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[ubbi]

looking good Steve, like a lot the mouth and the teeth , good luck with the polar bear fur , it isn't easy to paint , the polar fur has also silver flash when hitted by the light..i can tell you because i have some polar bear fur i use usually to tie salmon flies..

 

[Helm]

Cheers Stefano that's news to me about the silver not too many polar bears here not sure how to depict that the odd bit of grey possibly ?

Steve

 

[taffjones]

Wow Steve, the skin looks great and that fur is something else

 

[Helm]

Ok tried something here and not sure if it's come off or not I appreciate the pic is my usual crap standard but tried to emulate the foaming at the mouth so often spoken of regarding the Norse frenzy we call going berserk, I am not sure it translates well into paint though, also decided on a beard/hair colour and done some shading on the face as well long way to go yet though

Steve

 

[ubbi]

Cheers Stefano that's news to me about the silver not too many polar bears here not sure how to depict that the odd bit of grey possibly ?

Steve

..I would try a little mixture of white oil with Model Master silver chrome enamel...only a little bit where the light hits the fur of course.. hope this helps..
cheers
stefano

 

[Helm]

Thanks Stefano I'll experiment a little with that when the oil dries on the fur base,much appreciated

Steve

 

[Helm]

Wow Steve, the skin looks great and that fur is something else

Cheers Joel early days on the fur yet though

Steve

 

[taffjones]

Oh right. Can't wait to see the finished article then.

 

[Helm]

Bit more done on him,the face and hair are starting to take shape and look something like now ( I think ) Another layer on the fur I'm using Ron's excellent SBS http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/my-way-with-oils.52194/ for the fur and indeed using the concept of "glazes" for the face and beard to a degree as well. With another hind sight I might have shaved his nose a little looking at the side view, but still I've seen bigger hooters in RL I also got rid of the foam around the mouth I tried, it just looked like paint splashed on it. Not sure if the bloody lip works either, but they were renowned for chewing shields and if ever a man chewed a shield rim this one did

Steve

 

[housecarl]

I think the blood maybe a bit bright Steve.
Good progress though,
Carl.

 

[Helm]

Cheers Carl I wanted it to look fresh so used a glossier red than I would normally might run a grey wash over it see if that looks better

Steve

 

[taffjones]

I like the idea of the bloddy lips Steve, it just makes him look that bit more feral.

 

[Helm]

Cheers Joel fresh blood seems to be a lot trickier than old to pull off though colour wise

Steve

 

[taffjones]

I'm sure you will nail it mate

 

[Helm]

Little more detail work on the face and hair and a very light cream wash applied to the fur as Steve pointed out Polar Bears aren't that white, still experimenting with a white/silver effect as mentioned by Stefano (it's bloody hard work this bust business isn't it ? ) Oh yes and toned down the bloody lip a bit

Steve

 

[housecarl]

Blood looks better Steve.
The fur might benefit from a dark wash, to add some shadows.
Carl.

 

[Helm]

Cheers Carl, I probably will use a darker wash the second white got in a bit deeper than I wanted although it's not quite as bad as the photo looks

Steve

 

[Helm]

I think I've done all I can with the face, however I'm sure some you can suggest further tweaks that will improve it. Helmet just placed on for effect
Cheers
Steve

 

[Helm]

After some great help from both Ron and Carl more work on the face shadowing and beard, beard still needs final highlighting work

Steve

 

[taffjones]

Looking great Steve.