Darkstar Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Lord Stronghart by W. Klocke. An older mini that I wasn't sure I liked too much when I first saw it, a good long while back, but eventually figured out a good scheme for him so painted him up, years later. CMON link for this one if you enjoy voting: Lord Stronghart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I had forgotten about this one. This was a great reminder! As always fantastic freehand on the trim of the cloak. I would also suggest some blacklining around the leg armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushmaster Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Excellent , absolutely awesome work . Love the green armour , love the cape and especially love the freehand . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Great work, those highlights are perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissiana Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 First time I've actually liked this model! That red is brilliant--wish I could get mine to turn out that way. And I love the "dull steel" color of his armor. Excellent contrast between the "shiny" and "not shiny" parts of this mini. I'll be referring back to this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbdog Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 DS list your formula for your cape... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Fantastic job! The base looks amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 "I had forgotten about this one. This was a great reminder! As always fantastic freehand on the trim of the cloak. I would also suggest some blacklining around the leg armor." Thanks Dargrin, yeah a little more delineation between the plates wouldn't hurt, although he's done as far as I'm going to take him. Thank you Brushmaster, Thasia and JimL, much obliged and very glad you enjoy this fella, thanks for commenting here I appreciate it. "First time I've actually liked this model! That red is brilliant--wish I could get mine to turn out that way. And I love the "dull steel" color of his armor. Excellent contrast between the "shiny" and "not shiny" parts of this mini. I'll be referring back to this one cool.gif" Thank you very much Nissiana I'll post the red recipe in this post. "DS list your formula for your cape... thanks" Sure thing Stubbdog: Over white primer. 1. Basecoat VMC Red with a touch of black, a very very dark red. 2. Add Liquitex Napthol Crimson. Mine is in a big tube "Basics" is the paint line. 3. Paint with that color until it's pure. 4. For highlights add small amounts of RMS Pheonix Red. 5. For sharp highlights you can add RMS Rosy Skin or any other warm flesh tone such as VGC Dwarf Flesh or the like. 6. If you want to go very bright with the highlights you can add RMS Clear Yellow although I'm unsure if I did here or not. I paint red a great deal and sometimes it changes with how far I take the highlights. Sometimes I use cadmium varieties of oil paint and blend down in the shaded areas and glaze them as well, but I didn't here, I only used oils here on his sword blade since I was having a difficult time blending the vertical angle of the small piece with acrylics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Kestrelmann Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Clean work indeed DS... Good to see you slingin' paint on some Reaper stuff again. Honestly man, this is one of the few Klocke sculpts I've never liked... Proportions are just off somewhow, despite a sweet paint job, I still don't like this sculpt... Again, good to see you posting again bro-ham. SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerdrew Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I've got this fig and also never painted it - it just looks the wrong size. I really like your work on this, it's very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFo Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Fantastic cape work. His armour, and his sword especially, are stellar also. If my helmet were that bulky, I'd prefer to carry it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishil Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Lovely work. Do you show your work anywhere else? Ishil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Very nice. Your blends are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Sk and Bikerdrew, thank you and yeah I had that same impression of this one for the longest time, I think that's why it sat as one of the last figures I had until I finally painted him. Overall though I grew to like it, but yeah something about his size. "If my helmet were that bulky, I'd prefer to carry it too." Heh indeed. Thanks DFo. "Lovely work. Do you show your work anywhere else?" Thanks Ishil, just in the link in my signature and here, as well as at the Bolter and Chainsword forum when I was painting Space Marines, but I haven't posted there in years. But the CMON link in my sig has a good archive of stuff I've painted going back to '03, about 50 or 60 submissions. MamaGeek, thank you very much, glad you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Fantastic reds! Thanks so much for the recipe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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