A True Figure Painter!?

[Jimmy S]

Aha! So Quang has coughed up to using wire! And probably some old common unrealistic bendy stuff as well I bet! Micro skeletal structures carved from Dolphin teeth not good enough now? Reminds me of a figure using real DNA I did way back, "Caesar as a child", incorporating all my previously described methods, which by the time I had completed it the figure had grown up and was shaving! It was placed 3rd in the 1983 Extreme FIGMOD comp held in Beirut (try a straight line in those conditions), beaten by a nude camel and a curious vignette depicting two redfaced Stormtroopers emerging from a Zeltbahn...Ah those were the days, none of your new fangled grasshopper brushes and stuff back then..
By the way for my current diorama I need a reference for "Ashtrays of the 3rd Reich" as the judges down our way are a bit picky....

 

[quang]

"Caesar as a child"...which by the time I had completed it the figure had grown up and was shaving!

You forgot to mention that at the close of the show, Little Ceasar had become a shapeless heap, only worthy to be resurrected and included in the cast of 'Night of the Living Dead'!

Nah, believe me Sharp, wire is much longer lasting .

I do know that the current trend leans towards that silly wireless/WiFi stuff but what the hell, I'm a traditional guy. I only use grade 11, NASA-approved, platinum core, tempered steel wire. Barbed, of course!

HTH

Q.

 

[Jimmy S]

I must confess I came to figures from (spit) armour. However it was when i entered yet another 1/35 "Tiger rolling though ruined village" dio that everything came unstuck. I was congratulated on the realism of my Zimmerit, whereupon I commented that it was real, and had been carved down to that scale from a genuine Zimmerit brick I had found in a quaint little E German junk shop. Ooohh didn't that cause a stir-just a lump of concrete to me!! Anyway I was forcibly ejected from that club (curiously entitled "The ruined village Dio club) and stumbled across Planet Figure. I found this by going to Google and asking if there was a planet just for figures......so here I am and remain.

........sorry what was the original post again????

 

[quang]

Welcome to the nut house, Jim!

Your sand box is in the corner, second one from the left. Enjoy.



Q.

 

[amherbert]

When I have to take my keyboard to the ITS support person to remove the coffee I snorted all over my keyboard, which one of you should get the bill?


Andy

 

[vince wai]

Originally posted by Pete_H@Sep 30 2004, 03:44 PM

where can I score a set of those new Nike Air brushes?

Petey,

arh......check out Costco and Walmart ( under the category of health products and not art and stationaries ).

v

 

[Lancer]

Judging is by touch, therefore eliminating the petty quibbling seen in your "Euro" style bitchy fest ie "oooh isn't his Scarlet a bit too deep..." " is that Burnt or Raw Umber on that outhouse door.."




You guys are killing me, where's some clean underwear??! Jim, perhaps an alternative to your low light category! A cadre of judges with my special talent! Explained to me as total color weakness or completely color blind!! Scarlet!! Is that the color of those stop signs? Perhaps my wifes butt after a spanking?? Imagine the freedom, "yellow", a dozen shades to chose from, "the judge", if it's close to the color of this banana it's accurate!! No squabbling, total harmony at every show, peace in our time!

 

[vince wai]

Originally posted by sharpie95@Sep 30 2004, 04:11 PM
Since I discovered that painting through some ex Soviet (1980's) Night vision goggles (best $26 I've spent)) gives my figures a deeper and more lifelike green I have been sweeping the prizes in the little supported " Low Light level" category all over the country ( I am in fact the current Master Modeller of the lower Caucasus -evening category).

Jim,

I think we suffer the same problem. My lifetime effort is to persue the realism of airbrushing transparent subject matters ( ie. Invisible man ). Unfortunately, the show judges never been able to see any of my entries.

vince








PS. I had attached an image of one of my Invisible man models right above, hope someone can see it.

 

[Guy]

looks good Vince.......love how you did the eyes on your invisible man......very realistic

 

[vince wai]

Originally posted by Guy@Oct 1 2004, 12:34 PM
looks good Vince.......love how you did the eyes on your invisible man......very realistic

Hello Guy,

Thank god, finally have someone who can see!!! Tell me, will you be judging in some shows, I'll make sure to bring this invisible dude to attend.

vince


PS. Oh no, arh....arh... sorry Guy, my apology, though I hate to break this to you, I had attached in my last post by mistake an image of just the white background without the model........ sorry:-((((............;-)))

 

[Lou Masses]

Vince,

Are those invisible decals you used for the eyes?

