Last night more progress was made on the yellow scarf around the crusader's waist. Firstly I went over all the upper surfaces of the scarf with a light sand highlight. Once this dried a went over the entire scarf with an opaque covering of lemon yellow. Once this was complete a mix of some off-white was added to the yellow and the added a further light coat over the high-light areas once again.
After a couple more coats progressively lighting the yellow until I was happy with the highlight.
It was not to be too light but defined enough to show the texture and the folds off to their best.
For the recesses and folds in the fabric a tiny spot of chocolate brown was mixed in with the yellow. This too was watered down in to an opaque consistency and gently added into the low- lights. The final stage was to paint over a final top coat to bring together the different shades and tones into one element encompassing light and dark.
After a couple more coats progressively lighting the yellow until I was happy with the highlight.
It was not to be too light but defined enough to show the texture and the folds off to their best.
For the recesses and folds in the fabric a tiny spot of chocolate brown was mixed in with the yellow. This too was watered down in to an opaque consistency and gently added into the low- lights. The final stage was to paint over a final top coat to bring together the different shades and tones into one element encompassing light and dark.
Finally the next part to deal with will be to start working on the bottom of the crusader's surcoat. Ideally we want to achieve an ingrained dirt look resulted from months or possibly years of campaigning ...
Thank you Phil.
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