Crazyredcoat's Crazy Compendium of Collected Creativity
"I think it passing odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act."
I’m getting rather good at painting a mini in a single day these days… I’ll pass on the ‘should have done schoolwork’ part for today, because there’s actually something particular about this mini that I’d like to go over, but more on that later. I present to you Ser Jaime Lannister!
I really wasn't sure what to go with for colours, but as there is a Kingsguard version of Ser Jaime I went with more 'Lannister' colours, though I did keep the white cloak.
I'll touch more on the shield in a bit, but I went with Duncan's suggestion of slightly different tones of red on the shield (in his Lannister Guardsman video). It does work quite nicely.
The white cloak of the Kingsguard was interesting to do. It has a lot of flow to it, but I think I did alright with it.
I basically used the scraps of tufts I have to finish his base, but this mini is really quite tricky to work around all of the folds and cravasses across the mini. He may have been better to prime in black for that reason, but I am so used to using grey these days...So about this shield. Long story short, I made a boo-boo. Something that can act as a warning to others. The left hand top corner of the shield looks a bit different to the right side, and that’s because I’m an idiot. It is true that warming up plastic to be able to bend it back into shape is a good way of doing it. But you CAN use too much heat. I did this. To put it politely; it royally pissed me off that I screwed it up and melted it somewhat. However, there’s always ways to fix these kinds of things. My sculpting ability is not sufficient to repair such damage, but I could easily ‘distress’ the shield further. So I put a few nicks in it and a deeper gash to simulate damage. I was dubious with just the primer on it, but I think it turned out reasonable enough.
There's always a logical way to fix problems!
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