 

[btavis]

I think a lot of these ridiculous notions about painting stem from the fact that people think that artists must suffer their work. Since in figure painting the high attributes are creating seemless blending and not showing brush strokes in the finished piece and the airbrush blends colors effortlessly and without brush strokes then obviously the hand brush method must be harder and cause the artist to suffer more.

I always remember people saying to me as an illustrator, "did you do draw that from memory or did you use pictures?" Meaning: it is harder to draw anything reasonably representational from memory than from a reference and if you used pictures then your effort is diminished and obviously inferior art.

Now, if you airbrush a figure and use reference pictures to guide your hand then I think you should just kill yourself!

 

[Pete_H]

Cousin Vinnie,
Wow!!! That's your best work ever!!! I really like the pose, the airbrush technique you used, and the seamless blending between groundwork and figure. Overall, your most perfect composition to date. I can't wait to put that invisible figure on my "to do" list!

 

[btavis]

Pete, if you come up with invisible camo I think you might have a future.

 

[vince wai]

Lou and Petey,

Thanks. Yes, yes, the eyes are from Archer decals. Special thanks to guys in Archer who had sent some over for me to try it out first. Heard they use the same liquid glue stuff as Band-aid but with a special formula which made it completely invisible. These decals are just amazing, it comes with black pupils which will be invisible even in very dim light but visible in complete darkness.

I have to say it's getting embarassing as I thought I had accidentally post an image without the invisible man BUT it's not. The little guy was there, problem is now you guys see it and I don't, got to be my best work ever!!! Ooops, major problem here, I had just knocked the model over ......my god.........it fell onto the floor and I had stepped on it and broke it to pieces:-((((((((


vince

 

[quang]

Originally posted by btavis@Oct 1 2004, 01:32 PM
I think a lot of these ridiculous notions about painting stem from the fact that people think that artists must suffer their work.

Exactly, Bob!

It's precisely the same reason why some months ago, some people on this very forum felt they have the right to jeer and sneer at another fellow painter who used decals for his eyes. Not that they've noticed it in the first place, mind you. :lol: But only AFTER the other guy, in all his candour, revealed his tip.

Now will somebody tell me exactly why we cannot accept the decal as a tool/painting aid while we do it for the airbrush? The planes and armour guys find it acceptable, why don't we? Are we feeling sooo arty or are we just feeling ...superior?

Q.

 

[Guy]

Originally posted by vince wai@Oct 1 2004, 03:01 PM
Lou and Petey,

Thanks. Yes, yes, the eyes are from Archer decals. Special thanks to guys in Archer who had sent some over for me to try it out first. Heard they use the same liquid glue stuff as Band-aid but with a special formula which made it completely invisible. These decals are just amazing, it comes with black pupils which will be invisible even in very dim light but visible in complete darkness.

I have to say it's getting embarassing as I thought I had accidentally post an image without the invisible man BUT it's not. The little guy was there, problem is now you guys see it and I don't, got to be my best work ever!!! Ooops, major problem here, I had just knocked the model over ......my god.........it fell onto the floor and I had stepped on it and broke it to pieces:-((((((((


vince

Sorry to hear about your mishap Vince........I can imagine the pain when you stepped on your invisible man figure. I was hoping to place an order with you for this figure when it went into production.........Oh well...........I can await for your next one.

 

[Pete_H]

Bob,
Dude, effective camo painting requires that the piece be invisible to the naked eye. I'll bring my version of it to Chicago for you to see, you'll like it

 

[Jimmy S]

Ok Ok now I got all excited about using decals so I rushed off to try them. Bloody hard to get off the aircraft but I persevered...then found they were the wrong scale! One of my friends has just pointed out that Swastikas definetely were not de riguer by Prussians at Waterloo ...well he is an armour modeller so he should know (miaow - saucer of milk please...). So now how do I get the decal back off the figure and back onto the other one...oh stuff it back to paints.

Vince ref the invisible man.....sorry but just did'nt see the point in the whole kit I thought you were a military man. I wish I could make your Vietnam figure disappear - the tiger stripe is driving me nuts!! (still a great figure though.....)

 

[vince wai]

Originally posted by sharpie95@Oct 2 2004, 10:13 AM
I wish I could make your Vietnam figure disappear - the tiger stripe is driving me nuts!! (still a great figure though.....)

Jim,

Ok, my next one will be the Stealth Fighter pilot.

vince