My favourite miniature of all time! How to paint a Bretonnian Knight of the Realm | Warhammer

it's no secret that I'm a fan of all things nightly but nowhere does this manifest more strongly than with my favorite Warhammer faction ever the brettonian [Music] as you can see over the years I've acquired quite a collection including two armies one of which at 3,000 points is in this box right here but you know what everything the last 10 years of doing all this TV stuff has all been an aid of just one purpose because with the old world on the way finally the moment has arrived finally we're going to get to do a painting video on my most favorite miniature ever the humble and yet perfect KN of the realm [Music] [Music] when it comes to painting a valiant and glorious brettonian night what you need to do is choose a good starting undercoat color that works that heraldry because heraldry is the main thing of course when you're painting brettonian but also you want something that's going to work for some smaller details and what I find works out When painting bretonian is to start with some of these generic smaller details then just spend a bit of time on that hry afterwards so for that reason what I've gone for is standard Gray from the color Forge so nice medium gray great starting point for any color we might want to use here and what we're going to do is look for those small parts first of all and what I'm talking about here is things like armor and some Barts on the horse as well now I have glued the miniature together with the rider on the mount Some people prefer to keep these two separate to allow easier access to some details but I find with these Miniatures you don't really have to but the choice of course is yours but what we are going to do is start looking for one of the details that scattered all across the whole assembly of the miniature and that is the silver in this case what I'm going to be using is some cirat silver and I'm going to be applying it with a rough old base coating brush just to get things going quickly with what this is is a medium base brush from Citadel that's definitely seen better days and I do have to be careful not to absorb too much water on a brush like this so you can see I'm REM moving excess but it'll do the job nicely as however we just need to thin the paint down with that little bit of water and with that prepared and with the brush not overloaded it's time to start looking for anything that's going to be silver so the obvious is of course going to be the armor underneath the night cirat so we're looking at things as his arm just there and there's a bit on his leg down here too but also there are some smaller details that are easy to miss and I'm talking about things such as the bit in the horse's mouth so you can see it's just around here be sure to get that and things like the Hors shoes as well now you notice I'm not concerned at all about being neat at this stage I'm just looking for anything that's going to be silver and making sure it's blocked in with this color I finished base coating all that silver and you can you can see things are looking pretty rough and ready but that's okay because we're just looking for these early colors before we start doing any more detail work on there and obviously this silver requires a black wash cuz it needs to look really clean and really polished because this is a noble Knight after all and not some filthy peasant so what we're now looking for are some other colors that we can also wash black at the same time and specifically I think doing some details on the horse is a good idea here so what we're going to do is painting the horse hair first of all with the appropriate named Noble Steed brown but I do encourage just vary the shades of brown you use across your army but then for the Hooves we're going to pick them out with a little bit of dust bowl but starting out with Noble Steed Brown what I'm going for here is a size two brush from artus so quite a large base coating brush the reason being these details are really easy to get to at this stage so this is ideal for it so we just need to make sure as ever it's thin with that touch of water and ready and it's time to start looking for any bits of the horse that are poking out from underneath the armor so for example it's leg just here so want to block this in entirely just being careful not to get onto the metal of the Horseshoe as we get down there also don't forget to get the details around its face so you can see there's a little hole here for the eye to come through we've also got the the ears and around his mouth as well once you found all the horse hair we're then ready to move into paint the Hooves and here I'm using some dust bowl and I've gone for a smaller brush now this is a size one from artus and this time we just need to be careful just making sure we don't get this onto the brown of the horse hair or the silver of the Horseshoe there we are the hooves are painted in two and I just want to quickly point out I also used Dust Bowl just to paint the back of his shield just in there as well and with that done it's now time for that black wash and this is just to go over all the colors that we've painted in so far I'm going to be using some Oblivion black for this and to apply it I'm going for my size two brush again here because we don't need to wash this over the entire model doesn't matter if it catches any details we haven't painted yet but we must get over all that horse hair the Hooves and the silver that we've done so far so I'm just going to load up a good amount on the brush here and then pick a starting point so for example could