Tips and tricks for painting barding please...

[Harry Faversham]

Anyone got any? I'm on with King Richard the Lionheart and am dreading having a go at the three lions. I once saw a 'how to' on fleur de Lys and wondered if any of our experten know of one on how to do a passable lion!?

[7dot62mm]

Greenstuff World make some decals which inlcude some lions and dragons, which might be convertable into something resembling lions.

[Adler]

Decals are the way to go, spent too many years hand painting heraldry with end results that were......passable. lol
Footsore make some to go with the excellent Barons war range I think.
You can make them yourself if you have a decent printer.
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[Fitz]

There's nothing on there that would make a passable leopard passant, which is what you need for the Plantagenet kings.

Harry: could you show us a photo of the figure you're working with? Maybe some home-printable decal paper might do the trick.

I did this Essex 28mm figure many years ago by hand, and it's not something I'd want to do again.

[Harry Faversham]

Thanks for the help and suggestions chaps, much appreciated.
Fitz, the Black Prince figure is superb mate, my bloke's a tad dafter as he's one of these old Brettonian Knights I'm tickling up! Thing is though, to carry off a cartoony figure properly, the standard of painting has to be high, if that makes any sense? There's acres of barding that needs filling... not sure I'm up to that any more.

[Bluewillow]

Decal paper and a colour printer are best option unless your design is white, Claymore, Footsore and greenstuff world make transfers.

Footsore are very close to releasing full barding sets designed for their range

Lions are to toughest to do, I use a very fine brush a wet palette and artist medium mix with the paint to get it thin, I will dig out some figures this week and do a step by step for you. But a warning it takes a lot of time.


Cheers
Matt

[Harry Faversham]

Thanks for that Matt, the time's no problem... it's the steady hand I'm worried about!

[Adler]

Well Richard I probably a bit early for a full barding ( Byzantine/Ghulam style used on Crusade by some western kights) but if your looking for something as in the plate F in the Osprey English Med Kight let me know what size you need it and I can probably do you a set next time I run a decal test for something else, plenty of room on test sheets as a rule.
If you have artwork all the better but should be some royalty free versions somewhere.
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[Harry Faversham]

Mission = catastroffic disaster!!!



Lion number one turned out like a Lowry painting cat, lion number two out like a Lowry painting dog, lion number three turned out like one of them ACW picket fence thingys.
Morale test went well into the minus side of the scale... so I've ordered some transfers!

[John]

If you really want them to look more authentic , and time and labour wasn't an issue..you could paint over the transfers.

[Harry Faversham]

When you see the finished article you'll fall about laughing at the stunning attention to deetail!

[Harry Faversham]

King Harry the Lionfart, most gallant and noble Knight, in the Realm of the Oblong Table...

[Fire at Will]

All turned out OK in the end

[Adler]

Looks excellent to me
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[Harry Faversham]

Thanks chaps, much appreciated.
The magical powers of transfers has saved His Majesty from a death worse that fate!

[Harry Faversham]

King Harry will be leading his Knights of the Oblong Table, this Wednesday afternoon, on a raid to punish Ser Barrington-Bonehead for dastardlies committed!