tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38127576171734500122024-03-05T15:46:33.244-08:00Painting LandsknechtsStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255875998586936550noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812757617173450012.post-88084777028264687472016-12-27T07:20:00.000-08:002016-12-28T04:59:17.107-08:00Case Study II, Landsknechts / Swiss in French Service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Over the past few months I have been working upon some Landsknechts or rather <i>Lansquenets</i> in French service.</div>
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Each time I work upon a unit of Landsknechts I learn something new or apply a different approach and this is no exception. Last time I got to grips with Pinterest which really helped for colour combinations both from contemporary sources and re-enactors which you can see on these two boards that I have put together;</div>
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In tackling this unit the challenge was to make the figures to be clearly in French service and in some way subtly different from their Imperial counterparts. I approached this with the use of white cross and fleur de lys field signs and the banners to emphasise a sense of unit identity.</div>
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I paint all of the standing Landsknechts in my collection with field signs and appropriate banners and leave those in advancing poses and arquebusiers neutral so that they can be easily interchanged.</div>
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With Landsknechts colour is key but this is by no means a straightforward task if you want to achieve convincing results. If you're new to this blog have a read through the pages for my experience and advice upon how to paint these figures.</div>
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On to the figures, first up are the standard bearers or <i>Fahnriche</i></div>
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This Landsknecht carries a simple banner of the cross of St Denis on a striped yellow and red background to reflect Louis XII's livery. He wears a <i>Wappenrock</i> (war coat) for which I was keen to apply some inspiration found in a series of coloured paintings that heavily feature the garment. Here's some examples and there are more on the Pinterest link above from which you can also view the original source;</div>
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This half plain / striped design is also apparent in the French / Italian cavalry in lower right of this depiction of the Battle of Marignano, I'll repeat this when I next work upon some cavalry.<br />
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The second banner bearer is a heavily armed infantryman in yellow clothing to match the banner and a cross of St. Denis painted on his breastplate. When painting I use a dull brown wash after the base colour to achieve a slightly earthy tone, I vary this for some colours in an attempt to really bring them out; for yellow I use a 50/50 dark leather / dull brown wash which I find works as a good base for ochre. For Red I add tan and dark red to the wash and for blue I wash with a mix of dark blue, black and dark brown. On the first standard bearer I waited for the blue wash to dry before doing the brown wash for the rest of the figure to avoid the washes bleeding. </div>
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Third and fourth standard bearers; the banner on the red background tends to be used as a bit of a generic catch all for French troops in quite a lot of sources so I was a bit reluctant to use it at first however I considered the unit would look a bit more balanced with a plain and striped banner - the dilemmas of composition !<br />
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I took inspiration from the Pavia Tapestry for the banners which itself is well worth a close study. The tapestry or rather series of tapestries were completed by Bernard van Orley in Brussels during 1528-31, from the series a number of French banners within the infantry can be easily identified and follow a theme of either a plain cross of St Denis on a yellow, blue or red background or upon a striped background as can be seen here;</div>
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This theme with some variation is typical of the first quarter of the sixteenth century as you can see between the Marignano (1515) & Pavia (1525) images above. </div>
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The banners were created as black and white drawings using Photoshop and printed onto self adhesive paper. I painted them in the usual 3 stage method then cut out and carefully folded with highlights painted onto the creases thereafter.</div>
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The pennons were a great find from the Front Rank 18th Century equipment range, a Fleur de lys with tassels and cravat really help to emphasise unit identity and seemed suitably date neutral to use for this period;</div>
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The remainder of the command group for the first base are the lieutenant and two <i>doppelsoldners</i> with <i>zweihander</i> and halberd;</div>
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The lieutenant wears a parti-colour coat as described above with a fine red hat and shoes, I also painted a small cross brooch on the underside of his hat.</div>
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Aside him his guards are a well armoured halberdier and a rather impregnable looking chap in half armour wielding a formidable two handed sword. The latter figure features in Steel Fist Miniatures range of <a href="http://www.steelfistminiatures.com/products/16th_century_knights" target="_blank">16th century dismounted knights</a>, they're very clean casts and the sculptor has been at considerable pains to ensure the accuracy of source material. They also blend rather well with this range of Foundry Miniatures.</div>
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For the second base we have a fifer, commander and another <i>doppelsoldner</i> with a formidable <i>zweihander</i>.</div>
