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Peter Cushing

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

For Wodens Day

I've completed my first Dark Ages chaps. These Anglo-Saxons were basically an experiment in trying to produce a slightly darker palette than the medieval forces a produced last year. The darker overall look was created by heavy shading and washes with a highlight of the base colour only, so the whole thing was brought back up to mid tones rather than my usual method of using bleached bone to warm and lighten the highlights. 




They wouldn't be Anglo-Saxons without a shieldwall: 



The biggest surprise for me was the range of colours available in the early medieval period, which is certainly going to inform my painting of the Normans which will be the centrepiece of this project. Anyone interested in this should definitely check out this fascinating article about the colours and methods of production. 

Overall very happy with these; my first experience of Gripping Beast plastics and they paint up very, very well. Only took a few hours to get sorted. The new project is starting suspiciously well...

7 comments:

  1. Love these, colourful bunch too.

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  2. They certainly look the part.

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    1. Thanks Phil. Going to try and tidy up the shields a bit.

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  3. Great looking saxons, nice colours, oh and thanks for the simba castle recommendation £14 bargain!
    Best Iain

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