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Round Three Report from Garness-at-Home - Part 4


Vidar Wolf Helm
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Dread Pirate Garness Fezian continues:


The belt and belt pouch were painted with Aleene's Deep Beige, and then washed with GW Brown Ink. The colors were then built up by using Deep Beige as the base color, and adding Ceramcoat Pineapple as the highlight color. I wanted the chain to stand out a bit from the scale armor, so I did a bronze color using GW Snakebite Leather, washing with GW ink and then using the same base color adding Ceramcoat to the mix to get a highlight. I kept the highlights to the curves of the chain on the interior, where the light would naturally hit them, and I highlighted the center of the chain on the exterior where the chain would catch the light.

I did the boots using Americana Traditional Burnt Umber, and added Americana Raw Sienna to the base color for highlights. I went back and used thinned-down black under the ankles and near the bottom of the shoes, so they would look a little moist and stained from years of use.

Belt and boots are done

The sword was then glued in place. I wanted a magic sword of some sort, so the standard steel look would not do. I began by using Americana French Blue Grey for the blade.

Sword is attached and basecoated

I then painted the blood groove black, and began highlighting the rest of the sword using the base color and Blue Heaven as a highlight.

Blood grove is painted black

I though a bluish starstone would look cool, and not detract too much from the rest of the figure. For the darker areas I used Prussian Blue - thinned a bit so as not to be too dark but still convey deepness to the sword. I used white on the edges of the sword, and used a mix of the blues on the runes to make some stand out while others seemed to "disappear" into the blade.

Finished sword

I painted the ornament in the center of his belt like a large blue gem. I used Prussian Blue as the base, and gradually added white to the color to get the highlights. When painting gems, it is important to remember that gems are somewhat transparent, and the highlights will shine through on the bottom. I gradually added lighter and lighter shades to the bottom of the gem until I had achieved the desired effect.

Belt jewel is painted