Celtic Senon Chief 300 B.C.

Portrait of a Celt

From the enclosed instructions "The figure depicts a Celtic chief. The Celtic warriors did not favour the use of armour. They preferred to fight almost completely nude. Only the chiefs used helmets and ornaments." This photo shows his shield which was painted with bright anthropormorphic designs.

Celtic pants design

I took a big risk and decided to paint some flamboyant checked pants on this model. I started with blood red. Then painted blue stripes over that. Then painted yellow stripes over that. Then used a fine black Pigma Micron marker over that. I am ambivalent on the results. On the one hand I like the plaid and the crazy weave pattern. On the other hand, my hands were a bit shaky and it does not look super realistic. Oh well, at least I enjoy experimenting

The gaze of the chief

I like how the gaze and the helmet of the model turned out. Unfortunately he is looking down a bit, so you do have to go low and look somewhat upwards to see the face.

The model came in multiple pieces which I pinned and epoxied together. I think I would have had better results with the pants if I held off with the placement of the shield. The shield blocked easy access to painting the pants.

The hand and the spear were also separate, but I waited until the last moment to epoxy those in place. Rather than use the supplied white metal spear, which looked like a wet noodle, I cut a new brass wire spear, which looks a lot more straight and deadly.

More crazy pants

One more close up of "Celtic Chief Crazy Pants." The Celtic chief is painted with Reaper Master Series paints.

I hope you enjoyed reading the details of the painting and photographing of a large miniature of a Celtic Senon Chief Perhaps these hints will help with painting ancient warriors.

Enthusiasts of this scale may also enjoy the Pegaso 54 mm Celt miniature. More miniatures-related articles are at Dan Becker's Miniatures and Models site. Thanks for stopping by and reading about my miniatures.