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Title: Charles Quint
Post by: errant49 on October 26, 2020, 05:35:25 PM: Gottstein + Frank = a nice figure !
Eric
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Post by: marko on October 26, 2020, 08:02:48 PM: Stunning figure, nicely done.

Mark 8)
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Post by: archigrog on October 26, 2020, 11:55:49 PM: Wow! ;D
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Post by: snagy on October 27, 2020, 01:15:30 AM: Very nice, Eric!
The armour is made on bare metal, isn't it?
Sandor
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Post by: merlino on October 27, 2020, 02:05:49 AM: very well done ! compliments! :D
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Post by: errant49 on October 27, 2020, 02:50:30 AM: Thank you all
Sandor, the horse armor is on the bare metal but Charles one is painted in black
Eric
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Post by: snagy on October 27, 2020, 05:59:04 AM: Thank you, Eric!
Sandor
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Post by: Christoph on October 27, 2020, 07:43:16 AM: Nice painting!

The Gottstein Landsknecht set covers some nice figures, hope to see more.

Christoph
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Post by: oleg on October 27, 2020, 07:45:02 AM: Great figure Eric! Are you using metallic paint? Very nice rendering of metal parts.
Oleg
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Post by: errant49 on October 27, 2020, 10:28:38 AM: Hi Oleg
The horse armor is painted on the bare metal using a mixture of alizarine carmine and prussian blue, then Payne grey and some black
Charles armor is black painted with black (Van Dyck brown + Ultramarine blue) on the bare metal, light blue and white for the highlights
Eric
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Post by: Joerg on October 27, 2020, 11:34:35 AM: What a stunning figure
and what a stunning painting ! ;)
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Post by: oleg on October 27, 2020, 07:02:55 PM: Thank you Eric, very interesting to read about your "kitchen" of colors and how all ingredients are boiled up in a "soup"
Oleg