So out came this guy.
I started by priming him in grey. I never used to prime, I just would use whatever colour I was going to use. Now I prime everytime. It just plain helps.
I looked at all my other pirates I have painted and there is a very common theme. Reds and Blues. Makes sense. So I wanted to do something different. I found a nice Vallejo Blue/Green and decided that it was a decent nautical colour to go with. When I do my first bulk colour I don't usually worry too much about where it goes. I teach kids how to paint figures in my community and I always tell them to be neat...always. So this is a case of do what I damn well tell you and not what I do myself
The main thing here is the coat. So it gets the blue/green treatment. I am going to do the sleeves German grey as its close to black but isn't quite. Then a lighter colour for the trim on the front of the coat. I painted the sash a dark green to keep it in the same zone as the coats color. In the pic it looks a little more blue than green, but in reality it is pretty close to sitting right between the two.
Pants and boots tomorrow
