"Generals, Napoleon and mounted officers" Topic

Finally – at least a bit sunshine to do some photos, 18 mm miniatures by Sho Boki, partially on AB horses, Custine, Jourdan, Dumas and Bonaparte in his uniform of the First Italian campaign, end eventually Napoléon.

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Beautiful work as always.

Best wishes,

Chris

Absolutely top class work

Great work – thanks for sharing!

Solid!

Contrast painting never looked as good on my horses in 28mm, let alone what is now 20mm (not by choice). But in 15/18mm they are superb. Oh yes. The humans. The facial features…in any scale…the horse harness….I wish

The horses are not painted with Contrast paints, the usal acrylic and artist water colour method.

I love to see your work. Very inspiring
Perhaps I will up my game highlighting tack (is that the right American word for horse harness?)

John

"the usual acrylic and artist water colour method"
New to me! Is there a tutorial sonmewhere?
Fabulous looking group!

you use the artist water colours with a paint flow impprover over a pre painted basic layer of lets say dark flesh and then remove with a wet tip of the brush the areas where you like the highlights. When I paint on the acrylic layer over the primed miniature, I am sparing the recesses, to created deep shades.