WIP Critique 2 BUSTS

[brian]

A wee bit of fine tuning and they'll be finished.
Brian.

 

[lancer115]

Hi Brian....There both excellent, fantastic skin tones....lovely work....John.

 

[Babelfish]

Both tremendous Brian. Who does these pieces? I don't recall ever seeing that barbarian chappie before.

- Steve

 

[Barrie Harris]

Both out standing , brilliant painting on the barbarian . As above who 's bust is he?

Barrie 9Newbee).

 

[anstontyke]

lovely work, the barbarian is outstanding.

tony

 

[brian]

The Eastern Viking is produced by Best Soldiers,and the smaller one by LAB-54.
El Greco stocks both of them,although i think they're waiting for the Eastern Viking to come back in stock
I've seen quite a few versions of the viking,which are really well done.

 

[Nap]

Lovely painting Brian

Like both the reds are great as are the fleshtones on both

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[megroot]

Impressive paintwork

Marc

 

[ghamilt1]

A masterclass of textures Brian, very inspirational to see this level of work. Thanks for posting.

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Neat to see these especially the Nubian Brian.
What did you use for his skin tones?

Happy New Year to you & yours mate!

Mike

 

[brian]

Hi

Neat to see these especially the Nubian Brian.
What did you use for his skin tones?

Happy New Year to you & yours mate!

Mike

Hi Mike
I undercoated the face with Humbrols Sand 93 and mixed lamp black,burnt sienna and burnt umber oils.Shading was done with pure black and the highlights were done by adding small quantities of flesh ochre.I more or less experimented with this flesh mix as i'd never used it before,so i used wet on dry techniques to enhance the contrast,but kept it subtle,as it would be so easy to overdo the contrast.I tend to be subtle with all my painting .It's not that i don't like the more OTT style that's about today ,it's just the style i adopted.
All the best Mike.

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Hi
Hi Mike
I undercoated the face with Humbrols Sand 93 and mixed lamp black,burnt sienna and burnt umber oils.Shading was done with pure black and the highlights were done by adding small quantities of flesh ochre.I more or less experimented with this flesh mix as i'd never used it before,so i used wet on dry techniques to enhance the contrast,but kept it subtle,as it would be so easy to overdo the contrast.I tend to be subtle with all my painting .It's not that i don't like the more OTT style that's about today ,it's just the style i adopted.
All the best Mike.

Thanks mate!
"Subtle" is you middle name & I love it

 

[smudger1960]

Both are beautifully painted bri

 

[Mike Stevens]

Nicely Done Brian

 

[phil_h]

Very impressive stuff - I think they're both just stunning
Phil

 

[peedee]

Outstanding Sir Brian.

Paul.