So varnishing turned out to be no issue thankfully. Whereas the polyurethane gloss, went straight on with no problem! For some reason I expected the result to be the opposite way around but I am glad it matched my normal procedure. The Vallejo acrylic matt immediately dissolved the ink leaving a black smear to be wiped off. I decided I'd grab an old spare model and draw two test lines on it and test the two varnishes on that first. I normally varnish my metal models with a DIY Polyurethane Gloss varnish first, then use a brush on Vallejo Matt Acrylic over that. It felt a bit like cheating not using a brush, but what the heck, sometimes needs must.Īgain it's not a perfect copy, but it gives a recognisable representation, I hope you'll agree!Īnd of course the banner has two sides so I had to repeat my efforts on the other side too.įinally came the time to varnish. Then out came the pen for the black wiggly line pattern. I tried to copy the painted example from GW as best as I could, and would say I have managed a reasonable representation of the tree and the icons down the side of the flag, adjacent the pole. The figure from Tom was stripped and painting commenced, following the style of the previous Boromir on foot model. I was recommended a Zig Millenium 0.2mm black ink pen. So I put out some queries to the various painting forums on facebook and google+. so a technical pen seemed the only option.
Lotr two towers flag scene free#
a which point I believe he gave up!īut I knew I wouldn't be able to pull off those waving lines free hand with a brush. He got it all done, looking good, then applied varnish, and the ink instantly smeared across the banner! In frustration he stripped the model and started again, and I think tried a different varnish or method of applying, but the same thing happened again.
Quite some time ago, a mate of mine Chris, had a go at painting the model and struck on the idea of using a Fine tip technical ink pen. I have found I can paint most things in terms of miniatures, but free hand artwork, especially at this scale for banner and shields etc., is not my strong suit! Most concerning was the fine black waving lines at the end of the banner tips. I must admit, whilst I wanted the model for my collection, and for gaming purposes, I was dreading painting it, due to the banner. I sourced the model this way, thanks to a great deal from Tom Candlin - Many thanks Tom! The model now appears to be unavailable from GW, but does still show up on ebay and other tradegroups on the web.
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