just be the say his leg on the side just here all we're going to do is just run it straight over that detail making sure it runs into all the nucks and crannies gives us that shading and definition so as I mentioned it's got to be over all the silver including his helmet up here for example but we want to make sure we get the other colors we painted too including the Hooves and the horse hair the black wash is now completely dry so it's time to move on to the big moment because now we're going to start painting The Herald re onto this knce when it comes to this sort of thing with bretonian is actually quite a big part of the army so it's worth thinking about it before you start doing it and when you're collecting Army you've got a choice here because you could paint each night completely differently or you could do them all exactly the same or you could have variations on the same colors the choice really is up to you but sooner or later you're probably going to have to create your own scheme here so what we're going to do is just take a look at how to do this to get a really effective color scheme on the tabletop basically when it comes to bretonian heraldry what you've got are five colors to choose from so you've got black and white and then you've got the primary colors so you've got blue yellow and red now you could argue green as well but green is generally kept for the green KN so usually doesn't appear so instead we're looking at those other five and those five colors break up into two categories what you've got are metals and colors now when I say Metals what I'm specifically referring to is yellow and white and these represent gold and silver and then you got the other three as just regular colors and what you should try and do is stack these on top of each other so for example if you had a completely blue field on the heraldry of your knight you should look to yellow or white as a symbol on top of it and if you follow that guideline what you'll find is a heraldry really pops out and you don't exclusively have to follow it and you can certainly work around the sides a little bit but generally speaking this is what to do and so in the case of our Knight what I've done is picked a classic bretonian color scheme which is actually to use both blue and red together and have them next to each other that means the symbol on top what we need is something that's going to be yellow or white so I've had a look at the transfer sheet and I've chosen a white one I'm going to go for where are we this one just here so this is actually a pegasus which will really show up quite nicely on top of some red and some blue so that's what I want to go for it's also appearing on the crest of the helmet of our night so it's ideal really so what I'm going to do is start out with the blue what I picked out for this is some Witching Hour blue and to apply it I'm going to start out with my size two brush and as is the case when you're painting something like this that appears on all sorts of details just change brush as you need to but as a starting point this is good to get going now as usual just going to get the paint thinned and ready and what I've decided to do is to do a half half scheme here so on his shield going to look at the left hand side and paint it blue entirely so all blue down here then as we move on to the red what we can do is do a neater application to make the other side red now this pattern then has to repeat across all the various Shields that appear on him so we don't have to worry about the little ones but these large ones here such as the side of the Bing we definitely want the same scheme appearing on these so it's going to be half blue on that side and half blue on this side now when it comes to the backing of this you can play around a bit more and for this what I'm going to do is actually make it entirely blue on the front part around here but the back part that's going to be red but on the other side I'm going to flip it so in this case we're going to be looking at Blue on the back and then red on the front now as you're doing this just keep an eye out for any of the opportunities to put these two colors on the miniature so for example we've got the fabric on the back of his helmet just H up here I think I think this side will be good for this one being blue we've also got this little binded part going around so I'm going to alternate blue and red on this so I'll start out with the blue one there we've also got the pendant coming from his Lance same thing here what I'm going to do is have some blue and red on here I think I'll start out with blue on this side I've laid in the blue and you can see the areas I've picked out with it just here with that done it's now time to move on to the other color so it's going to be red in this case I'm using some sanguin Scarlet for this and basically I'm just looking at applying it on all the parts that we've just missed out as we were doing the blue so to apply it I'm going for a slightly smaller brush now gone down to a size one for a bit more accuracy because with this color we now need to be as neat as possible as we get to that dividing line between the red and the blue so the paint thinned and ready start looking for those parts and again what I'll do is start out with the shield to be almost like a basis for everything that we're going to do Beyond here so always blue on the left and red on the right so I just want to very carefully apply this in in here and I'm just going to color in half the shield just there to make sure we got a nice red on that part but as I get to that Central Area what I'm using is that bottom as a bit