These are from Bad Squiddo Scenics, sculpted by the incomparable Ristul.
Everything that Ristul sculpts for the Bad Squiddo range is wonderful; detailed, crisp and full of possibilities.
These items have lots of opportunities to appear on all manner of tabletops, from ancient games right through to fantasy and pulp ones. I was delighted to discover that the smaller pieces actually fit in my open-topped Roman cart, so that is a huge bonus. There will be nice things in the cart for the Romans to escort around, and also be nice objectives for the Romans to loot while out foraging for supplies. I can see these pieces being incredibly useful for 28mm Peninsular War games of Sharp Practice too.
I have had these sitting around since last Saturday, but the weather has been so wet, I didn't want to risk them getting fogged while varnishing them. This morning was perfect for the job.
Very well done. Good terrain makes half the game experience!
ReplyDeleteFantastic painting, just got my set , you wouldn’t care to walk a rusty painter through your process?
ReplyDeleteOK. Basically, what I do is this;
Delete1) Block in the basic colours, which are always darker than the way I want things to look at the end of painting.
2) Dry-brush in a paler shade of the same kind of colour and pick out all the details (e.g. bottle stoppers in this case) in a suitable colour.
3) Dry-brush in a paler shade again, my preferred second dry-brushing colour is generally Vallejo Iraqi Sand (code 70.189). This second dry-brushing is to bring up the details and edges of things.
4) Ink wash with Windsor and Newton Peat Brown drawing ink. This takes a while to dry so leave it until the next day. This wash is very important because it adds depth to the models because it collects in the grain of wood etc and around belts and in folds of fabric. You can dilute this a bit for a weaker effect if you think that would work better.
5) Check everything looks OK and maybe do a final light dry-brushing with Iraqi Sand if I think it needs it to bring up the highlights again after inking.
6) When perfectly dry, varnish with a matt spray. My preferred one is Humbrol Matt Acrylic, which needs a good long shake first and is rather sensitive to moisture, so only spray on a dry day that isn't too cold to avoid fogging.
On clothing, I usually try and do some basic shading with a lighter tone, too, to make folds etc stand out.
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