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"Hear Me Roar!"
Another mini done (sort of)! This time round we’re back to Westeros with a Lannister Guardsmen. Long story short, my time for painting minis is a little les right now, so painting individual minis works best for me. Also means I can get through some of the massive backlog of characters and one-offs that I’ve acquired over the years. Now this chap isn’t complete, but the banner is something I plan to do as a separate step-by-stpe video, whereas the main chap was painted using Duncan Rhodes’ guide for Lannisters that I’ll link at the end. There’s only a few differences I used from his method but it was mostly the same (though I used only Citadel paints).
And here he is! The shadows around the helmet are maybe a bit too deep, but it doesn't bother me enough to worry about it. This shows one of the deviations from the guide I used, however, with the plume on the helmet. I went for something from British Napoleonic Line Battalions here with the idea of using the Green of Light Companies for my Crossbowmen (when I get some) and any plumes on my Halberdiers will be the white of Grenadier Companies.
Really do like how the shield turned out here. There's also another difference with this shield, and that is material. The Lannisters are rich enugh to afford metal shields, and so rather than a wodden backing, like Duncan went for, I instead stuck with metal, though I let it stay dulled down in colour.
Not as impressive from this angle without the banner finished, but this is my favourite red now...even if my Khorne Red has decided to dry up... GW NEEDS to fix their paint bottle situation; they are constantly drying out for me...
And the traditional Lloyd Shot!Might be a while before the next update, but Reading Week looms, so anything is possible! Here’s Duncan’s video that I used for the stages; it’s a good one.
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