Painting 28mm Faces

Thought I'd post a quick how to for painting faces n flesh on 28mm miniatures, heres my process with the exact paints used.

1. Undercoat with old GW Tallarn flesh foundation.

2. Wash with new GW reikland fleshwash (An excellent product)

3. Mix a tiny amount of new GW macragge blue base paint with GW cadian fleshtone layer, be subtle, paint this on sideburns, chin and upper lip, leave bottom lip the washed Tallarn flesh.

4. Paint cheeks, nose, eyebrows and forehead with cadian fleshtone leave small gaps of darked washed tallarn flesh. The new GW layer colours are gel based and are superb for blending. Using them you get a much more subtle blend.

5. Highlight cheeks, nose (use spot for bridge n spot for end) eyebrows and forhead, stay inside the cadian flesh tone, a good Kolinsky sable is a godsend here.

6. Eyes, i paint a narrow black stripe and add 2 small dots with GW ceramite white base, a superb white that covers in one coat.

7. Hair inc beards n taches, paint a brown, sand etc and use variety of colours. Wash with new GW agrax earthshade, highlight raised ridges with original colour, super highlight by adding a tiny bit of GW bleached bone and be subtle, think where light would land and remember "Less is more".

Thats my current method guys!

Victrix 28mm Plastic Napoleonic Peninsula British

These are superb models, i'm painting some French for Steve Hales from Victrix and couldnt resist working on some of my own. I have 2 x 24 man battalions made from 12 centre and 12 flank company with officers, standards and drummers. These have the Victrix transfers on bottle and backpacks, fiddly but superb, first unit is 3rd foot "The Buffs".

Foundry Vikings and Normans for SAGA Rules

Viking Warlord with two four man Hearthguard units, 2 points for SAGA I will add an 8 man unit od warriors with spears and a 12 man unit of levies with bows to make my 4 point warband.

This is a huge foundry figure, excellent casting, had to scratch build the shield for him as a normal shield looked tiny!

Here he is again, real monster, the Normans better get some iron into this bastard fast!

Foundry Normans on Conquest plastic horses, legs didnt fit so I used a pen wrapped in sandpaper in a drill to round them out, quick and easy, these make a great mounted knight, the guy on the right is Duke WIlliam, the one on the left is bishop Odo.

Odo on his grey.

William the Bastard, riding one of the four horses he lost at Hastings?

Half a 1 point warrior band, the Norman warband will be more of a combined arms deal, 2 units of 4 mounted knights (Hearthguard) Mounted Warlord, 1 unit of 8 warriors with spears and 12 levies with bows.

Close up of a spearman.

Another spearman, hand painted shields these, more time but nice effect.

Another close up. Took the photos with my iphone4 great tool that, easy digital zoom. I bought these at the Foundry factory shop in Nottingham just after the riots, they where not damaged but had cancelled an open day as they felt people where unlikely to travel, very friendly and gave me a generous discount worht about 25% so well worth the visit. SAGA now has a release date, check gripping beasts website, they also have some sample warbands to give you an idea for army preperation, not sure if the number of hearthguard units will be limited but suspect so as armour would have been quite expensive so Im going for majoity unarmoured in my warbands.

Foundry 28mm Vikings

Group shot, these are for SAGA when they are published! A Warlord and most of 2 four man Hearthguard units, lovely castings.

The Warlord, mounted on 40mm round base to make him stand out..

Banner bearer, Jomsviking banner from LBMS, shield transfers also LBMS but the shields are GB plastic ones.

Nice spectacle helm, very norse...

A close up of an amoured Viking, very nice figures from Foundry but very dear, so, buy them from Stuart Armstrong at www.colonelbills.com I found him through Ebay, fast and friendly service and mint figures cheaper than from Foundry. Thanks Stu.

Gripping Beast Vikings