"Renaissance Spanish - 30mm Flats" Topic

Here's some flat figures I completed recently. Mostly from Alexander Wilken's Landsknechte range. A few Scholtz Conquistadors are in the mix as well. Painted with acrylics.

A bit more on my blog.
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Regards,
Steve

Amazing work…thanks for sharing, your blog is truly inspirational!!!

Magnificent!

I do enjoy flats!

Continuing with my own restoration project, I remain torn between 'modern' scenic multiple basing and leaving the figures free standing as in your photos …

Are you doing both – or will these be multiply based eventually (when the formations are filled out)?

I'm currently basing larger periods up in the modern idiom so I can present full wargames, but leaving smaller groups as singles (which I think will only ever be for the display cabinet)?

So, do you have a plan, Steve … or is just intuitive?

Phil

Great paint job! Fine choice of colours.
I wish my painted 28mm would look half as good and realistic…

they are superb.
that is brilliant painting. I love the vibrancy.
There is something about the painting of flats that you cannot recreate on fully round figures.
We are having Flat painting demonstrations at the White Rose MMS meeting tomorrow.

Thanks everyone, for the kind remarks.

Phil, regarding the basing, I have based some of the ancients. Other than that, not too much. But yes, the plan is to eventually base everything that's complete enough to be a wargames unit.

Great figures. I take it that the paints are tube acrylics. One of these days, I'll find the courage to try some of my own flats.

Thanks, Joe. Funny you should mention tube acrylics. Coincidentally, just today I received my order of a Chroma Atelier Interactive acrylics starter set. They're supposed to be capable of blending much more like oils. I'm eager to try these paints with the flats, I think they might be very good.
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But I used standard Vallejo paints right out of the bottles for much of this work. They dry fast and don't blend very well, but if you have enough different colors you can still get the job done. At the very least they're good to lay down a base coat that you can shade and highlight later.

Steve

I have used tube acrylics some years ago when Valejo was still in the future (well, two score years – god am I old…)

However, back then SOME of the colours tended to dry out, though the effects and vibrancy you could achieve surpass the game acrylics you get today. The price of these tubes usually depends on the pigments used (just as with oil), so I assume you DO get better quality for your money.

Given the quality of this paintjob, I think you should give the odd tube a try. You have the skill to profit from better paints.

beautiful! I also use tube acrylics and prefer using the artist grade ones. Student grade acrylics do tend to dry out faster and have larger grit particles though. I also use a retarder to prevent them from drying to fast.

Thanks, cooey.

Just goes to show the old threads sometimes live on at TMP. The Atelier Interactive paints are working well for me.

Regards,
Steve

Great color selection about one of my favorite subjects. Hard to believe they are flats. Great job!