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Most of these were inspired by the aforementioned Pinterest galleries with a couple of my own combinations thrown in. You can batch paint and mix if you're doing a lot but I've always done them as individuals and checked what colours I've used before embarking on a new figure. </div>
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On that subject as I've based these on a single 120x60mm base it's quite tricky to apply the basing process, particularly the filler when you start. You can either apply the figures to the base in stages or just be patient with the filler, I use both a standard and very narrow palette knife to help with this. I also blend filler with acrylic paint mixed to the same colour as the basing paint, that way if the base gets chipped it doesn't stand out as much as plain white filler.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The prospect of painting Landsknechts (or Swiss for that matter) can be daunting; with so much colour, flamboyance and variety of dress they are unlike any other infantry of their age, if you’re painting these for the first time it can be difficult to know where to start. <br /><br />However, I am confident that with a little research and some adaptation to your approach you will soon embrace these differences and really get into them in a big way. I have painted Landsknechts for many years now and find myself returning to them time and again. Whether you are venturing out on your first fahnlein or in need of some inspiration to return to an unfinished unit I think you’ll find this painting guide of use.</span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Painting Landsknechts will be a real test of your ability but with a few of the hints and tips that I shall describe here I truly feel that you will be able to paint these figures with relative ease and enjoyment plus develop and improve your skills as a result. <br /><br />The miniatures I have used in this guide are from Wargames Foundry’s Renaissance range. I also use their brushes and, in particular, their paint system; this is specifically designed to work in up to three stages from dark to light and suits my painting style exactly. This is not an intentional advertisement for Foundry, merely the use of figures and materials which I find work well for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have constructed this blog to be used as a painting guide; each topic has been broken down into 'pages' which you can select from the labels menu on the right.<br /><br />In effect, this is not so much a blog but more of a painting guide or tool to use as you need it for whatever stage of your Landsknecht painting projects.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />The narrative and idea for this blog was put together with much help and encouragement from the late Richard Knapton of the Renaissance Wargaming Society to whom I also dedicate my ongoing efforts. <br /><br />I hope this guide is useful to you.<br /><br />Stuart Mulligan</span></div>
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</span><span lang="CY"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To begin, I thoroughly recommend you look up the coloured woodcuts from the workshops of Albrecht Altdorfer and Erhard Schon, the level of detail is astounding and it will give you simple starting points such as the colour and decoration of hats and feathers, typical colour combinations and most importantly an appreciation for the dyes and hues of colour available. For example, Yellow tends to be a more earthy ochre, white a lived in canvas and deep reds with brown and orange variations</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="CY"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Blue; I use Deep blue B with a wash of Deep Blue A and a tiny amount of black, I then re-touch in Deep Blue B through to Deep Blue C with Sky Blue B as a final highlight</span></span></div>
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<span lang="CY"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Phlegm Green 28<o:p> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- as with ochre it's quite a muted green and is not as stark as others.</o:p> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="CY"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Black; I use the Granite 31 set with a black wash.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="CY"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Scarlet 38<o:p> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- A decent well rounded red. I also use this as part of a flesh wash.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></o:p> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Bay Brown 42 - Used in flesh & shading washes.</span></div>
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<span lang="CY"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Chestnut 53, Drab 12 & Tan 14 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Hair, shoes, coifs, caps, sword scabbards. </span></span></div>
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Note; These are a starting point as I use a wash over all of the shade colours then build it up from there. This gives the figures a lived-in look and achieves a more earthy tone which I favour. I detail this procedure in the step by step pages.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most rank and file soldiers are usually depicted in fairly simple combinations of colour, with one colour predominant or a simple two tone variation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To complement these simple palettes you could then add further detail in a different colour to the hats, ribbons and inner slashing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Generally certain colour combinations tend to recur, the chart below reflects this and will help you to paint your units, whether just using one or two tones to many;</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. Hats; These are depicted in a variety of colours and are occasionally patterned. Don't get too tempted to paint the hat strap in the same colour as the hat, try red, blue or green and it will add an extra element to your figure.<br /><br />4. Coat linings; sometimes you can see an open tunic or jacket. These were invariably lined with a canvas / calico type material so paint it an off white or cream.<br /><br />5. Sword belts; sometimes these were leather but often they were tied silk in a variety of colours.<br /><br />6. Stripes; these were very common and they can be intimidating if you're a newcomer to them, paint them in the flow of the fabric and stance of the figure, also, as with the left leg of the arquebusier below, don't be tempted to have a stripe follow a sculpted slash as it can lead to them being uneven. Paint them evenly on the figure as you find it unless it is easy to follow a slash, here's a contemporary woodcut to help demonstrate this;</span><br />
