Friday 31 January 2014

Happy Lunar New Year of the Horse 2014 ... and a quick update on Ser Gregor Clegane's weapons and shield

Woo hoo! Happy Lunar New Year! Here's wishing those who celebrate the lunar new year a healthy and prosperous Year of the Horse. As for those of you using this holiday period to return to your hometowns, please stay safe and have a good holiday rest.  


I haven't been able to get much painting done as my family prepared to welcome the lunar new year. However, I did manage to make further progress on my Ser Gregor Clegane painting conversion using the Nocturna Models Crusader XIII C resin miniature. 

Ser Gregor's weapons and shield (with freehand painting of the House Clegane heraldry)

Completing the freehand painting of House Clegane's heraldry was easier this time around as I had some practice on a previous paint job conversion of a Bretonnian Knight into a Game of Thrones House Clegane knight. Incidentally that miniature is shown above in the lunar new year greeting as he was one of only two horse-themed miniatures that I had ever painted. The design for the heraldry is based on a version painted by Jennifer Haley, a miniature painter whose work I admire greatly. 

Flip side of Ser Gregor Clegane's weapons and shield

Work on the flip side of the shield was kept simple because about 90% of it will be hidden from view. Both the sword and warhammer were given some blood effects. With that, Ser Gregor Clegane (aka Nocturna Models Crusader XIII C.) is at 85% completion. Hopefully I can squeeze in some painting during this long lunar new year holiday period. Cheers and thanks for reading!

8 comments:

  1. Fine details , i love the blood on sword , the metal very realistic .
    Greetings
    Vincent .

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    1. Thanks Vincent ... still trying to paint good metal which can be surprisingly difficult. :)

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  2. Your painting continues to improve. The two Knights look awesome!

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    1. Thank you Snake88 ... hopefully when all eight knights are completed they will look good together. ^^

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  3. Happy Chinese New Year!
    Good job on the weapons

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    1. Thanks Lord AK ... hope you get to spend some quality family time during this long holiday period too. I am slowly getting better at using metallic paints ... not very good yet but slowly getting there. =)

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  4. Excellent, really excellent! A beautiful and realistic paintjob!

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    1. Thank you Phil for your very kind comments. ^^

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