Crusader Templar

[Kang]

...had a bit of an accident with the sword tip so back to primer for you!

Speaking of the sword, can you tell us a little bit about what you are doing with the black ends and blue middle of the blade, or will we just have to wait and see? Been wondering about that since the blue first appeared back in post #11. Either way, I look forward to seeing where you are going with that. As for the rest of this guy, he's really looking great!

 

Kang

[joe b]

The shield isn't going to get any more freehand, I had wanted to do a coat of arms but I don't think I'm that confident yet. Maybe, we'll see how I feel tomorrow. As for the sword, I'm going to go for an NMM sheen and I wanted the dark/blue section to be in the middle so I set that up first, ... the hilt and point ends are going to meld to grey/light-grey. But I need to see how it works out. If it doesn't work out, I have another couple of ideas I can do, so we'll have to see.

 

At this point, I'm mainly on to detailing. I have various little bits (belt, buckle, hilt, and a bit of flesh highlighting/darkening, hair highlights) to do and then the sword is the last "big" piece to finish. And highlighting the stones at his feet. I expect to be done this weekend, at which point the only thing to figure out is how to dullcote him when the weather is 0'F in the wind.

[joe b]

This will be the last update before I ship him. I got a few more details done this time. Belt, gem in buckle, the pauldrons got a last detail on the edging and I ended up working on the flesh a lot to try and get it to have some highlights and shadows. I also finished the base. It looks like stone finally.

 

Sword. Chain collar. That's it. After that I'm dullcote-ing him and shipping him to his new master. I hope he makes a good commander out there.

 

I soooo want to keep him ;-)