johnnybach
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Having just begun painting some new sets of 30mm Flat "Knights" - I thought some might care to take a look at what I'm doing, once again.
I bought two sets of Flat Knights - by post - from Zinnfiguren Schmalkalden in Germany. I found the web-site on the Internet - and was impressed enough to try my hand at a bit of ordering in German - only to get a reply in pretty good English. The gist of which was to send some Euros by IBAN ( which is an International Bank transfer, for those not in the know!).
After my Bank advised me that this would cost me £25 - I did a bit of negotiating with the owner of Schmalkalden - and a deal was struck to use Paypal for my purchase - which saved me a cool £21 - and just days later, I was in posession of a signed for package, which contained two sets of Knights: "Famous Knights of England" - and "Knights of the Garter". The whole lot comprised 31 figures - all bright and shiny and just waiting for a dab or two of paint.
Find them here: http://www.schmalkalder-zinnfiguren.de/index.php?cat=c111_beruehmte-Ritter-Englands.html.
Just right click on the page to get an English translation option. Left Click on each figure picture to get an enlargement.
My first pic shows the first four out of the box. A slight snag with this purchase - is that there is no painting guide for colours etc., - but fortunately - we now have the web - and these guys are pretty well known, so tunic details like coats of arms are usually to be found - somewhere. A few pleasant nights were spent looking up and then downloading details to a new file - and I had enough to work with
The Standard Bearer holding the Royal Standard of King Richard II is Sir Simon de Felbrigg, which I began first ( which is why he is furthest developed). I found a picture of a stained glass window in a Church on the web - which showed his shield - which gave me the colours of red for the rampant lion with Ivory background. The Standard was easy to find too. ( see below).
So..............out with the paint brushes and paints - and after quite a lay-off from painting - back in the saddle again!
As usual, I forgot to take any pics before starting - so here goes with a couple - to show how they develop.
Compare the completed figure of Sir Simon in the next pic - which also shows two of the figures developing further - and one new one of Sir William Wallace ---- English Knight??????^&grin), whom I've just begun - so is least developed.
I hope you can see from these two pics - how each figure develops in detail from initial coats - to further coats being applied to build up the detail. As usual, my preference is for gloss paint - to give a glossy finished figure - so I'm using mostly Humbrol and Revell enamels - with some Artist oil paints from tubes - to mix shades.
I'll continue to post how things are developing, from time to time, so you can follow along with how I'm doing, and how far my 31 figures have come along. So........one completed - 30 to go!
See you later - jb
I bought two sets of Flat Knights - by post - from Zinnfiguren Schmalkalden in Germany. I found the web-site on the Internet - and was impressed enough to try my hand at a bit of ordering in German - only to get a reply in pretty good English. The gist of which was to send some Euros by IBAN ( which is an International Bank transfer, for those not in the know!).
After my Bank advised me that this would cost me £25 - I did a bit of negotiating with the owner of Schmalkalden - and a deal was struck to use Paypal for my purchase - which saved me a cool £21 - and just days later, I was in posession of a signed for package, which contained two sets of Knights: "Famous Knights of England" - and "Knights of the Garter". The whole lot comprised 31 figures - all bright and shiny and just waiting for a dab or two of paint.
Find them here: http://www.schmalkalder-zinnfiguren.de/index.php?cat=c111_beruehmte-Ritter-Englands.html.
Just right click on the page to get an English translation option. Left Click on each figure picture to get an enlargement.
My first pic shows the first four out of the box. A slight snag with this purchase - is that there is no painting guide for colours etc., - but fortunately - we now have the web - and these guys are pretty well known, so tunic details like coats of arms are usually to be found - somewhere. A few pleasant nights were spent looking up and then downloading details to a new file - and I had enough to work with
The Standard Bearer holding the Royal Standard of King Richard II is Sir Simon de Felbrigg, which I began first ( which is why he is furthest developed). I found a picture of a stained glass window in a Church on the web - which showed his shield - which gave me the colours of red for the rampant lion with Ivory background. The Standard was easy to find too. ( see below).
So..............out with the paint brushes and paints - and after quite a lay-off from painting - back in the saddle again!
As usual, I forgot to take any pics before starting - so here goes with a couple - to show how they develop.
Compare the completed figure of Sir Simon in the next pic - which also shows two of the figures developing further - and one new one of Sir William Wallace ---- English Knight??????^&grin), whom I've just begun - so is least developed.
I hope you can see from these two pics - how each figure develops in detail from initial coats - to further coats being applied to build up the detail. As usual, my preference is for gloss paint - to give a glossy finished figure - so I'm using mostly Humbrol and Revell enamels - with some Artist oil paints from tubes - to mix shades.
I'll continue to post how things are developing, from time to time, so you can follow along with how I'm doing, and how far my 31 figures have come along. So........one completed - 30 to go!
See you later - jb
