A bit more about the paint job or more importantly the bits that aren't! The Breast Plate isn't painted I had read something about burnishing around that time which I had tried on my wargames figures with some success on the very few 25's I was able to afford back in the day.
On this piece I put the technique to the test using a piece of hard plastic rod, she who must be restrained insists I raided her knitting needles at the time, I cant actually picture her knitting myself! The burnishing technique used was simply a process of rubbing the plastic firmly over the breast plate etc. until it started to develop a sheen, not rocket science but very effective. This was followed by a wash of black oil paint (I only owned enamels back then as did most of us) and a coat or two of satin varnish. Looking back at it now, armed with hindsight and ability I would have tried a weathering of rust around the edges.
Same applies to the armour on the arm (yes I know there is a specific name for the armoured arm but I cant for the life of me remember it! pole arm?) and the head of the Bill. As for the rest of the painting I can only repeat what I said in the original post and that is "using oils particularly on larger figures to create well blended shading is not difficult" and for me was considerably easier to achieve than the techniques I have still yet to master for blending and transitioning with acrylics some 20 or so years later. The paints were a cheap boxed set so there was plenty of room for improvement.
thanks
PP
Bonapartes bought the PM range (though i can't spot your figure on their site):
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bonapartes.uk.com/sitemap.htm
cheers.
How long would you have taken in hours to paint this figure back then or even now.
ReplyDelete...that armour is totally spot on - the rust effect would not be required, as these guys knew how to look after their equipment and given the cost any rust would have got short shrift indeed....
ReplyDeleteThanks DC
ReplyDeleteGood link thanks, no it doesnt appear to be there, though there are a number of fig's from PM's magazine adverts that dont list on the site either.
Of course I could be completely wrong about the origins of my model, brain like a sieve. Having said that I did feel quite certain for a change, oh dear me, famous last words
PP
Mr Angry
ReplyDeleteIn short it was pretty quick 10hrs, maybe, over a few days. I should be noted that I haven't really sorted the model properly. For instance the weapon shaft needed to be replaced with some brass tube or the like as the white mental cant support its own weight, pinning the hand. Things like that, which I didn't know about back then.
Nowadays it would take weeks of gut wrenching indecision!
PP