Slitherine

I've noticed in the pictures of English longbow troops I've seen painted the bows always look almost white and was wondering if anyone had some advice on what colors I should use to paint these.

I dont paint them white - but I tend to go for flat earth and highlight with khaki

Another question, the armor I see many of the longbowmen wearing, an example would be the center archer on pg 8 of Storm of Arrows, what is that linen colored stuff made out of. Is it some type of cloth armor.

linen stuffed with rags

flameberge wrote:I've noticed in the pictures of English longbow troops I've seen painted the bows always look almost white and was wondering if anyone had some advice on what colors I should use to paint these.

Sand or beige for the sapwood (tension side) and brown for the heartwood (compression side)?

Gee using two colours to paint longbows it sounds like extra work I just use beige and black wash the bow and Figure afterwards and it looks fine.

Keith

The mass effect would be cool though. I am going to try it on my Welsh. I read about the heartwood/sapwood color switch just recently in Bernard Cornwell's "Agincourt".

Dark to the archer, light to the foe . . .

dark to the archer, light to the foe . . .

dark to the archer, light to the foe . . .

Would bite to get it wrong!

lawrenceg wrote:Sand or beige for the sapwood (tension side) and brown for the heartwood (compression side)?

Damn you beat me to it