Sunday 26 August 2012

Louis II de Male

Louis II de Male (Count of Flanders) I painted this bod up as Loius II due to a painting comp at the Valdemar Forum..
The "rules" are;
- Medieval king/high ranking knight (mounted, dismounted, running, sleeping)
- One animal (not a horse, but a horse can be included)
- One handpainted shield with heraldic (no need to be advanced)

Usually I would use transfers or printed Heraldry and this is my first real attempt at creating them freehand (and my last! :-D )
The bod is from Valdemar and the hound from Outcast figures Set Nap. Ziv. 03. I twisted the neck of the hound so it ended up looking around slightly.
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A couple of other "style" photos.
While I was painting the dog I used tweezers to hold it by one of it´s legs (it comes unbased)
After a minute or so my concentration would lapse, my grip on the tweezers  loosened and plop went doggy. Also putting the dog down to rest on it´s feet was near impossible so, a flash of inspiration and  I came up with a solution :-D Wrap a small rubber band around the tweezers!
The rubber band is wrapped around the base end of the tweezers, the piece to be painted held and then the rubber band rolled towards the piece until it grips tightly.
This not only means a constant grip is maintained on the piece but it can be put down without any part of it sticking to a surface!


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18 comments:

  1. Nice idea. I have tweezers for ASL that you press to loosen the grip. They take a LOT of getting used to!!

    ian

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  2. Jolie figurine et merci pour le compliment.

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  3. The shield looks great Paul! The figure and the dog to!

    Good luck in the competition!

    When I have this problem, I glue the figure or in this case the dog with a little woodglue on a small GW base. After painting it you can easely remove the figure.

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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    1. Thanks Peter.
      I usually glue the bods etc to a piece of plastic tile as well, but this was so small it´s poor little feet didn´t hold and it fell off twice.
      Cheers
      paul

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  4. Very nice colors and fine detail on a proud knight and his faithful follower.

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  5. Great looking figure and great idea with the tweezers

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  6. You say you will never hand paint heraldic on a shield again. I say you should look at it as a challenge and freehand shields till no one out there can do it better than you.

    Great idea with holding the dog BTW.

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    1. Never again:-D(maybe) It´s terrible to do. If you know what the original (the proper) heraldry looks like then it´s not a good copy. I tried about 4 times to get the head looking right but it still looks like a dinosuar to me.
      Cheers
      paul

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  7. Nice work Herr Paul!
    Heraldry...that's what keeps me away from painting medieval bods..
    Great work!

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  8. Thanks :-D
    I have a sneaking suspicion that some people use pens to make the symbols..it is too difficult to get the shape right with the tip of a paintbrush.
    Cheers
    paul

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  9. a pen why did I never try that! nice work paul, heraldry with free hand is a nasty thing to do. great idea with the dog!

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    1. Thanks.
      It´s getting the right type of pen that´s the problem. Normal artists pens run or leave a purple shine..and the acrylic ones are soooooo expensive!
      Cheers
      paul

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  10. Great all around work, Sir.

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  11. I am sure you will do great in the competition. The consistency of the painted heraldry on the shield and the tunic is astounding - particularly at that scale.

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