After allowing myself to get side tracked by painting “Hubert de Burgh” last week I was determined that this week would see another 28mm mounted Baron’s War knight completed. This little chap is a made up knight, which is to say the heraldry is not one I have come across but one I have made up. If it does exist out there then it is purely a coincidence as far as I am concerned.
Although it was made up it was inspired by other images I have seen. The light blue and yellow colour combination I have seen used before and rather like it and the cross hatching, albeit in a different way, I have also seen used a good many times. From a painting perspective it represented a nice challenge and overall I’m pleased with it even though some of the squares aren’t quite as even as I would like but that’s something I can work on when I next undertake a square pattern.
As already mentioned this is a made up knight and therefore in need of a made up name. On a previous figure I referred to my family tree for inspiration and decided I would do this once again. In this instance I elected to go with my maternal great grandfather’s name, James Newton Langley.
Images of Sir James below.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
Very neatly painted!! The square pattern looks fantastic.
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Thanks Fi, hope you are keeping well. 🙂
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Great work Dave, Sir James looks the business.
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Thanks Steve. 🙂
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You can’t see me but I’m applauding. Excellent work on the heraldry, it looks amazing.
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Cheers Matt, that’s kind of you to say so. 🙂
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Great work, the crosshatch in the squares must of been hard to do but you pulled it off!
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Cheers mate, it was a challenge I must admit but I was pleased with the outcome in the end. 🙂
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I’m really enjoying this series of knights, byautiful werk, as Chaucer might say.
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Cheers Dave, pleased to see you’re not bored yet! 🙂
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Excellent work on the knight TIM, and great nod to your heritage. The painting of the squares within squares is excellent.
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Thanks Dave, it’s amazing what can be achieved by a lot of swearing! 😉
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I’ve closely analysed all the pictures and noticed five of the small squares on the horse where the difference between the lengths of the opposite sides is over 100microns, so you really do need to try harder next time round! 😉 Apart from that it looks pretty damn good really! 🙂 One of my favourites I think!
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I knew I wouldn’t be able to pull the wool over your eyes John! 😉
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Awesome job dude, the up-close intricacy is amazing, but he still looks great at arm’s length too – not an easy trick to pull off mate! Well played 🤌
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Cheers Alex. The good news is my eyesight is returning to normal! 😉
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Bloody amazing once again!
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Cheers mate. Sometimes the effort pays off and I think this one came out pretty well. It’s surprising what patience and cursing and cussing can achieve! 🙂
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He look perfect, that painting on barding, I love it! Great job, do you have technic you can share, for doing such beautiful painting 🙂 ?
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No real technique just trial and error and lots and lots of practice. YouTube is always a good source but the key for me is to be bold and just given it a go.
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Now that is some fine crosshatching. I love the color scheme as well. Its bright but also a bit worn looking as I imagine most knights looked by the time they made it to the Levant. Great work as always, mate and I look forward to seeing what’s next!
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Thank you. It was time consuming but worth it in the end. 🙂
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That is very nice- love the crosshatach pattern- you didn’t make it easy for yourself did you?
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete. Yes, I did set myself a bigger challenge than I anticipated!
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I’m always amazed by the neatness of your painting but this is surely the best yet. The intricacy of the pattern on the horse’s coat is very impressive.
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Cheers mate glad you like it. 🙂
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Fan-bloody-tastic! Mate.
Cheers Roger.
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I’ll take it that you like this one Roger! 😉 Cheers mate.
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Bloody hell mate ! so gooood! as usual I’m amazed at the work you put into the horses ,this one is tops!!
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Cheers Pat. It did take a while and I nearly went blind at times but it came out OK in the end! 😉
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🤓😅😅
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Impressive brushwork as always
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Cheers mate. 🙂
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