Part One, cont.

Photo 36: The scale armour was given an undercoat of flat black.

Photo 37: The first coat was a mixture of silver printers’ ink and mars black oil paint. This was left to dry before washes of black acrylic were applied.

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Photos 38 to 41: These pictures show the painting of the tunic, straps and leather armour. Also the sword strap is painted at this stage.

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Photo 42 and 43: The helmet was firstly undercoated in flat black. Then a mix of silver printers’ ink and mars black was applied and left to dry. The first shadows were applied with mars black oil and feathered in using a dry brush. This was left to dry and the second shadows laid in with acrylic black. Extreme highlights were picked with pure silver printers’ ink.

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Photo 44 and 45: The sword was treated in a different manner. The bare metal was burnished using the tool pictured. Then it was given a coat of mars black oil paint. Using a tissue I removed all the oil paint leaving a used metal look on the sword blade. This was left to dry and then given a gloss varnish wash.

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Photos 46 to 50: The photos here show one of my approaches to painting white. No. 46 shows the base mix. Notice that this is darker than one would expect. The trick with white is to start darker and leave the pure white for the last highlights. No.47 shows the 1^st highlight compared with the base colour. No.48 shows the last highlight compared with the 1^st. No.49 shows the 1^st shadow alongside the base colour while no.50 shows the last shadow beside the 1^st shadow.