Knight of House Lannister [WIP]

As work on the second miniature in my Game of Thrones project enters its final stages, I am essentially putting the finishing touches to the knight in preparation for the final three House Lannister heraldry that I intend to paint freehand on the knight's shield and banner. 

Lannister Knight - a work-in-progress

Managed a smooth texture for the golden lion atop the knight's head

There was a mini-first for me in the painting of the Lannister Knight. Finally after many tries, I achieved my best ever result with metallic gold paint. I have always struggled in getting smooth textures when using metallic gold paint so I was chuffed it turned out better than my previous efforts. 

Front and back views of the Lannister Knight

Painting the banner was also rather fun as it allowed me to practice getter smoother transitions between the shadows and highlights, in this case for red cloth. Less time was spent on getting a smooth paint transition on the shield as most of it will be covered by the House Lannister heraldry. 

House Lannister banner, also a work-in-progress 

Using the banner to practice smoother paint transitions

Only thing missing in the shield is House Lannister's heraldry

Once all the freehand heraldry has been painted, all that is left to be done would be to glue the separate pieces of the knight together and onto the already finished warhorse.

Lannister warhorse awaits its knight

With some experience under my belt, I am hoping the next three freehand heraldry paintings I need to do will turn out well because one's eyes will naturally tend to focus more on the shield and banner. I have already picked out the perfect record as music to paint by - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - so all I need to do now is roll up my sleeves and get to work. Soonish ... I hope.