Ok , here's the highlander in it's painted form. Not the best of pics but one can get the general idea. Hope you like it.

Stephen Mallia

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Man! Stephen, really nicely done! The plaid turned out simply outstanding! Great stuff here!!!!!

Jay H.
OKC

Step[hen, very good...., I like the way you painted the highlander.
My friend you are multi talented, great sculptor and a very good painter.





Ciao
Roc.

fantastic work....
ER

TERRIFIC work Stephen! That is some fantastic painting. Seems Joe sent you one of those bottles of plaid paint! :lol: Did you weather each stripe?

Jim Patrick

Stephen, That is really nice. Great job on the tartan. Now...get us some darker pictures. ~Gary

Beautiful work Stephen,my compliments!
christos

Guys, thanks.

Roc, thanks, I'm humbled

Stephen Mallia

Very good painting of the tartan indeed, Stephen.

Nice figure.

Cheers

Jim, (and all ), here's alittle rundown of how I went about with the Tartan. Firstly, this is the Farquharson ( ancient) tartan and all the info is thanks to Micheal Scarborough ( planet member ). Altough it does not show that much, every tan box is of a different shade. In fact there are 4 shades of tan in all. I mixed a shade of tan as base colour and laid it in. Next step was the thicker dark lines. These are a shade lighter than black and the intersections painted in black. At this point the other 3 shades of tan were mixed and painted. Care was taken not to disrupt the already painted dark lines. At this stage the yellow and red lines were painted in. Now came the tough part ( as the above wasn't tough enough :lol: ). Every other 'box' had 2 thin black lines. That's one on evry side of the thicker dark line. This sounds easy enough but , believe me , with the coat and all this was a nightmare. After all was painted all the shadowing was applied. Highlighting was only painted on the back of the trews ( detail photo) since all other areas where in hidden areas. I hope this is of help even though it is somewhat confusing :lol:

Stephen Mallia

Stephen,

It is not only confusion, this is not the clue. Infact it is the staedy hand.
AND I DONT HAVE' SUCH A STAEDY HAND
great work on the figure, specially the Tartan..

Marc

Fantastic work Stephen, I like too much the tartan , good clan election ,I wait your tartan because ,is very dificult paint with the overcoat.Regards Jose Luis

Bravo, Stephen!

The tartan is brilliant. This shows how talent + patience + experience = a great piece of work.

Kudos, my friend!

Cheers,

Kyle

Wow! Well done! I knew you could. :lol:

I like your choice of tartan. It's not very common.

Wendy

Stephen,

I know someone that will be really happy! Looks even better now with paint on it.

Look forward to seeing it in person, let me know if you need me to send the pictures for you.

Joe

Congratulations Stephen. You really did great with the tartan. I'm glad you made it.

Xenofon

Guys thanks. Very appreciated.

Joe, I still need to get through to our friend, especially with regards to the other project. I would appreciate your help. Thanks

Stephen Mallia