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grips with <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. This is a free web and mobile
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It has a search facility to scour the boards of other people or you can
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board you have allocated. You can then share your boards with others,
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I have found these boards really useful as a quick visual tool for colour
combinations. The boards I have created on this subject are a collection of
coloured woodcuts and a collection of photographs of Landsknecht re-enactors, I
have found these have helped me to better appreciate some of the finer details
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<img alt="Otto Johann Heinrich Heyden Porträt des Pankgrafen Ritter Paul von Eckensteen Öl auf Leinwand. 110 x 71cm." height="200" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f5/40/b5/f540b56e9d4d0508714b47b211640af4.jpg" width="123" /> <img alt="HERZOG HEINRICH DER FOMME VON SACHSEN by the lost gallery, via Flickr" height="200" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/99/49/71/994971939f079dfdfb4ef2871bc11a2a.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="134" /> <img alt="Portrait of a man by Hans Brosamer,1521" height="200" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5d/73/64/5d73647602f02a67d72b469d7e407b25.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="140" /></div>
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Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255875998586936550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812757617173450012.post-77972832086927427642013-02-09T07:50:00.000-08:002013-02-09T08:30:57.743-08:00Using Woodcuts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="CY">Sometimes it can be hard to visualise what will look right so t</span><span lang="CY">o help you along with this I have selected three woodcuts and traced simple line drawings from them so that you can use a drawing program on your computer to colour them in. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="CY" style="color: black;">To give you an idea of what you can do with these, here are a few coloured examples;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">This page serves as a basic introduction to the flags or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Fahnlein<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">which the Landsknecht units carried into battle. I will touch upon the more well known flags as well as a few basic pieces of advice to give you the potential for literally hundreds of historically and geographically accurate flags. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Clockwise from the upper left; Rennfahne, Reichssturmfahne, Cross of St Andrew simple and ragged.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The Rennfahne was the flag of the Arch Marshall of the Holy Roman Empire who held the responsibility of the protection of the Emperor and the representation of his interests on the field. It is occasionally referred as being the flag of Georg von Frundsberg; which it was in the respect that he was the supreme commander of the imperial forces under Charles V but this is not to be confused with his personal standard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The Reichssturmfahne was the imperial battle flag and bears the double headed eagle, sometimes with the arms of the emperor in a shield on its chest as in the image below. When the emperor was not present the standard of the commanding officer became the battle flag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The Cross of St. Andrew was a Burgundian motif adopted during the reign of Maximilian. It is shown appeared in either simple or ragged forms upon both plain and striped backgrounds (more on this later). Contemporary paintings (particularly that of the battle of Pavia) show variants of this with the heraldry and cross being gold and red upon a blue or yellow background.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Further to the flags above other<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Fahnlein<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">bore the colours and / or the heraldic devices of the captain or city. The example below shows the variants one can achieve with this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The banner on the top left row is the coat of arms of the Fugger family (a wealthy and influential family from Augsburg). The remaining banners are variants using the colours from their crest and in the example below right also indicating their imperial allegiance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Many contemporary paintings and woodcuts show simplified banners such as these. Whether this is artistic license or accurate representation one cannot be sure but from a wargamer's perspective they are a neat way to represent a number of units being under one commander.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Here is a further example of the above principle using the city banner of Memmingen;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">To the best of my knowledge the majority of Landsknechts recruited for the Swabian, Peasants & Italian wars were mustered in the Imperial circles of Austria, Wurttemberg and the upper and lower Rhine. </span>The political map below illustrates these areas in a geographical context.