I promise, I’m still working on the knight – I’ve not forgotten about it and wandered off to some other project the way you all thought I would! Honestly I don’t have masses to show but enough to warrant a status update nonetheless.
First of all I’ve started on the knight’s head. It’s still a little WIP, I’d like to do a bit more with it before I call it finished, but its moved on at least from the undercoated plastic you saw last time we looked at it (over a year ago…). It’s also hideously tricky to photograph but I’ve done my best for you.
I’ve also been working on the second shoulderpad, the one I didn’t trash through ill-luck and worse judgement and end up having to repair (a story I’ve told enough times by now that regular readers will be sick of hearing about it, look back here for the whole sorry tale if you missed it). This second shoulderpad will be much plainer than the first, without all the growths and mutations that were needed to cover up the damage, so I decided to try my hand at some freehand. I’m certainly no artist but I reckon the results work well enough here. Again a few touch-ups are needed before it’s done but its well on its way.
Next up I’ll be turning my attention to the mutated arm and then it’ll just be a case of finishing touches and putting it all together (he says as though it was all that simple…).
August 11th, 2020 at 5:28 pm
I like the freehand, both the design and the execution. Very nice. 😊
August 12th, 2020 at 10:04 pm
Thank you! It’s not perfect by any means (just saw a bloke who put nebulas and star fields on a wizard’s cloak – now that’s real freehand) but freehand really isn’t my strong suit so I’m happy enough 🙂
August 12th, 2020 at 10:21 pm
As you know some of it is about technique. In the case of the wizard most of it was done with a sponge! 😊
August 11th, 2020 at 8:36 pm
Great work- that shoulder pad is looking good.
Cheers,
Pete.
August 12th, 2020 at 10:06 pm
Thanks Pete, freehand is an area where I could really use to improve, it’s not the greatest but given my weakness in that area I’m pretty happy with it.
August 12th, 2020 at 5:02 am
Looking good. The freehand is very cool.
August 14th, 2020 at 3:42 pm
Thank you 🙂
August 12th, 2020 at 10:18 am
Looking good mate, don’t you just love having to do freehand!!
August 14th, 2020 at 3:42 pm
Oh yeah, it’s a joy alright 😉 Glad you like him though 🙂
August 12th, 2020 at 11:51 pm
I think I recognize the horns from an Ogre kit. They look great with Chaos stuff though too! I like the freehand quite a bit. I think if you can make the arrows look a bit more of the same size, it will look really sharp. Keep the updates coming as the Knight is going to look awesome when done! 🙂
August 14th, 2020 at 3:45 pm
Thank you! Yes, the horns are indeed from the ogre catapult/cannon kit. Good suggestion on the arrows, I want to cut back in and tidy them up a bit, then see how it goes. Not completely sure I’m happy with the look of the freehand section but wanted something I could actually paint so decided not to set the bar too high!
August 20th, 2020 at 8:32 am
Looking good 🙂
And looking forward to seeing it come together…
August 20th, 2020 at 4:38 pm
Cheers! It’s getting to the fun stage now as everything starts to come together – it’s transforming from a pile of limbs and bits into a proper evil chaos war-engine. 😎