"Cuirassiers with blackened armour" Topic

I am pleased with how these Alsatian cuirassiers have turned out. I think blackened armour looks really impressive but it can be tricky to get right.
I have added an armour section to the painting tips on my website link
This shows which shows how I go about painting armour, including the blackened armour of these cuirassiers.

I think they look great.

Stunning effect and a very helpful guide – thanks.

I used rape seed oil (AKA Canola oil) for seasoning my pizza steel:

* 14 inch square plasma-cut 6mm steel plate ex Ebay:
* Soak steel plate in vinegar inside plastic bag overnight to remove rust.
* Go over steel with oiled-rag
* Bake
* Repeat oiling
* Repeat baking

It now has a pleasant black/blue/brown surface which resists rust – and – more importantly – provides a semi-non-stick surface for baking:

* Place in oven four inches below grill/broil element.
* Turn oven on to highest temperature for to pre-heat and heat pizza steel
* Turn on grill/broiler
* Sprinkle semolina flour on pizza-peel, place pizza
* Displace pizza onto pizza-steel using pizza-peel
* Check and turn after five-six minutes
* Remove when bottom has leopard-spot-mottling and crust risen and topping sizzling

Cut into slices for the cuirassiers. Offer uneaten crust to horses.

Very nice work.

Very nice. The armor has a great look to it!

Excellent!

Nice work!

Nice take on creating blackened armour. At true 15mm size I use Foundry blackened barrel with a heavy bulb oil wash.

(One of the joys of painting smaller figures: you have to do less)

Looks really good.

Very helpful, many techniques I already use but you have refined them. I have been using black wash but I now see that the raw umber might be a better choice.