HYW Knight update

You will recall some ten days or so ago I uploaded a post of a 28mm HYW knight which I had specifically painted to participate in a local painting competition. Well I'm happy to announce that I placed first! A big well done to all who participated and thank you to all who voted. A big shout out also goes to Gold on Dice Events Malta who organised the competition.

Given the interest this figure generated I am posting a series of work-in-progress photographs with the hope that fellow modellers will find them useful in developing their painting techniques. I know I posted something similar a few months back but since this knight involved small repetitive patterns which meant a bit more work I thought of putting up another post. Unfortunately I am missing some steps towards the end but I still hope you will get the idea so here goes. 

Base coat in dark colours just to get the quarters right

A dot pattern is laid down to mark the positions of the Fleurs de Lis

Once the positions are final the dots are turned into lines of approximately equal length. Note the different directions to conform with the folding of the bard.

The fleurs are put down in base colour and a lighter blue shade is applied taking care not to encroach on the pattern and leave a dark blue outline around each fleur

More blue is added and highlights applied to the folds in the blue sections always taking care to work around the fleurs' pattern

The final yellow highlight is applied to the fleurs de lis patterns

Rough outlines for the dolphins are laid down on the yellow base. Note the final shade of yellow has been applied to the horse's head

The final yellow shade is applied and highlighted and the various dolphins are fleshed out and detailed. Knight is still missing some final detailing and carries no shield

Done!