of a way point and just eyeing up roughly the middle at the top just here so just around about there then with this downward motion just going to bring it down and then just as I need to can always go back to the blue should things go A bit wrong but it's basically this sort of motion just to get that nice neat line in the center and then color in the rest all the way around here now this is going to repeat across the night so if we look back at those little Shield icons that appear on the side of the Bing just here and we're doing that downward motion just being careful of his foot this time but it's the same sort of principle looking for that little point at the bottom and going straight up from there just being careful the blue as we get to the edge just there meanwhile on this side it's going to be the opposite and that we're just doing red on here but now going to bring the red down on the rest of this part of the comparison as well so all the way around there at the top here everything like that same is going to be true for a cirat where it's this side that's going to be red which goes up onto his body as well and the details on the helmet on the Lance pendant and around the top of the helmet too [Music] and here we have the miniature with the red applied and you can see how it goes back and forth across the miniature but all of it started by just laying it out on the shield right there and just basically coping that pattern across the model and you can see how you know you got blue and red look at the side of the model blue and red blue and red blue and red and so on and with that done what we can now do is start base coating some other colors in the miniature and I'm going to start out with an off-white really sort like a darker white that we're going to build up to a white here I'm going to use some Griffin claw with that done it's time to base coat all the leather and I'm going to use some bde for this and then finally we definitely need some gold on there so I'm going to use some dragon's gold we're going to start out with Griffin claw and the reason why I'm using this is because this is going towards White which is the color of the symbol that's going to go on our heraldry so that's why I picked this one it's almost like a third color of the heroic scheme really and to apply it I'm going for my size one brush but as usual feel free to change as you need to and with this color what I'm looking for are small details that we can just pick out with this color just to break things up a little bit so I'm going to be looking at things such as the grips of his weapons for example so you see he's got a sword at his side just here going to do the grip of it just down here also the crest his helmet being this Pegasus this will match the symbol that's going to go on his heraldry too so this is going to be blocked in with this color too also other odds and ends so there's this part on top of his circuit just around here going to look for areas like that so just details like this just going to block them in at this stage next up we can BAS coat all the leather straps and for this I'm using some bde now a lot of these are quite obvious so for example these ones going around the horse Bing just here but there are some small ones that are easy to miss for example there's a little strap just here leading down to the sterup so just there there's also a few very small ones on the back of his foot just going around here and of course there's his belt and thing so just keep an eye out for all of these details at this stage and then finally it's time to apply some gold to the miniature and here I'm using some Dragon gold and I'm looking for little little decorations and details that would be really nice picked out in a color like this so for example the trim of The Shield you can see I'm applying this using the side of my brush just to skim along that a braised Edge just there to get a neat line on it quickly but also I'm looking for things such as these little shield designs on the side of the leather straps and of course things like the weapons so for example a sword going to pick out the cross guard in this color as well and with that we've now finished applying almost all of the base coats on the miniature except for one that going to add later which is going to be for the main half of the Lance and that's going to be a Pitch Black which I don't want to put a wash over but all the colors we have on now we can apply the same color wash too which is going to be a dark brown wash and this is everything that we've added since we did that black wash so in this case I'm going to use some battle mud wash and because we need some care in its application I'm going to go for a size two brush here just for a bit of control because we need to avoid catching the silver armor or those HSE parts that we painted earlier on that had the black wash over it so again I'm going to start with a generous amount on the brush and pick a good starting point so for example we could do some of the Bing on the side just here just going to apply the wash towards the middle of that area then start pushing it out from there now it will start out being quite heavy because of how much I had on the brush but you can see I can just use that as a reservoir to start pushing it around then as I encounter areas such as the horse there it's quite easy just to move up to those parts but not go over them so you just need to apply this on now and once you got it on there give it plenty of time to dry this quantity of wash will take around about half an hour to dry before you're ready to move on to the next stage and here we have