"Byzantines roll up" Topic

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French Wargame Holidays	16 Apr 2019 1:31 p.m. PST
Been painting some more Byzantines for my mate Colin, they are quite nice miniatures, I think Eureka, but not sure. more pics on my blog link cheers Matt Mayenne France
Condottiere	16 Apr 2019 2:15 p.m. PST
Well done. Nice colors and painting style.
Grelber	16 Apr 2019 2:28 p.m. PST
Nice painting. That's a particularly great shade of blue! The Byzantines were capable of producing some incredible blues on their mosaics and book illuminations and I was always annoyed by the way they messed it up with lots of gold! What paint did you use for the blue? Grelber
79thPA	16 Apr 2019 2:56 p.m. PST
Nice. Those colors really pop.
oldbob	16 Apr 2019 5:42 p.m. PST
Great brush work!
cyrus5	16 Apr 2019 5:55 p.m. PST
Cracking work Matt!
Lewisgunner	17 Apr 2019 3:29 a.m. PST
Sacre Bleu!
Aethelflaeda was framed	17 Apr 2019 8:21 a.m. PST
Not sure how accurate a rich blue spear shaft would be. Blue pigment was very very, expensive. It often came from Lapis Lazuli. Field garb would be much more muted despite how fine ithese look in your display case or on your tabletop. Nicely done in any case.
BigRedBat	19 Apr 2019 9:49 a.m. PST
I recall having the blue discussion with the late Lamented Allen Curtis. There was a cheaper source of blue pigment, from Egypt. link So blue for shields, say, might be practical. It's a different blue to the spear shafts, though.
French Wargame Holidays	19 Apr 2019 2:22 p.m. PST
Blue can be achieved with copper and vinegar on wood, not as bright as this though
BigRedBat	19 Apr 2019 3:44 p.m. PST
Actually I correct myself- it's not that dissimilar to the colour of the spear shafts. :-) colorhexa.com/1034a6