#1 tip would be Research,Research,Research.You can never have enough information.Dont depend on any one source .Example ;there is a very famous painting, by a very famous painter, in a very famous gallery in England, depicting the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.Problem is the subject HMS Victory was rebuilt before the battle and the ship as it is depicted in the picture is wrong.So much for relying on famous painters for research.I think it would have been better not to have painted the picture at all as this only does a diservice to historical accuracy.I think that we should take some responsibility for the accuracy of what we are doing if only as a service to the craftsmen-artists that come after us.If the picture was titled something other than The Battle Of Trafalgar it would not be so bad because as it stands now it is just plain wrong.Beautiful picture ,lousy research.
Cheers! John.