the model with that brown wash completely dry and at this stage we've got one more base coat that we need to add which is going to be a Pitch Black for the main half of the Lance so in this case what I'm going to use is some Doom death black and to apply it I'm going for a size Zero Brush here for a bit of accuracy because there's a few details that this needs to be painted in amongst at this stage so as ever once the paint is ready and thin down so just making sure that brush isn't overloaded we can start looking for this feature and it's this main body of it just around here and you can see it's a bit tricky as we get close to the pennant where you just have to work in amongst the fabric really it's just a matter at this stage of Base coating this main body of the lens and here we have the model with all those base coats applied and when it comes to the main halft of that Lance remember you can do different colors if you want to so you could do wooden Browns for example you can paint it white the choice is yours but with all this done the base coats now completed and also the washers so now we can move into layering the miniature to clean these colors before we go on to highlight it we may as well start out with those heraldic colors so I'm going to go back to the original blue we used which was witching our blue and this time to apply it I'm using my size one brush because with this case looking to layer it so we're going to be reapplying it to the blue areas but just being careful to avoid any recess parts that are darker so we retain the shading that we got in those parts so to get this ready just make sure your paint's nice and thin on your palette under control and then we can start identifying these parts such as the blue that we've got just around here this time we're looking for flat areas such as the shield design just here where we can reapply it onto the flat part to make get that color nice and bright once more just being careful when we get close to that red remember we're just taking our time as we we get the two colors meeting just there but you can see we've got that darker outline going around the outside of this symbol here so what we want to do is retain that as we approach the blue here by not going quite up to that dark area so you see I'm going close to it but not quite into the corner so we retain the shading same is going to be true here as we go towards that leather just going to be applying the blue into the middle of this area like that to get that blue back but to keep the shading as well now on the fabric keep an eye out for any parts where it folds inwards so we want to keep shading there too so around here for example it does happen just going to follow the crest of that curve just there then skip past the darker part and Carry On Again on this side and once again just around here we've got another little curve just there to avoid so I'm just going to go for the raised up area there like that so now it's just a matter of doing this across all the blue just taking your time looking for those flat arised areas and layering over the top of them once you finish that layering you can see the blue is nice and bright once more so now we need to do the same on the red and so in this case it's straight back to that color we originally used so sanguin Scarlet in our case here again lay on using the same technique so I'm using the size one brush once more and it's a matter of just making sure it's nice and thin and under control and then applying this onto the red segments Now using the same technique as what we've just done so again looking to avoid any recesses such as just around here and we've got the flat part of this shield design which you can just layer completely over but as I get close to those edges it's time to be careful and make sure it stays darker in the recessed areas and with that you can see the harell scheme is now nice and bright and clean once more so no matter what color scheme you gone for or what patterns always be sure to layer the heraldry colors because you need to make sure they're nice and bright before you move on but there are still a few other colors that we should do some layering on just now because he is a knight after all and not a filthy peasant so we want to make these colors all nice and bright and shiny so what we're going to do is take a look at that off-white first of all almost the third color of the heraldry here what we're going to do is go back to using Griffin claw first of all and then we'll take it further with some ivory tusk to a near White but we'll start out with Griffin claw and with this we want to layer it in the same sort of way as what we just did with those other two colors with the red and the blue and so it's a matter of using the same brush still got my size zero here and with this we're now looking for the parts that we base coated with this color we want to layer these two so for example the crest and the helmet you see the Pegasus we got up here we're looking for those flat areas once more and just want to be careful to avoid the recess parts so we're just going to follow that Wing just down here just being careful not to drop into the recess right there skip past the darker part and Carry On Again on the other side I finished layering there with Griffin claw and I just want to add a bit of variety onto this tone just here because you can see there's some Fabrics paint with that color but also some more solid material such as the crest on the helmet so now I'm moving on to some ivory tusk and this is going to be another layer on these parts that are more solid materials so we're looking at the