2020/11/15- ... rrior.html
https://blog.vexillia.me.uk/2020/11/15- ... rrior.html
First post include lots of free flags like this:
One of the gents mentioned in the second post is a member here.
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:04 am
by Essex Boy
Very nice, Martin......as always.
I'm chuffed that you've found a use for, or distributed, the stuff we swapped. There's nothing worse than toy soldiers boxed up, forgotten and unused.
Iain
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:11 am
by vexillia
As I said in the second post the swap gave me hours of fun sorting out a big box of toys. I'm now working on the Peter Pig generals and will be posting photos once they are finished. It may be a while as some of the figures are swines to paint.
Thanks once again.
Re: Vexillia's Gallery
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:29 pm
by Penda
Those have turned out really well for little chaps!