The Giraldez Masterclass Challenge – Painting Joan Of Arc
John has taken up the challenge of painting up Joan of Arc from Infinity using Angel Giraldez' Masterclass Book One as a guide.
Will he be able to paint her up to the standard of one of the great master of the miniatures painting world, watch and find out.
We'd love to check out your own attempts at Joan of Arc too!
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Welcome To The P-VLog - The GiraldeZ Challenge
We're getting stuck into another Painting VLOG where John has quite the challenge ahead of him. Will he be able to paint Joan of Arc?
Primed & Ready For The First Dark Blue
It's time to get stuck into this model and with it primed we're sorted to get stuck into the dark blue...
Adding The Mid-Tone Blue
With the darkest blue done we move on towards the mid-tone blue. This should form a good basis for the model...
Laying Down A Second Lighter Blue Highlight
We're continuing with blue and now working on some highlights allowing you to bring the model out of the darkness a little bit.
Final Highlighting Airbrush Work
The airbrush can be your friend and so we get to work with doing some highlighting. Have you tried this?
Dark Lining The Darker Areas
This is an interesting technique and one that you might not have heard about. Have you attempted dark lining?
Noticing Deviations In The Paint Scheme & Adding Hard Edge Highlighting
We now have to work on where we might have deviated. We always have to be keeping an eye on what we've painted and the techniques we've used.
Comparing The Miniature To Angel’s Book
We take a look at how the miniature is right now and compare it to the stages in Angel's book. Do you think we're on the right course?
Adding Black, A Very Dark Red & More Highlighting
It's time to mix things up a bit as we work on adding black, dark red and then moving on to some more highlighting...
Adding Flesh Tones - Thin Paints Are Your Friend
Working on flesh and skin tones is something that might take a bit of practise. One thing is for sure is that thin paints are your friend. You keep all the detail of the face and get to work in layers.
Corrections, Extra Details & Skin Highlight
We now have to apply some corrections and work on extra details for Joan of Arc. Highlighting the skin is also another task on our list...
Trying Too Hard, Know When To Stop On Detail Work & A Custom Sculpted Base
Sometimes you have to learn about when to stop. More is more is never the right idea with a miniature and sometimes you have to sit back and take in the model - are you done?
We also get stuck into work on a custom sculpted base.
Painting Shining Blond Hair & Adding Liquid Mask
It's time to go to the hairdresser with Joan and work on her shining blonde hair. We also have a liquid mask to play around with. How does it work - find out!
The Red Tabard & Shoulder Pad
John now gets to work on the Red Tabard of Joan of Arc and her Shoulder Pad. These are nice accents to the model and make it stand out on the tabletop.
Painting Up The Sword & The Tabards Final Details
It's time to work on the sword and make it look stunning. As well as that the tabard is also needing some final detail work...
Final Thoughts With Warren & John
Warren sits down with John to talk about the process of painting the model and what techniques we've been learning as this has progressed.
Finished Miniature 360° Video
And here she is! Check out the finished miniature here and get an eyeful of John's impressive looking Joan of Arc.
What do you think?
Well…I guess John did al right.
;P
Excellent mini, very well done John =)
Great stuff, I thought that model came out really well. I haven’t had the guts to start my Joan yet myself. I think the thing with Angel’s book that I like most is the structure he provides, once you get the hang of using an airbrush for the basics of base shade and highlight how he shows, the rest falls into place. Not at the level of the man himself of course, but for me personally I like the results I get and they are better than I have done before, so for my level I think its been a… Read more »
Great I’ve been looking forward to seeing you try out some of Giraldez’s examples. Can’t wait for a chance to watch these.
@warzan we should have got Angel to replicate this last night after you gave him the Poitin 😉
I’ve only tried Vallejo liquid mask once and couldn’t get the dratted stuff off. Not sure what I did wrong.
press some blue tac on the masked area then when you remove the blue tac the mask will come with it, pretty sure this is how angle does it. Even using this method i have had mixed success some times the paint will come away as well which is frustrating to say the least, cleaning your model and a thin coat of varnish has helped remedy this a bit. I tend to just use blue tac in place of liquid mask now days with a cocktail stick you can masked of very detailed areas.
Don’t use the Vallejo mask. Humbrol liquid mask is much more useful. I used the Vallejo Liquid mask and even after varnishing the sections I wanted to mask off first, it pulled paint off the miniature. I’ve now switched to Humbrol entirely which is much easier to get off the mini with either a tooth pick or bluetac.
See ? Gorgeous ! 🙂
This model was way up there on the scale of things I was too nervous to try without a push.
You could’ve looked at my effort for a confidence boost 😉 It looks great John. I really like the way the hair turned out. That’s the Angel effect, making men pay attention to a lady’s hairdo.
Bravo!
Your success after your initial fear gives me some hope!
Pretty tasty paint job!
Looking good. Well done 🙂
@johnlyons when referring to pursian blue, i was a little confussed should that have been prussian blue? as cant find any pursian blue in vallejo?
You are probably right Rob. 🙂
you did a splendid job though:-)
Very nicely done sir!
She’s still sat in her blister on my shelf as I haven’t dared attempt her yet (Having been painting space marines for 23yrs and some Bolt Action in recent years, she’s a bit different from my norm! 🙂 )
@johnlyons you should be very proud of her, especially considering it was way out of your comfort zone and a first attempt. I know it’s way better than I could do myself, so very well done to you.
I liked it John. I can tell you didn’t.
I’ve painted that damn mini 4 times and stripped it back to the metal each time.
And I was using Angels book. Which doesn’t tell you every step as I’m sure
You noticed. As a first go though, it’s pretty damn good. The great thing is this….
You now don’t have to be scared of it any more. And if you do it again you’re
going to get better. It’s a win win mate. p.s. Bet Angel can’t paint a tank like you! 😉
Here’s a question for everyone….I’ve used maskol and the Vallejo version.
It’s not gone very well and ended up pulling paint off I already had on there!
I’ve thrown models because of it. Should I have sealed the paint with varnish first
like I would before say, applying an anarchy HD stencil? Any thoughts?
That’s a bit bloody nice that is. Well done for having the balls to go outside your comfort zone. She turned out pretty darn good. 🙂
To avoid pulling paint you can shoot a thin coat of clear down on the model prior to masking it. Thinned paint doesn’t have a lot of adhesion.
Good tip. I’ll definitely try it. Cheers
@johnlyons you should be really proud of the end results as Romain comments Gorgeous. After a tiring but cracking trip to salute, meeting Warren and the gang Friday for drinks and games i thought i was going to be bereft of the usual Sunday entertainment with no backstage weekender. i am so glad this was put up in its place a cracking Vlog easy to follow and having watched Angel yesterday at Salute i can attest that the man has magic in his fingertips when it comes to painting. Your efforts here with Joan despite your own critical comments were… Read more »
Bravo sir!
very nice job 🙂
What a great challenge. Nice work!
Really good job John,
I, LIKE IT.
I’ve just found out a lot more tips, you talking though it also helps.
I read it my self and didn’t connect, but you also talking through it, (and at last a light shines on in yonder window of my mind) that’s how you do it.
These programs are teaching a old dog new tricks.
Big thumbs up from me.
shes looking great john.
What a really useful exercise as a lot of people might just overlook a book like this and think it was just beyond their skill level to attempt to get a similar result.
it is exaclt reasone why I purchased AZ book, to push my limits well done John
Great series John. I will be rewatching these when I approach my Joan.