crest also this shield down here it's the same process as with the previous layering where I'm looking to avoid the recesses now because we got that Griffin Claw on there already you can see what we're getting now is a nice smooth result with this color very quickly and very easily so certainly a smoother result than we would have got how we just skipped past Griffin Claw on these details with that selection of colors done you can see we've got some really nice whites starting to appear there on the miniature and a nice variety of tones for the different layers of armor as well but there's still a little bit of layering that we need to do starting with the horse's hair once again we need to go back to the original color that we used here too so in our case that's Noble Steed Brown and then we need to make that armor really nice and shiny show it's been polished so here going to go back to cirat Silver and for the gold some dragons gold first of all what we need is that Noble Steed Brown and to apply it I'm using my size Zero Brush still and this time with the layering around the face just do as we did before and that we're looking for the raised up flatter areas so for example around the horse's muzzle just down here cuz he's got his nose to work around so we're just looking for the parts that stand out and the flat areas down the middle just want to get areas there like that just being careful not to go quite to that leather strap or down into the nostril but when you get down to the legs what you can do is just add a little bit of texture to this for the horse hair and it's just a matter of painting it as lines going in the direction of the growth of the hair so you don't have to cover absolutely everything still like layering and that we're looking to avoid deeper recesses but just approaching like this would just give up a little bit of texture for the horse's hair next up we can return to cirat Silver to layer the plate parts of the armor so don't worry about any chain mail but instead the flatter Parts such as the helmet we want this to be nice and shiny and Polished so again we're looking for the flatter areas and we just need to apply a thin coat of this color on those parts in addition if your miniature does have a sword drawn or even has a lance tip be sure to do this too so it's nice and shiny as well once you finish doing that on the silver plates we're then ready to move on to the gold for which we're going to be doing the same sort of thing so back to dragon's gold layering once again looking for the flat parts and being careful to avoid the recesses and with that stage done the layering is now complete and I think you'll agree the Knight is looking pretty heroic pretty noble and glorious but now what we need to do is really make him look particularly glor glorious by adding some highlights onto the miniature and this sort of thing is entirely optional but if you want to do it it's always a good idea to start out with the main colors which in our case is going to be the heraldry so what we need now is a lighter blue to begin with then we'll move on to the red so for the blue I'm going to use some Leviathan blue and to apply it I'm going for a fine brush here I've got a size0 for this and with this color we're looking to accentuate any part that stands out so any creases any edges that sort of thing so just make sure the paint's thin down for that purpose and under control on your brush you won't need loads and loads of it so about that is fine and we can start looking for these edges and so for example if we take a look at a circuit that we've got down the side just here you can see we've got a whole host of creases we're looking for the peaks of them where they standing at the most and we just want to follow along those parts with this blue so along there for example then we got one just here we just want to use the tip of the brush and this downward motion just to follow the edge to help it stand out going along there same on this crease just up here as we get to the Hem of it we also want to follow the outside of the Hem and in this case it's actually a bit more comfortable to turn the brush around like this and use as side the brush to follow along the edge but basically that sort of thing there now this will also include any blue parts that are on the horse and we do have the comparisons down here so for the outside trim here what I'm going to do is again follow the outside so going all the way around there and you can actually use the side of the brush to get areas like this cuz it's nice and easy to access them as long as you do the sweeping motion you can see you get highlight very quickly and again we're looking for the creases such as this one just here and there's also one just here and sometimes these creases do go up onto the shield design which brings me to these shields just here what you can do is highlight around the edges of these if you want to but because the comparison here is the same sort of color selection of what we got here so you see Blue on Blue I want to get a bit more of a distinction there so I'm actually going to leave it for the time being come back to that later on with a white outline which will make that pop out really nicely so instead I'm just going to leave those Shields but carry on looking for any other edges and creases and picking them out in this way and with that all the blue is now highlighted so we can move on to the other main color which is going to be that red and in this case what I'm going to go for is some Demon red so nice highlight appropriate to the midtone that we've got on there and to apply it I'm going for