Battlemasters Tower (Part 4)

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. ..

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. 

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! 

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.

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. 

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?

Under new management.