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">From the map above and reference to existing woodcuts depicting Landsknechts with City state banners (see below) I created banners to represent the major cities and electors of the Swabian League (there were many more lesser contributors);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Clockwise from the upper left; Cross of St. George, Baden, Dinkelsbuhl,Memmingen,Wurttemberg, Ulm, Augsburg, Fugger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">I prefer to hand paint flags so to start with I decide which flag I want to use and create it a black and white outline drawing using Adobe Photoshop as per the examples below. Do remember to mirror any heraldic devices;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Once I am happy with a design it is printed on to an adhesive backed A4 sheet of paper and fully painted in the same way as I paint figures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">I then cut out the flag using a scalpel and leave a trailing edge to make it easy to peel. The backing sheet is then peeled off and the trailing edge cut away. The flag is then carefully wrapped around the banner pole and neatly stuck to together, being careful to avoid any overlapping (a small amount occasionally does happen but you can paint over this).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">You can put folds in by gently creasing the flag where you desire.</span></div>
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Basing Landsknechts is very much a matter for thought and composition as much as painting them is; the issues which struck me when dealing with them are how to get the best balance between being practical to game with and store along with visual impact and that overall feeling of your units looking realistic, the rear ranks being a tightly packed square and the attacking ranks a wall of steel with movement and menace.</div>
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I have thought long and hard about how best to approach the matter and finally settled upon using 120 x 60mm rectangular MDF bases from those lovely chaps at <a href="http://www.warbases.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff9900;">warbases</span></a>.</div>
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This way each base is a compact composition with its own command vignette and a wide frontage to display your best efforts. I suggest you use between 14 - 16 figures with a pike to halberd / blade ratio of about 1/4 this will give you a representation of around 400 men in real terms.</div>
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Each base has two banners; in the examples below I have elected to use a city / ducal banner and an imperial banner on each stand which I think is quite a good formula. Below are units of Bavaria, Worms & Memmingen;</div>
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The other pleasing thing about using a 120mm frontage is that two of these together make a neat medium sized pike square;<br />
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The way I have positioned the flag bearers means that each square looks great when you look through the unit;<br />
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These pike squares look great on their own but you can use the same basing principle with the front ranks of attacking pike. As with the standing units I have elected to base a double rank of Landsknechts with pikes at the ready on a 120 x 60mm base; this enables me to really pack them in tight to give a sense of the claustrophobic moment just prior to impact with pikes and halberds bristling. </div>
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The long base also contains most of the length of the pike which makes for ease of storage, imaginative basing and minimises upon wargaming entanglement with other units.</div>
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Here's the end effect, the banners of the <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Fahnlein</em></span> are tightly ensconced within a protective wall of pike and you have a unit which is an impressive diorama.</div>
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This page is the first in a series of guides which will lead you through each step in painting a group of Landsknecht miniatures.</div>
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Before we begin painting allow me to introduce my painting desk as it's a rather important piece of kit.</div>
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Whilst painting I like to have a number of images at my disposal as reference points, no more so than when painting Landsknechts as I find it helpful to have some visual cues as to how their clothing was made and also I find it helps me to select a palette. </div>
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This desk is an IKEA 'Vika' combination, the feature that really helps is the raised glass top with room to slide reference material underneath which is great as books remain flat and don't get splashed with paint or water, plus you can leave the material there when you're not working ( a bonus for cat owners such as I !)<br />
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I also mix paint on the glass which wipes off easily. There are a number of lid and leg combinations, it really is an excellent addition to the painting armoury.<br />
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Now lets have a look at what's on top of the desk.</div>
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Most importantly is a decent angle poised desk lamp with a daylight bulb, I also like to keep a spare bulb in stock. To the left of the desk is a window for more light, I find this gives less glare from the sun which can be problematic if you place your desk against a window.</div>
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Next to the lamp is a rack of Foundry paints, 78 in all, that's 26, 3 step palettes, along with 2 Games Workshop inks (black and brown). They are arranged from red through to purple then browns with flesh, canvas (white) grey, black and metallics at the front, you can read more about selecting a palette via the page label on the right.</div>