the same techniques I'm just going to use the same brush here that size0 once again and just like with the blue what we need to do is make sure that Red's thin down and ready and that the brush isn't overloaded and with that prepared then we're starting to look for all the sharper edges that appear on the red details so for example on his cir coat just here just looking to pick out the parts that are really standing out so the tops these creases and just follow them all the way down and with that the red parts of the heraldic scheme are highlighted but we do need to do the white parts of it too so I'm going to move on to that now and because we've got two tones of white going off from the miniature just here with like a darker one then a more bright one going to be doing two highlights for it so we'll start out by highlighting the Fabrics using some ivory tusk then for the parts that we layed with ivory tusk earlier on so the solid parts we'll use some white star for these but first of all what we need is ivory tusk and to apply it I'm definitely sticking to the same brush here a size0 for lots of control because we're looking for the same sort of process as what we just did with the colors so we're looking for the edges and corners and things like that so for example if we take a look at the rains which I left with Griffin claw I'm going to be highlighting this part so I'm just going to use the side the brush and just skim across the top edge of it to get a nice highlight running along that corner there like that so same process with all the corners and the edges now this color does also bring us back to the shield designs that we've got on the comparison because this color is a great one to outline this so it pops out nicely so what this is going to be is a very careful Edge highlight following it around just going to make sure I'm approaching the tip of the brush almost the side of it and just skimming along that OU r with as fine a line as possible following it all the way around I finished applying that highlight and you can definitely see what a big difference it makes on the Bing just there and so with that done we can now move on to highlighting with a pure white and here I'm using some white star these are for the parts that we layered with ivory tusk earlier on so for example the cres the helmet I'm now looking for the sharper edges and Corners up here and wherever possible just picking them out with a bit of this color so for example around the curv of the wing just there following where the light would catch and just bringing that all the all the way down to there with that done all the heraldic parts of the scheme are now highlighted and I'm sure you'll agree he looks unbelievably heroic as be fetting of a brettonian knight but now what we need to do is highlight some other details on there starting out with the silver and the gold now for the silver I'm going to go for mythal blade and for the gold some glistening gold so some nice shiny colors here but starting out with mythal blade going for the small brush once again that size0 and here there's a few little parts that we need to pick out in particular ways so we'll start out with the armor when it comes to the armor is going to be a straight edge highlight here so you can see these plates we got on the shoulder what we're looking for is to use the tip of the brush and just follow the outside edge all the way around as neatly as possible making that line as fine as we can so you can see I'm just angling the model to make sure I'm comfortable applying the paint in this downward motion and when the angle changes just turn the model to make sure that we stay comfortable and this way we have the control and getting to those parts now as you're doing this stage you will also encounter change mail that needs to be highlighted when it comes to the chain mail such as this part poking out under the Bing just here just make sure you don't have much paint in your brush no use your thumb just to remove some excess and just lightly brush it across it so it's almost like a dry brush just picking out the raised links there like that so nice and quick and easy finally on the leather Parts there are these studs that are well in the leather and in this case what we're going to do is dot these two so for example these ones here just use the tip of your brush just to dot each of these out and then finally we can move on to highlighting the gold using some glistening gold and this is going to be the exact same process of what we've just done on the silver always making sure that we're comfortable looking for those sharp edges and just skimming along each one now that's done you can see we've got a really wonderful shine appearing on all those metallics and so we've actually only got a few details left to highlight and we're looking at the leather now for this I'm going to go for some fur cloak then for the horse we need a lighter brown that we used for that original base coat so in this case I'm going to use some dry rust brown but I'm going to start out with some fur cloak and to apply it I'm going for the same brush again because it's very much the same sort of technique here looking for any sharp angles edges anything like that we just want to follow along them with this color so with the paint ready we can to start looking for these features such as the sword that we've got just down here just want to get the outside edge of it so you can see along here I can just skim along with the side of the brush this where we get a nice highlight following that edge really quickly and really easily and with that done we can then move on to