Hi, Nap –
Thanks for your kind comments on Vincent.
Regarding the various paints and mixtures of paints, I have to refer to my notes (and then try to decipher them…)
After washing, etc, I tried an idea I gained from our local model club – panel line accent paint. We are a chapter of IPMS and include the usual planes, tanks, and cars plus a few railroad guys. One of the latter was talking about how he paints the scale buildings for the layouts. He starts with Tamiya panel line accent color
(https://www.tamiyausa.com/search/?q=panel+line). This is similar to really thin paint, and helets itflow into all the cracks and crevices. Sometimes, this acts as a pre-shade in recessed areas and sometimes as an outline making the segments of the model more paint-by-the-numbers. This bust is among the first efforts I have made with the product.
The panel accent worked for me in creating deep distinction in the hair and picked out the seams in the clothing such as where the sleeves are sewn on, the button holes and the detail of the buttons themselves. I had to pay attention to not obliterate these lines when painting.
The face was under coated with Humbrol H61 and H147 mixed to a pale skin tone. The jacket was undercoated with H87, the shirt with Model Master light ivory and the vest (waistcoat) with H87. The first color in the eyes was Model Master enamel “sand.” Then the pupils were marked with Model Master raw umber, and later with H44 for color.
Model Master “wood” was the first dry brush on the hair and subsequent applications were wood + Testors light brown, sometimes lightened with H147. Various combinations were used on hair, brows and beard to give slight differentiation.
To finish the face, I used an oil mixture that, I think, I found on this forum. The base mixture is burnt sienna + titanium white. For shadows, the above is mixed with sepia, and highlights get more white added. The cheek bones get just a tiny bit of rose into the base mix.
Returning to the jacket, a basic mixture of cobalt blue and Naples yellow with shadows and highlights seems to match the colors in his self portraits. The shirt got a very pale version of the same mix.
A touch of white enamel on the eye makes the catch light and a thin line of Model master light flesh ads the pink rim. The eyes are made “moist” by a dab of Aleenes Liquid Urethane Adhesive (see Amazon or craft stores). The product formerly known as Future floor polish also works.
Thanks for asking.
N
