As the '3rd Annual Painting Challenge' gathered pace and I found myself on the 'Perry Miniatures' website looking for suitable miniatures to represent the 'Seven Greyscale Samurai' when these darkly clad warriors leaped out!
If I'm honest I was rather hoping that they would be a quick fix, points wise, but not a bit of it. Shunning all sense and reason, I set about them convinced that I was going to employ my usual three colour method, but by the time I had given them three shades of black, my eyes were starting to cross!
I did, however, have a secret weapon, Privateer Press' Coal Black. The Dark Templar had put me onto this some time ago and my goodness what a little gem of a colour it is. I appreciate that I may be on a slippery slope getting unnecessary excited about a pot of black paint, but this is a wonderfully useful addition to the armoury. Mixed with black and later a charcoal grey, I was able to get the three colour palette that I was after. True it has a greenish hue to it, but it really helps to make what is otherwise a very difficult colour to paint a bit more bearable.
They´ve turned out well...very effective black
ReplyDeleteLooking very good Mr Awdry, and don't worry too much about getting excited about a pot of black paint. I do it all the time ; )
ReplyDeleteCheers
Dave
Hi Michael,
ReplyDeletethose Ninjas look really good. The black didn't turn too grey and the painting quality is excellent once more.
Cheers
Stefan
Those are very pretty - nice work with the black.
ReplyDeleteVery nice figs. Not the most colourful chaps but the shading is quite good. Great work.
ReplyDeleteExcellent job Michael. Getting black highlighted without it looking too grey is tricky and you have done it masterfully!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Iread somewhere, once upon a time, that there were no truly black dyues, that they were all either very dark blues or very dark greens or somesuch.
ReplyDeleteI may need to pick up some of this Coal Black and experiment with it.
very nice Michael, I really like the figures from this period which you have been painting recently.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work Michael :)
ReplyDeleteBlack would have to be the all time 'bastard' colour to get right...you've mastered it in great style. Love your work.
ReplyDeleteVery nice Michael, very nice!!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool - so much black is ironically hard to pull off well, and you've done it a treat!
ReplyDeleteBlack is a very difficult colour to highlight ans shade but you've done a great job Michael. I really like the ninja guys!
ReplyDeleteI think they are stunning and really look superb very well painted indeed.
ReplyDeleteOnly a very minor criticism, to note for the future is that there is no Historical or archaeological evidence of ninjas being dressed in Black! I know it sounds weird but it's true. The Kabooki Theatre traditionally uses black clad stage hands to move items on stage, thus the convention in the theatre is that things dressed in Black cannot be seen.
However that comment takes nothing away from how well painted these are. And it is only idiots like me that would feel the need to point it out. So please don't change them as they are fantastic and no one else other than me will really care. All the best Clint.
Fantastic work Michael!
ReplyDeleteIt works!! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteLovely ninja's mate, Imay have to try that paint out my own supplies of black are starting to dwindle so might be the time to try something new.
ReplyDeleteMichael,you have done a wonderful job on the black, they are great looking figures and fun to game with I imagine.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pat.
More fantastic work Michael - very nice indeed!
ReplyDeleteThey look cool,no jokeing my friend is a real ninja he goes to japan every year to train
ReplyDeleteYou have the talent my friend...amazing work
ReplyDeleteNice work my crossed eyed pal!
ReplyDeleteGreat work there Michael they do look very nice. I love the black clothing, I colour I have always struggled with. Top work
ReplyDeleteCatching up after my visit to your wonderful country, Michael. Lovely looking Ninjas! Great work on these as always. Dean
ReplyDeleteVery impressive Ninjas! Great work...
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