120mm Scale Knight Of Christ by Verlinden

As I might have alluded to in an earlier post, figure models used to scare me for how detailed their paint schemes were. I never did them and even on 1/35 scale kits, I used to avoid putting on crew figures like the plague. As years went on and I started to get more into painting 28mm figures and game miniatures, I wanted to try my hand at something bigger. What I found out was that the majority of rules and tips that work on 28mm figs also work nicely on larger models. In my previous article on making a curved acrylic display case, I started building my 120mm knight. It sat on the shelf for awhile due to a bent sword. Yes you heard me, the sword in the kit looked like a banana and I just couldn't deal with it. Flash forward a few months, and I was staring at it while waiting for some FOW figs to dry. Finally I had had enough. I went up and borrowed my daughters hairdryer, and heated up the sword with the high heat setting. I placed the sword on a flat surface, and as it heated it straightened right out. After that I liked the kit again, and it was off to the races!

The kit is by Verlinden, who is known for their awesome detail kits, but also make amazingly sculpted figure kits in resin. I couldn't in good faith call this kit one of their better ones, as it seemed one of their earlier sculpts (the knight's face was very long, and the details were a little "toughed up" in the molding process). The price of the kit was right and I wanted to do a circular display. I found the base at walmart for like 2 bucks, bought some foam to hold the case on, and painted the kit up with some acrylics. As an aside, Verlinden is a USA company, and it gets 2 thumbs up for me for not shipping this stuff overseas!

Here are some pics with how it came out.

 

The box had the knight in a pristine white cloak, and the small amounts of blood flowing from the poor Moor he defeated. I didn't think this was very realistic as blood tends to go everywhere. I simulated blood on the tunic with magenta ink even going so far as to use a "CSI" spray pattern with a stiff bristle brush.

 

 

The kit doesn't really look this bad, but I take horrible photos...sorry.

I wanted the knight to look a little sweaty but the effect came off a little glossy.

The blood spatter is barely perceptible in the photo, but you can see little dots of it along his legs and torso.

 

 

Static grass and rocks from my driveway were added to break up the base a little. The grass is by Army Painter.

 

More ink and acrylic red was added to the wound. The direct wound was made to look fresher with acrylic paste.

 

 

 

 

 

That's all for now. Please go do a Bing search for Verlnden, and see what they have to hone your painting skills.