Draconis: Spring Clean 2023 and onward

28th June 2023

Another mini that has been on the side for far too long is this old metal knight.
I can’t recall what company it is from, but I picked it up to paint as my wife’s character she used in the Pendragon rpg.

I knew I wouldn’t have the skill to freehand the horse for the shield design, so I printed it off in various sizes,  found the best fit and glued it to the shield.

As it gets smaller the quality dropped though,  but still better than what I could do.

To match the shield livery I went for halved red and white on the tabard.

The red was contrast with minor highlights, and a second application of contrast to the shadowed areas.

The white was standard highlighting.

To get the paper bit of shield to look more a part of the model I sanded the bottom edge, built it up with a bit if varnish, sanded again the painted red and white over both sections.

Then I painted up the gloves, the base etc over a few steps.

This was partly because I wasn’t sure what colour to paint the cloak, and partly because doing the base often makes it seem closer to completion.

I was trying to decide between blue, green or grey for the cloak. So I used my phone to very roughly mock up each colour on a picture of the mini and polled some friends. The concensus was green…. so that’s what I went for.

Finishing touches etc, plus some highlights that I enjoyed doing due to the sculpting of the fabric, and its another spring clean mini finished 👍

(I may try to rework the horse though)