highlighting the horse using some dryy Rust Brown and here I'm just looking for parts that stand out that catch the Light so for example on it knee just here you can see I'm just looking for these almost edges really and Al the top of it just going along there as we get further down we've got some quite distinct texture with all this hair just around the hoof just here so what I'm going to do is just follow along with that with a few lines to pick out this texture too and there we are all the colors are now highlighted on our Noble night but there are a few little details in the horse's face that we should pick out at this stage and to do it what we need first is a pitch black to paint the eyes and here I'm going to use some Doom death black then we're just going to a little touch of a Neal white to the back of them so here I'm going to use some ivory tusk finally we need to paint its teeth in this case Griffin claw would be perfect but first of all what we need is a black so I'm going to use some Doom death black and to apply it I'm still using the small brush because this detail is going to be very small here all you need is some of this thin down nicely on your palette and then all we're going to do is paint the entirety of each eye so if we look at this side just here so want to carefully approach it from this angle so we're going along the length of the eye and it's just a matter of running that paint into the recessed area so just in there once that's done we can then move on to some ivory tusk and with this all we need to do is add adjust a little dot of this color to the back of each eye on the horse so just very carefully move in with the tip of the brush just add a little dot in around there and then finally we just need a small amount of Griffin claw and with this we just need to pick out the teeth so just a matter of just applying a few little dots onto the texture around here now with this done it's then time to apply the transfers onto your knight and once that's done we can come back and add one more effect onto the miniature with those transfers applied our Noble Knight is now really looking the part and there's actually an important thing when it comes to transfers like this because you can see what we've got here is a Pegasus rampant when it's a creature like this that's facing a particular direction so in this case it's facing that way right there if it's on the other side you have to make sure you flip them so it's still facing forward otherwise it gives the impression that the animal's running away so be sure just keep that in mind make sure that its face is always pointing forward in the direction the miniature is going and with that done we're now going to move on to one more detail which is entirely optional that's just have a little bit of dust being kicked up on the caparison so at the bottom of the miniature and if you want to do this always make sure you apply your transfers first because it might go over them a little bit for it what we need is a nice neutral sort of brown color I'm going to use some dust bowl for this and to apply apply it we're going to dry brush it on so you just need a small dry brush like this one here what you're going to do is just get a little bit of that paint on your brush work it into the bristles on some tissue paper and carry on until not much is appearing on the texture of the paper so down to about this sort of Point here once you reach that stage all you need to do is start applying it along the bottom of the comparison down here so it's almost a stippling motion to put it on just like this just to build up steadily so you get a Dusty appearance along the bottom of the miniature now with this done it's time to base your model and the basing scheme is of course entirely up to you but in this case I'm going to go for a land's base to represent the fields of [Music] brettonia and with the base now fully painted so the franois the brave is ready to ride forth to Glory and Honor so as you've seen despite the reputation praton Knights have are being complicated to paint they aren't really because the actual mechanics of painting them aren't that much different from any other miniature the key thing is working out your heraldry so remember the rules that we went through earlier on of having your metals and colors and stacking them on top of each other and if you follow this guideline you'll find your heraldic schemes are really effective now when it comes to painting an army you can of course paint all un kns the same do all the peasants the same and make everything match with the all same color scheme but if you want to go for that more classic appearance like the old school nights where they're all different colors there are a few key things to make sure that you do to be sure the Army ties together the first is that you absolutely must base everything consistently so it all looks like it belongs together on the tabletop the second thing is a little tip and that is to use the same shades of particular colors across the force so for example the red I used here I'd use that same combination to make red on every night and also on all the peasants and then for blue I'll be doing the same thing and if you keep the colors consistent like this and it helps tie everything together but anyway we hope you have fun painting your bretonian I sure do so we'll see you on the battlefields of the old world [Music] [Applause] [Music] soon

Channel: Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy

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Length: 31min 20sec (1880 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 15 2023