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Nestled within some jars are a selection of brushes; I use a mix of Foundry brushes for fine detail work and Pro-arte Prolene artists watercolour brushes, sizes 0-2 for general work along with a couple of larger acrylic brushes for basing and varnishing. There are also a few palette knives which come in handy when basing.</div>
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The big box next to that is filled with unpainted figures and spare parts, bits n bobs etc.</div>
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As well as books I have taken to keeping my most used tools under the desk lid for quick access, namely;</div>
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<strong>needle files</strong></div>
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sculpting tools</div>
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pin vice & drill bits</div>
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<strong>mixing palette</strong></div>
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<strong>scalpel & spare blades</strong></div>
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steel ruler</div>
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tweezers</div>
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<strong>kitchen paper</strong></div>
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stout foil (they type you may find from the top of whisky bottles)</div>
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short and beak nosed pliers</div>
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Throughout the course of these tutorials most of these tools will be used at some point but if you're just starting out the items listed in bold should serve you well in addition to brushes and paint.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this page I'll attempt to explain how I paint Landsknechts - do feel free to ask any questions by commenting and I'll try my best to answer them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">This method might seem a bit long winded but it's something which for me has evolved and I find it gives consistently good results. Once you get used to it doesn't take that long. These two figures took me around 3 hours for the pair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">You can read more on the palette I use via the dedicated page on the right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First choose the figures that you wish to paint, I have used some figures from <a href="http://www.warlordgames.com/" target="_blank">Warlord Games</a> and very good they are too; they have really crisp moulds and the dedication into their research really shows in the sculpting topped with very characterful expressions. I think these will go far and I'm hoping to see their burgeoning range expand in the future but for now they work well on their own and also mix easily with the Perry sculpted Wargames Foundry Landsknechts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prepare the figures by cleaning them up using a scalpel and needle files; carefully trim or file away any flash and mould lines leftover from the casting process then glue each of the figures to a rubberised cork (I use PVA, dried overnight). The cork will give you something to grip quite easily whilst minimising any strain on your hands. Old paint pots also work quite well too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A black undercoat will do you a lot of favours, and in my opinion is the best way to paint Landsknechts; it will give you a fine line between each colour and area which will in turn enhance the difference in colours prevalent with these mercenaries. I have tried painting from white and grey undercoats and the results are nowhere near as good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When the undercoat has dried lightly dry brush any armour in the shade colour, Foundry chainmail in this instance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before moving on, decide how you want your figures to look; Have a browse of Pinterest or practice with the line drawn woodcuts to see what works and remember the basic rule of two to three main colours complemented with one or sometimes two further additional colours. <br /><br />I have found that having at least two areas (such as the chest and arm) in the same colour anchors the figure quite well. Painting each area in a different colour looks gaudy and in most instances doesn't work. <br /><br />Apply your colours from the inside out, as though the figure is being dressed is the best way I can describe it. Start with the flesh, then the shirt, doublet, arms and hose then move on to any ribbons and finally the belt, shoes, hat and plumes. <br /><br />Try to be as neat as you can and leave a black line between each colour and in any predominant folds or creases.<br /><br />In the case of any slashed areas, carefully paint the undershirt with a fine detail brush first then move on to the doublet or arm, this way you can overpaint any mistake without any worry. You may find it easier to do this after the wash.<br /><br />For the striped areas paint them evenly and don't feel tempted to follow the slashes; In the right leg of each of these figures I have demonstrated one following the slashes and another not following slashes, they both give quite subtly different results. Try and leave a very fine black line between each stripe and don't worry if you get any paint on any ribbons as you can just re-undercoat them in black and paint them in the base colour last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">This next stage might feel counter-intuitive but see it through, I promise it works!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">When the washes have dried, very neatly re-apply the shade colours to the figure, paying close attention to leave any areas where the wash has settled. In effect, the dark wash colour becomes the shade colour and the 'shade' colour from each palette becomes the mid tone, this is essentially the key to the lived-in feel of my painting style. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">You'll now have a very neatly defined starting point and you've done the majority of the work. The next bits are easy on top of this foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Now simply paint on the mid-tone colour onto any raised areas with a fine detail brush, again being careful to ensure that you are highlighting the colours you have just applied rather than just overlaying the paint - it's all about building depth so you'll find that you won't need very much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Because of the extra depth that the wash and re-apply has created you could choose to stop at this stage if you want to achieve the muted feel mentioned earlier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">For the Scarlet areas I now very sparingly apply a final highlight of Foundry Orange 3A;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">For a stronger finish super glue works best when it is bonding metal to metal so take a scalpel and very carefully trim a fine amount of paint from the inside of the open hand and a little from the bottom of the base so that the weapons can have a lead to lead bond as shown here;</span></div>
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As something of a post-script to part 2 of the step by step guides here is a photographic walk through of the wash technique with two more lovely Pro Gloria Miniatures / Warlord Games Landsknechts.<br />
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1. Shade Colours</div>
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2. Shade Colour re-application after wash</div>
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3. Mid-tone</div>
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4. Final Highlights - painting complete</div>
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The halberds were quite a tight fit with these two figures so I decided to fix them at stage 2 so as not to risk any scraping at the end (when I'd normally attach them).<br />
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Because of this I applied the flesh wash to the figures' faces after stage 1 then fully painted the faces to completion as it may have been a bit fiddly with a halberd in the way.<br />
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Incidentally, I do occasionally paint flesh to completion at this stage as I find it gives the figure an early focus.<br />
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To complement the step by step guides (and by popular request) here's a page dedicated to faces, if there's anything you'd like to ask please feel free to comment and I shall answer you as best I can.</div>
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I have used a Pro Gloria Miniatures figure as their faces are so expressive and easy to paint. The paints are from the Wargames Foundry paint system.</div>
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Though I have not done so to completion in these images I generally paint all flesh areas at the same time. For better emphasis on the subject I have elected to keep all other parts of the figure in undercoat.</div>
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Step 1. Black undercoat - nothing too special here, you can find more discussion about my preference for a black undercoat in the painting step by step guides. Just make sure you have it nice and even and no details are obscured.</div>
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Step 2. Shade tone - using a size O artists brush, neatly apply the flesh shade tone to the face, be careful to leave areas of black in the eyes, open mouth and any other prominent folds, don't worry too much if you obscure any fold as the next stage should correct it.</div>
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Step 3. Wash - mix a wash of;</div>
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and apply liberally to the the face, allow to dry fully - a few minutes, make a cup of tea !</div>
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These proportions are my base, sometimes I use less water or a little less brown, do whatever works for you but the main thing is that it should be opaque enough to allow any folds which are in black to still show.</div>
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Step 4. Re-shade - it my feel counter-intuitive but very neatly apply the flesh shade tone again with the size O artists brush, this time neatness really counts so have a steady hand and take it nice and easy. I find that the wash gently blurs the tone from black to flesh rather than just having folds in a stark black with little grading.</div>
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I generally start with the eyebrows, then upper and lower eye lids in that order - you might want to use a finer brush for those.</div>
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I then do the bottom of the nose, making sure that there is a line at each side to define the nostrils, the bridge of the nose is done next with a very fine line of shade showing between the bottom of the nose and the eyebrows.</div>
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Spreading out I then paint each cheek, leaving a line of shade where these meet the top lip and lower eye lid.</div>
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You should then have a small area at each side of the face just below the eyebrows and extending to the ears, paint these in, leaving a line of shade where they meet the cheek and eyebrows.</div>
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Last comes the chin, in one stroke or you can do it left then right leaving a shade in the middle for a more macho look.</div>
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It is important that you leave the lower lip in the shade colour.</div>
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Step 5. Mid Tone - In the same order as step 4, very neatly and sparingly apply the mid tone Flesh 5B to the face. At this stage it is important to remember that you are not simply over-laying colour but highlighting the shade tone, the photographs above are both of this mid-tone phase so that you can better appreciate this.</div>
