[Log] Battle Masters Knights - Part 2

September 2, 2015 to September 6, 2015. Hello, this past week I took the advice to paint every day even if it is just for a short amount of time. Currently, I have painted for 5 days straight! Tonight would be the sixth.  This will be the second week of working on the Battle Master Knights. If I stay on course and paint at the same speed, I should have the 12 knights completed and sealed by the end of the 4th week.  I ended the last log planning to paint two of the riders completely.

Day 4 Painting

A Lord Knight and Imperial Knight were washed all over with Badab Black,  Maybe I should have just chose certain places instead of washing the entire model in it.

The knights on the left side were placed there for comparison to the Badab Black-washed knights on the right side..

Day 5 Painting 

This day, I went over the darkened knights, attempting to add highlights:

• Armor and Metal Portion of Lances - Chainmail to Mithril Silver
• White portion of Shield and Plume - 1:1 Fortress Grey/Skull White to Skull White
• Skull Emblem on Shield - Bleach Bone
• Lord Knight's Necklace and Head Ornament - Shining Gold to Burnished Gold
• Lord Knight's Lance - Bleach Bone to Skull White

The knights on the left side were placed there to show the progress of test models to the right.

Day 6 Painting

Second day adding highlights and touching up the knights.

• Red Plumes and the Red Emblem on Shield - Scab Red to Red Gore to Blood Red
• Saddle, Stirrup, and Imperial Knight's Lance - Scorched Brown

Finished a test model for both knight models! Prettysatisfy with how they look especially the plumes on their helmet. The Lord Knight's cloak though might be too white without much shades in it folds. 2 riders done, 10 more to go! I switch back to working on the horses washing the saddle area with Badab Black.

Day 7 and 8 Painting 

The last two days, I worked on the 12 horses.  What was done exactly the same on all 12 horses:

• Armor - washed in Badab Black
• Hoofs - Kommando Khaki.  I will likely have two types of hoof colors - off white and black
• Eyes - Skull White, then Badab Black wash
• Base - Gretchin Green to certain sections

Left to Right: Tau Sept Ochre washed with Gryphonne Sepia;
Khemri Brown washed with Devlan Mud; Calthan Brown washed
with Devlan Mud; Calthan Brown washed with Ogryn Flesh.

To make the horses each slightly different I tried to mix different colors of tail mane to horse skin. For the horse tails. there are three color variations: black (5), brown (5), and cream (2).  For horse skin there are now four color variations: palomino (3), muted brown (4), bright brown (2), and chestnut (3).  Still need to add another layer or two of paint on the horses.

Hoping to finished up the horses this week or get two completed knights glued to horses this week or completely paint all the horses.

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