Finally after many years of being stashed away or sitting atop the tool box, my Conquistador is finished. He now has his more respectable spot in the glass cabinet. This is the fine 70mm sculpt by Keith Durham of Poste Militaire. I painted him up using Vallejo and Andrea paints and inks. As always, please let me know if something needs fix'n or could be done better. While we are at it, does anybody have a source for a more realistic static grass? The material I have just looks too artificial, in fact there are a few red fibers mixed in !

Joe

Nicely done Joe. Love the metals.

Cheers,
Pedro.

Nice work Joe on what is a true classic.

Thanks Pedro!

Thank you Roger, and you are right, he's truly a classic !

Joe

Very nice.
You can repaint the grass and that will get rid of the red. Just an idea.
Cheers
John

Nicely done. I like how you deployed the inca statue.

Great work on the figure and the base.

I like this Joe...a lot.

I always paint static grass whatever the base.
it onlt takes a few minutes and the results are worth the effort.

Paul.

Nicely done Joe

Thanks John! How does one paint grass? I'm thinking airbrush, right?

Joe

Thanks sippog! Not an original idea on my part. I saw the stone 'idol' set up in a similar fashion many moons ago in some modeling magazine.

Thanks again!
Joe

Thank you Thomas, I appreciate it!

Joe

I appreciate the comments Paul. I'll give painting the grass a shot.

Joe

Thanks Mike!

Joe

A very nice piece of work Joe. Colourful, but not too much.

Maybe you can add some spots with very thinned brown spots, to simulate slight surface rusting on the armour. Adds some warm colour to the metal as well.

As to grass I also always paint this. Airbrush is best, but it's also doable by brush (several thinned layers). For fluffier grass I use Joe-fix greenline tufts as well as dried seagrass. The latter stuff can be found in balls on Meditterenean beaches (a good excuse to go there!). I used this on my Warriors 1/16 GI (see my vBench) and find it very natural looking. I could send you a ball if you want to try.

Cheers,
Adrian

Very well done.

Beaut painting, Joe! I like the composition of the base too, it works really well mate.

Beautifull paintwork all around.
The base is awesome.

Marc

Nicely painted figure. The Keith Durham sculpts rival many of the modern figures.
I agree with Adrian regarding the ageing of the armour. The other thing I normally do with armour is pin-wash at the junctions of interacting pieces of armour to help them stand out.
My static grass is just like yours and I also paint it (oils are my choice), starting with a darker green, and then apply increasingly lighter greens (through to yellow tips).

Cheers,
Andrew