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Note how I have applied the mid tone in highlight at the bottom of the nose leaving a fine line in the middle to represent cartilage.</div>
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I have also only applied this tone to the very top of the lower eyelid and in narrow lines at each side of the eyes to represent crows feet or tension (he is marching into battle!).</div>
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The cheeks each have a single long line of highlight and below and under the eyes are smaller lines of highlight.</div>
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The top row of teeth are painted at this stage with a fine brush in Canvas shade 8B - teeth aren't white - unless you want a Hollywood look to your figures !</div>
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Lastly, the chin has a light highlight over the shade tone. Again the lower lip is left untouched.</div>
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Stage 6. Highlight - We're almost there, very sparingly apply a narrow highlight of Flesh light to the bridge of the nose, eyebrows and chin - ensure that you are highlighting the mid tone and not over laying it.</div>
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Stage 7. Lower lip - You can finish at stage 6 if you like and in a way it will depend upon how much Scarlet you used in the wash mix but for some extra definition apply a very sparing thin band of Madder Red Shade tone to the lower lip.</div>
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So there you go, I hope I have explained that in easy to follow terms. One thing you may have noticed is that I have not painted the eyes. This very much depends as to whether they are sculpted on the miniature - as opposed to just being the gap in between the upper and lower eyelids. I rarely do paint them in as it's just a style I've developed I guess, though for commanders I do try and make the effort as shown here;<br />
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If you want to paint the eyes do so after the wash stage before you re-apply the shade. As with the teeth I use Canvas mid tone in a narrow almond shape for each eye and then very carefully add a dot for the centre.</div>
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Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255875998586936550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812757617173450012.post-37912409023167506412013-02-06T08:32:00.000-08:002015-01-01T08:57:20.711-08:00Case study; Erhard Schon coloured woodcuts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am currently working upon a unit of Landsknecht arquebusiers and thought I'd experiment with some interpretations of contemporary coloured woodcuts.</div>
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There is a wealth of these out there but by far my most favourite are those of the Nuremberg woodcut artist Erhard Schon. His coloured woodcuts of the 1520's offer a fantastic insight into the palettes used and sheer variety of decoration and tone.</div>
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I don't know that much about him but it certainly appears that he had first hand experience of Landsknechts or possibly even served as one as the minute details in armour, fastenings and dress are very detailed.</div>
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So here goes, first up is my interpretation of the following woodcut;</div>
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Unless a figure has been sculpted as a direct interpretation of an image you'll never be able to get a facsimilie so there has to be some compromise but if you choose your figure carefully it will usually yield a decent result. In this instance I was careful to select a figure with slashed hose upon legs and arms so that the undercloth could be easily depicted and stripes could be easily painted.<br />
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The same notion was carried here; the sculpt is a fairly close interpretation, if you're feeling crafty you could use some green-stuff to add a feather to the cap. Here I have chosen to swap the colours of the legs in the woodcut simply because the right leg is more prominent and less obscured thus making it easier to paint the striped hose.<br />
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As mentioned above some care needs to be exercised in the figure you select and you can either choose to try for a direct interpretation as I have attempted in the first instance or simply use the woodcut as a guide as I've attempted here;</div>
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I really enjoyed painting four colour stripes on the hose and arms simply because i've never done it before, always opting for two or three at the most but it really works here. You can carry this notion forward with other figures and a different palette by playing around with the woodcut examples I have drawn on the accompanying pages of this blog.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">I have found the following books to be useful in my endeavours;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY"></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">Artists & Warfare in the Renaissance, J.R. Hale<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">Emperor Maximilian I & the age of Durer, Albertina</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">The Renaissance at War, Thomas Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">Landsknechte und Reislaufer Bilder vom Soldaten, Rogg </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">Medieval Military Costume Recreated in Colour Photographs, Gerry Embleton<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">Osprey MAA 58, The Landsknechts<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">Osprey MAA 384, Armies od the German Peasants’ War 1524-26<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span lang="CY">Osprey WARRIOR 49, Landsknecht Soldier 1486-1560<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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