Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2022 - Assorted Projects

Cuirassier Painting Tutorial.

All starting from a white undercoat.

Jackets and saddle cloth: Foundry French Blue Triad. Final highlights French Blue Light mixed with any white.

Top part of gloves, belts, and saddle cloth trim: Vallejo Off White, washed with diluted GW Space Wolves Grey and then highlighted any white.

All black areas ie Boots , horsehair crests, fur trim on helmets: Any black highlighted with Army Painter Uniform Grey final highlights white grey mix.

Epaulletes, cloak on saddle, collar , and dogtooth on sheepskin on saddle: Scale 75 Antares Red highlighted with GW Evil Sunz Scarlet, final highlights Wild Rider Red

Sheepskin: Vallejo Off White washed with a diluted mix of GW Agrax Earthshade, final highlights any white.

Breeches and bottom part of gloves: Scale 75 Mojave White washed with Army painter Strongtone then Mojave White reapplied as a highlight.

White Metal Areas: From a black undercoat, basecoat Army Painter Plate Mail Metal. This is then washed with a diluted mix of black and blue inks ( I use Liquitex and Scale 75) . Shading is mainly in recessed areas and is heavily applied in areas where rivets willl be gold on the cuirass. The metallics in raised areas ( where they would catch the light in reality are then worked back up to pure silver.

‘Gold’ areas: Again working from a black undercoat. Basecoat Scale 75 Elven Gold washed with thinned Liquitex Transparent Raw Umber. The same method as above is used to work the ‘gold’ back up with a final highlight of silver.

Note: I paint all the non metallic areas first and then apply a Vallejo Matt varnish by brush. I then apply a black undercoat over all the metallic parts of the figures before applying metallic paint. This way the figures are protected and the shine of the metallics is not affected by any varnish finish. Paints and inks I thin with matt medium and water mix.