Thanks a LOT everyone as you are making me blush with your overly praise as always.

As you all know Cameron of Erracht is one of the more complicated of tartans to paint

After I painted a field of dark blue comprised of Navy Blue (Maimeri) + Black, I laid in the green bands (Nap Green Andrea). After that, I mixed the dark blue + green to obtain the blue green effect of the other squares, as can be seen in the first update of the other thread. Next, black green bordering was painted in. Green ochre (V) + a drop of Tamiya matt acrylic (sorry guys but am at work and don'thave the bottle with me) was used for the "yellow" stripes. Red ochre (Maimeri) was used for the red grid

Next came the "weaving" which I achieved by 45degree strokes to the left (I made sure that I kept the strokes to the left, that is upper stroke starting from the left side and end downwards on the right....hope my English is explaing well enough to understand ) with the corresponding underlying colour, on both the yellow and red stripes. Next came the pronounced weave where the lines intersect as this will be a pure/pronounced/enhanced colour, with yellow ochre and red ochre.

Final step was a diluted overall wash with Blue black W&N Oil + white spirit to unify the whole pattern and sort of harmonize the picture. Ivory Black W&N Oil, again diluted was applied inside the pleats after this dried I revisited the intersections with red ochre and yellow ochre accordingly.

Inspiration to and how to paint tartan was always Shep Paine's and Bill Horan's books,(Bill mentions the can of Tartan spray in his book ) coupled with Danilo Cartacci's recent book. However, the "weaved look" per se was truly inspired at last year's Euro when I gaped in awe infront of Pietro Balloni's bare chested Highlander in Class2, as before that time I never believed that a tartan could be painted in that lively way!!! So apart the 3 books that I mentioned, I also had a photo of Pietro's masterpiece saved on my PC

IN BETWEEN ALL THE ABOVE...............BELIEVE ME.......A LOT OF CORRECTING!!!!! AND WHEN I SAY A LOT I MEAN A LOT to make things worse, after it was almost ready, that is before the washes with the respective oils, I REPAINTED the red grid from where it passes on the green and blue green bands as i painted these a bit on the wide side I fought with myself, not to do it, as I tried to convince myself that it would pass, but my conscience did not let me sleep well for a couple of nights, so I just rolled my sleeves and went for it like a grown up it is the way I've been bred in scale modelling, and being an SSM member does not help at all, as on Wed I would sure fall prey to the scrutineering eyes of my fellow club mates (I would proudly do the same to them if it was the case mind you) so apart from that, I just really could not have lived with the guilt that I spent the same amount of time just to screw it, so quite a lot of REPAINTING I HAD TO DO...........but now I am free of all burdens that I streched my mere mortal fibres to the maximum limit

Thanks for hearing me rant, and again, a heartfelt thanks to ALL of you!!! I really appreciate it!!!!

Ray

A masterclass on tartan, you've really lifted the bar.
superb.
Derek

Carl
talking about bars, many have been taken in by men in skirts, low lights, too much to drink just ask Davie Mitchell.

Thanks a lot Derek, really appreciate and I'm still laughing

Ray

Fantastic work Ray, so life like.

Rej,
Outstanding tartan,well done.
Andy

Superb painting Ray, it was well worth the wait.Look forward to seeing it all come together.


Cheers David

George, Andy and David......thanks for looking and your kindness.

Davey and to all your fellow Scots on this forum (Andy, Brian and Don amongst others) who are all like brothers to me.......as I appreciate everyone's feedback equally, I just can't help to mention that I appreciate your feedback just a bit more when you literally "breathe" the subject in question, so your honest and sincere nods mean the world to me!!

Ray

SO realistic !!! Fantastic paintjob !

Ray,
Absolutely brilliant on the tartan. Thanks also for the information on painting, it will come in very helpful.
Cheers
John

Excellent work buddy! This is one of my favorite figures that was released last year and you are knocking it out of the park like always. Hope to see it at Euro this year if I manage to make it! Keep it up!

Hey Del,

Low Lights, Glaswegian, tattoo'ed ship welder in a cocktail dress, and a dry white wine, don't knock it untill you've tried it, they say mate! He He He!!!

Carl

A great job on tartan, very intresting SBS, i'm sure that you ave a secret , a litel touch of wisky in the cleaning brush mixt ......

Francis

Speechless...

Christos, John, Anders, Francis, Stralis thank you all

Carl, even though I don't know what you're talking about I still smiled

Anders, try and make it to Euro please

Ray

Hi Ray,
love the fine detail mate,my eye's would be on storks looking at that,I look forward to seeing it in the flesh!
Best Regards
Paul
www.paulblaber1.moonfruit.com

Hi Paul,

Thanks a lot mate too kind!!!

Ray

Ray that is awsome work!

And you have inspired me to dig out a Roll call figure i was give last year!

thank you

Mark

Ray, I echo the others superb paintwork of a tartan!
It gives the feel of real texture.
I will save your pics as a reference if I need to paint a tartan in the future.
Keep up the good work.

cheers,
Marcel.

WOW ,
absoluto crazy, super +nice + excelent+ brilant + beautiful paint , Bravo Maestro bravo

Thanks Mark

Go for it yep that is the spirit

Ray