WIP Critique 93rd Highlander 1/10 bust.

[Gellso]

Looking great so far Grant , but I think I would tone down the ginge a bit more yet.





Cheers Davie

Cheers Davie,

Yeah mate, more washes applied.

Gells

 

[Gull]

Great work Grant,
In particular the green eyes are terrific.
Liam

 

[phil_h]

Very impressive so far, the eyes really give the face an older, soulful vibe... exquisite!
Phil

 

[brian]

Painted this classic many moons ago,i think it might have been my first bust.Your's is looking really great Grant,look forward to seeing him progress.

 

[merlino]

Hi Gells, What colours have you used so far on the skin tone? I love it! Compliments!

 

[Helm]

Just started this guy,
Will attempt a ginger beard!
See what you think.

Gells

Reference pic for you mate

 

[arj]

Very nice start.
The eyes are extremely life-like.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[smudger1960]

lovely piece of work so far grant

 

[Viking Bob]

This is looking great, the eye's make the face. Nice work and still watching

 

[Gellso]

Ran some sepia, dark reds and deep purples to tone done the orange mess of the beard.
Head dress started also.

 

[offo]

 

[Magnifier]

... veryniceindeedness.

- Steve

Love this.

 

[peedee]

It's coming on a treat .

Paul.

 

[anstontyke]

really love the soulful look the eyes give him. excellent work

 

[Gellso]

Hi Gells, What colours have you used so far on the skin tone? I love it! Compliments!

Thanks for all the comments guys.

Hi Merlino,
Just followed the shield maiden painting on you tube and added some other colours such as blue around the eyes, some sepia ink mixed with base colour, red over the cheeks.


Gells

 

[Gellso]

Some uniform Wip pics:

I sprayed primer black which was stove paint I had left over from putting in my wood burner. Super Matt finish. Then sprayed some halfords white primer on top. This shows through the reds and gives clear guidance where the highlights and shadows are.



Scale 75 antares red was then base coated
Highlights were aldebaran red and then orange.
Shadows were base coat and African shadow then I used citadel carroburg Crimson ink mix with African shadow. The inks are more intense so give more depth. Mixing them with paint means you get more passes without them going shiny.

The sash was red, Indian shadow and white to form a crimsonish colour. Highlights were base with a little light flesh added. Shadows were citadel carroburg Crimson ink, base colour and Indian shadow from scale 75.

I added the Crimson ink again to The shadow colour for the pin washing sequence. This helps add depth to the straps and seam borders plus tidies things up a bit.

Whites are a mix of white + grey, white+German splinter camo, white+thar brown scale 75.

I ran some washes over the whites to tone them down and will highlight edges with a pure white diluted heavily.

I like using the inks and am learning they are more versatile than you think. They really save you time because of their intensity and you don't need as many passes with your brush.

 

[peedee]

Absolutely top notch tones across the colours here.

A soooper doooper heeland trooper.

Paul

 

[DEL]

Some uniform Wip pics:

I sprayed primer black which was stove paint I had left over from putting in my wood burner. Super Matt finish. Then sprayed some halfords white primer on top. This shows through the reds and gives clear guidance where the highlights and shadows are.
Scale 75 antares red was then base coated
Highlights were aldebaran red and then orange.
Shadows were base coat and African shadow then I used citadel carroburg Crimson ink mix with African shadow. The inks are more intense so give more depth. Mixing them with paint means you get more passes without them going shiny.
The sash was red, Indian shadow and white to form a crimsonish colour. Highlights were base with a little light flesh added. Shadows were citadel carroburg Crimson ink, base colour and Indian shadow from scale 75.
I added the Crimson ink again to The shadow colour for the pin washing sequence. This helps add depth to the straps and seam borders plus tidies things up a bit.
Whites are a mix of white + grey, white+German splinter camo, white+thar brown scale 75.
I ran some washes over the whites to tone them down and will highlight edges with a pure white diluted heavily.
I like using the inks and am learning they are more versatile than you think. They really save you time because of their intensity and you don't need as many passes with your brush.

Glad to see you're sticking to a limited palette Grant

 

[Gellso]

Glad to see you're sticking to a limited palette Grant

Just trying to catch up with you Del!
Grant

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Curses! Always fancied doing a ginge after seeing Davies Boudicca. Didn't really get my hands on it....it's a commission.

Thanks to all who took time to comment.
Gells

I have never done a ginger