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I thought that some of you might be interested in this vignette that I have been working personally between frenzied bouts painting for others of on of late.

It is the famous but doomed charge of Francesco II Gonzaga Marquis of Mantua against the nobility of France at the Battle of Fornovo 1495, that marked the beginning of The Italian Wars.

There are many more pics on my blog, but here is a taster just for now:



Thanks for taking a look and as I said, if you want to see more then take a peek at my blog:

http://gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/gonzaga-crossing-river-taro-vignette_15.html

Cheers,
Darrell.

I'd hate for this lovely picture to sneak by without a comment.

Stunning work.

the water effects are amazing well done!

Thanks guys- much apreciated .

Darrell.

For those of you that have commented on the water, this is how I did it:

The first thing I did was to paint the base with suitable brown-ey green colours. At this stage it looks a bit naff and I was wondering what the hell I could do to get the water frothing effect. It took a few weeks but when I was tidying up my studio I found an old tub of GW Snow. Eureka moment! I drew very carefully around the figures (already painted) and then put Blue-tak in the places where the mini's would fit. It was just a case of filling the spaces around where the mini's would eventually be sitting and removing the Blue-tak (not as easy as it sounds- don't press the Blue-tak into the surface too much as I did!). I added a bit more of the snow and PVA mix where I thought the water would froth as Gonzaga et al crashed into the river and left it to set for a day.

The next part was actually the easiest! I used Vallejo Water Texture and this was applied with a thin Starbucks stirrer. I just made sure that I added a little more Water Texture than I might on a slow flowing river and modelled it with the stirrer.

There are some work in process shots on my blog here:

Splashing Through the River Taro:
http://gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/splashing-through-river-taro.html

Gonzaga Crossing the River Taro Vignette II
http://gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/gonzaga-crossing-river-taro-vignette.html

Gonzaga Crossing the River Taro Vignette III (Final Chapter).
http://gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/gonzaga-crossing-river-taro-vignette_15.html

I hope that helps if anyone wants to give it a go? Let me know if you need to know more.

Darrell.