Tuesday 22 October 2013

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. 

11 comments:

  1. Very nice work on the reds and gold, nice and smooth.

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    1. Thanks for your positive feedback Spiderpope. =)

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  2. Noob question, but what is the blue adhesive you're using to paint with?

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    1. No worries ... no such thing as a noob question as far as I am concerned. That blue adhesive that you see is Blu Tack. You can easily get that or equivalents of a different colour in you local stationery shop.

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    2. Ah, I thought it looked like that but I just kinda figured it wouldn't hold well enough to stop the model from slipping around.

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    3. You are fairly correct in saying that the Blu Tack doesn't really hold the miniatures well enough for painting purposes. But if the adhesive is attached to a firmer base, say a paint pot, then sometimes it's workable. That being said, I didn't really use the Blu Tack to stabilise the knight for painting. In this case anyway, I just held the miniature while painting ... not ideal but I made do. =)

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    4. Thanks for explaining that, appreciated.

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  3. Nice.. you're gonna paint the lion on the banner too? Waa..
    keep it up bro!

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    1. Thanks Lord AK. All my Game of Thrones miniatures are going to have freehand heraldry paintings ... that's the aim anyway. ^_^

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  4. Looking good bro. You really need to start finishing a force so we can game :). I say go with fantasy since we're into fantasy mode at the moment hehe

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    1. Yeah ... Hopefully with Legio nearer to my house I will finally get to meet up with you guys more frequently. Maybe I should start painting my CSMs again or start a Bretonnian army if I can get the funds to do so. =)

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