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| Gotta love a lion! |
Continuing on from last time, we have arrived to the finale stage: the banner. Way back in Part 1 of this thread I discussed why I chose to keep the original sticker and the steps I went through to preserve it. Now, many many moons later, it is finally time to remove the Artists Tape mask from that old sticker. ..
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| Artist tape mask over OG sticker. |
And I was thrilled to see that, even after being on since 2019, the sticker was indeed protected by the Artist Tape mask and nor was it damaged by it during removal.
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| Mask removed, old sticker revealed. |
Finding a perfect color match for a 32 year old printed glossy sticker was going to be a challenge, but I turned to my trusty old range Citadel paints for the answer. I decided to give
Ruby Red a go. And I must say, it's a damn close match! I'm just glad it's not the yellow I was trying to match, that would've been a hard challenge for sure!
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| Ruby Red added. |
Next, I used a modern GW paint,
Retributor Armour, the tassels and trimming accents of the banner. When took this pic I was unsure about that top bit, but clearly it needs to be gold also.
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| Retributor Gold applied. |
Having fixed that oversight, I went ahead with the final highlight on the gold using a Citadel Dry paint called
Sigmarite. I feel like this turned out as well a I had hoped.
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| Finished. |
With that last step, this is done. And here it is zoomed out a bit. The next few pics will give a kind of 360° view of the whole tower.
And here it is, occupied by it's new dwarf masters. Clearly some noble lost this property in a grudge restitution settlement. And that pretty red lion flag is about to become a table cloth in the drinking hall. Does anyone out there have the stones to try to take it from them?
Anyone?
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| Under new management. |
