More Arthurians Painted

Amazingly (for me) I've managed to paint up a few more Arthurians from Gripping Beast. This time it's some Commanipulares/Teulu types.


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I've nicknamed this one 'Arthur' ... can't think why?


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The shield is plain white as I intend to get some LBMS transfers. I did try painting one free-hand but it looked ... ridiculous.


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The blond hair/beard on this one was GW Sankebite Leather, GW Bubonic Brown, GW Bleached Bone.


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You just can't beat painting figures with lots of chainmail and armour :-)


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Having bought another 12 palettes of Foundry paint in their recent new website 20% sale (12 palletes = £72 = free postage), I thought I'd try out a splash of colour here. The helmet plume/crest is Foundry Royal Purple, whilst the tunic is Foundry Deep Blue.


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I felt that as higher status warriors they would be more likely to have expensively coloured clothing... ?


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The red is a bit powerful perhaps (maybe it's a new tunic?) - it's GW Merchrite Red followed by Foundry Bright Red Shade/Mid. Further figures will use Foundry Madder Red or Brick Red to give a more natural colour.


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Next on the painting table are some Artizan Arthurians, the armoured chaps with spears.

First Athurian Figures Painted!

As promised ... here are some pics of my first complete (apart from the bases!) Arthurian figures. These are from the Gripping Beast Arthurian range link. Pack ABR04 to be precise. I haven't completed the bases as I'd like to try out something slightly different from my usual recipe of GW Bestial/Vomit/Bleached Bone.

I've really enjoyed painting these. The colours were mostly Foundry apart from the metallics which are GW.



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I've kept the shields plain as I see these as lower status warriors who wouldn't spend a lot of time decorating their shields, perhaps just leaving the leather cover unpainted or painting them in plain colours.


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The cloaks were a bit tricky to start with but just letting your brush follow the natural contours seems to work fine.


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The backs of the shields are simplay painted GW Scorched Brown followed by GW Bestial Brown (thinned slightly) painted in stripes to give the impression of wooden boards.


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For plain shields I found that painting the colours on in a "circular" style works much better than "up and down". Leave more of the darker base and mid coat showing near the centre.


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The spear poles are just painted in one colour as I find the wood grain effect really tricky to get just right, plus it takes ages. I'll be painting the poles in a variety of browns, from the pale brown of a newly made spear to the darker brown of a trusty heirloom.


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Hair and beards were mostly done by drybrushing greys and browns.


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Next up will be a group of more heavily armed and equipped Romano-British Commanipulares.