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Hello Everyone,
I recently was convinced to get back into Warhammer Fantasy and I decided to rebuild my Bretonnia army.
I played in 7th edition quite a bit but about 6-9 months before 8th came out a local game store kid managed to drop my case in such a way as to break about 40-70% of the lances and ruin the paint jobs of several models in the army. This killed my interest in the game for a while. A week ago I stripped my Bretonnians and have committed to finishing them and doing a much better job this time.

If you'd like to see the army in action here is my video battle report thread.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/435730.page#4017446

Here is the first knight I’ve painted.



I’d like some feedback on possible heraldry. Below is an image I mocked up in paint. (Horse outlines are stolen from http://home.comcast.net/~tedrussell/warhammergallery/Painting/GettingStarted/gettingstarted.html)

Any of these designs look particularly bad to anyone? If so what should I replace it with? The top left example is the above painted model.

They all look good and knightly. I've always liked the Brets quite a bit. Will be watching.

Yea I'm halfway through my bretonnian army so you may just inspire me to do a blog

Very nice start.

The white looks smooth, but kinda flat. Any plans for something on them, to break it up a bit?

Thin the paints a bit more, especially the ones you do on the shield. The large, flat area can really show how thick the paint is.

Are you going to do any kind of symbol on top of the two colors on the shield?

Lormax wrote:Very nice start.

The white looks smooth, but kinda flat. Any plans for something on them, to break it up a bit?

Thin the paints a bit more, especially the ones you do on the shield. The large, flat area can really show how thick the paint is.

Haven't got any ideas on how to break up the white. By thin the paint you mean just add water to it?

Lormax wrote:

Are you going to do any kind of symbol on top of the two colors on the shield?

Probably going to put some transfers on. There is a good set that comes with the Bretonnia box.

walledin wrote:Haven't got any ideas on how to break up the white. By thin the paint you mean just add water to it?

Aye. Slow-dry works as well, and Flow Improver. I believe you can find these products at Brookhurst Hobbies, or the Art Supply Warehouse across the street from the Bunker

Do I add the slow-dry or flow improver directly to the pot or do I have to apply it to a palette first?

I'd always do mixing in the palette. Once you add it to the pot, there's no going back.

Just finished another model. Not very happy with how the grey turned out. Hard to make it look anything but flat.





Any suggestions?


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Also I broke the sword on this model and lost it so I had to replace it. Is it noticable?

Maybe trim it with something? Red? I'm not liking that shield sitting in the large field of grey either

I don't notice any broken sword

Yeah for Bretonnia! Your knights are coming along well and I like that you mapped out your models in advance (also kept you metals straight which is important in heraldry).

I'm hardly the best painter in the world, but my friend is great and one thing he told me is to always try to have at least 3 layers of color. A deep color, a middle tone and a highlight. So if you are unhappy with your gray (which looks fine to me), I would check to see if you have 3 layers of color.

Good luck!

Lormax wrote:Maybe trim it with something? Red? I'm not liking that shield sitting in the large field of grey either

I don't notice any broken sword

I don't think the red would work because it would stick out. Maybe a black wash around the chevron

You could also try hardlining the chevron in black to make it stand out, like this?

I added black ink around the shields on the barding to draw out the shields. What does everyone think?

Also I am starting to run low on Citadel black ink. Does anyone know where I can get something similar? (Washes don't really cut it)

Really nice knoghts mate, but I'd suggest you not to use the spoiulers; its annoying to have to open them to look at your stuff....

But keep the good painting up!

I think the black-lining of your shields will really stand out on the table. Looks good.

If you don't want to wash, your ink is thick enough on that model that you could get the same effect with a fine brush, black paint and a little patience (as Guns and Roses would say)

MrMerlin wrote:Really nice knoghts mate, but I'd suggest you not to use the spoiulers; its annoying to have to open them to look at your stuff....

But keep the good painting up!

Thanks for the compliment. My concern is creating a thread with long load times. Although I suppose a PM Blog thread shouldn't really be afraid of that.

Bastion of Mediocrity wrote:I think the black-lining of your shields will really stand out on the table. Looks good.

If you don't want to wash, your ink is thick enough on that model that you could get the same effect with a fine brush, black paint and a little patience (as Guns and Roses would say)

I'll keep up the black lining then. I was originally doing it with chaos black like Lormax suggested but was having trouble controlling the paint. Maybe I should just water down the paint a lot.

Another knight is finished. I have another that has been sealed and is currently drying. I'll post it up ASAP.





Merry Christmas!

ah, you removed the spoilers

i really like the last knight!

Thank you.

well played sir, well played!

The red and green together looks pretty good.

On the last knight are the shields still outlined in ink, or is that an attempt with paint? Just curious. Looks great

The outlines are ink still. Thanks for the compliments I'm painting the 5th one now

4th one finished. I wasn't sure I was going to like the black but it turned out much better than I expected.

Blue/Green Knight is finished.



Currently I'm working on the knight who worships the Lady of the Lakers. He should be done by tomorrow night.

That blue is very nice. Keep up the good work!

Looking very neat, I for one really struggle with those straight edges like you've got on the shields so well done on those.
I'd suggest possibly using some inks/washes just to give some of your colours a bit of depth - saves a lot of highlighting if you're painting them for the table.

With regards to black inks, Vallejo do a very good black ink, I find it useful for making a line defining two separate areas that are the same colour.

I'll be watching this with interest, thinking of doing Bretonnians in the future

Looking awesome. Looking forward to more knightly images. You can add a lot of details into the shields by spending more time line highlighting them with a brighter shade of the color.

Now with epic failure. I screwed up applying the yellow to the next model I was working on, I spent about an hour trying to get it to look right and I finally gave up.



Time to strip this knight.

In other news another knight is finished but the shield bubbled up for some reason so I scrapped the paint off the shield and am going to repaint the damaged section.

Maximum frustration.