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Flamme Rouge Painting Diary




 Colour Diary

Colours Used:

Bicycles

Primer: Vallejo Grey (not thinned)
Medium: Vallejo - Thinner Medium 70.524

Bikes: Citadel (Base) - Mephiston Red
           Vallejo Model Color - Black Grey 70.862
           Citadel (Base) Macragge Blue
           Citadel (Layer) Sybarite Green

Tyres: Vallejo Model Color - Black 70.950
Leather: Vallejo Model Color - Leather Brown 70.871 and Vallejo Model Color - Calvary Brown 70.982
Metal bits: Vallejo Game Colour - Chainmail Silver 72.053 and Vallejo Model Color - Gunmetal Grey 70.863
Wash: Citadel (Shade): Nuln Oil, Carrosburg Crimson, Biel-Tan Green
Sealant: Vallejo Matt Varnish 70.520


Cyclists

Primer: Vallejo Grey (not thinned)
Medium: Vallejo - Thinner Medium 70.524

Skin:     Vallejo Model Color - Sunny Skin Tone 70.845
             Vallejo Model Color - Basic Skintone 70.815
              Citadel(Shade): Reikland Fleshshade

Uniforms:
                  Caps: Vallejo Model Color - White Grey 70.993 with Stripe of colour matching Team Kit               and special jersey rider has solid cap of team colour for easier identification

                  Maillot Jaune: Vallejo Model Color - Deep Yellow 70.915
                  Maillot Vert: Vallejo Model Color - Lime Green 70.827
                  Maillot Blanc: Vallejo Model Color - White Grey 70.993
                  Maillot a pois: Vallejo Model Color - White Grey 70.993 Citadel Base - Mephiston Red                                            
                  Black: Vallejo Model Color - Black Grey 70.862
                  Red: Citadel (Base) - Mephiston Red
                  Green: Vallejo Model Color - Black Green 70.980
                  Blue: Citadel (Base) Macragge Blue

Shorts:  Vallejo Model Color - Black 70.950 with Vallejo Black Grey Highlight
Metal bits: Vallejo Game Colour - Chainmail Silver 72.053
Sealant: Vallejo Matt Varnish 70.520


Research Materials/Inspiration




Oh Lance you cheater!  Still, pretty epic TV...on the L'Alpe-d'Huez



The Process
Priming the Bikes and leaving the bottoms unpainted for easier identification when playing.  Seats I painted half with Leather Brown and the other with Red Calvary

First One base coated, frame in Blue, Black tires, Silver for the spokes.  Was thinking already to wash in Nuln Oil to give it a blurred in motion look.  That was my hope anyways!
All Frames Painted up, Riders washed with some light dish soap detergent and a tooth brush.

All base coated and no one to ride them!

Colnago, Cervelo, Bianchi, LeMond - Nuln oil applied to spokes and shade applied to bikes.
Riders getting a Basecoat.  They are pretty small and fiddly and I ended up pinning them to allow for easier drying.  Had some old clothes pins and some really narrow gauge wire kicking about.


Base coat sunny Skintone, and added a dark grey colour to the base of the bicycles to give it a bit of pavement look.  Still not sure what to do with bases.  Have to think on that for awhile


Shorts in Pure black
Jerseys all base coated

Test fitting them all before glueing them back together.  Didn't like the look of the riders who had been wearing the special jerseys and decided I would make their caps solid in colour to match their team.

Very thinned out black or white to fill in the S or R to help identify the Rouler or Sprinteur.  Washed exposed skin with the Reikland Fleshshade and then highlighted with Basic Skingtone

The next morning

second coat of leather brown to the boots, some Gunmetal grey to the pedals/cranks, and brushed on some  Matt Varnish

Ready for a game!

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