WIP Afghan Tribesman 1842

[megazord_man]

sweet - full of character, lovely pj!

 

[Ernest]

Thanks for your comments guys, here the table color for flesh:
BASE: ENGLISH UNIFORM + BEIGE BROWN
LIGHT 1: BASE + SUNNY SKIN TONE
LIGHT 2: LIGHT 1 + SKIN TONE BASE (JS)
SHADOW 1: BASE + BURNT CAD RED
SHADOW 2: SHADOW 1 + BURNT UMBER (JS)
SHADOW 3: BEIGE BROWN + BURNT UMBER
COLOR TONES: RAW UMBER (JS) NAPTHOL CRIMSON (JS)

(JS)=JO SONJA

 

[Ernest]

and now the fun part, the leathers

 

[Ernest]

mixing palette for the basic colors and the different colors tones...

 

[Ernest]

First steps, painting very rough some mid tones and lights, but like a sketch, always using a big size brush (only for this stage)

 

[Ernest]

Blending a bit with some mid tones and shading, remember always to paint like pointillism style, like doing some little punches with the brush (up and down) very fast

 

[Ernest]

More blending and more texture details, upside more lighter than the bottom side, always adding more textures and much more color tones, remember than with more details means shorter brushes

 

[Ernest]

final steps are adding more blending without forgot to add more textures, also some freehands according to my references for this leather...

 

[NickM]

Some wonderful tones and textures in that leather. Nice seeing your reference pic too, thanks for including it.
This is a work of art already.

 

[Elaphus]

Wow, that is amazing

Thank you for step by step, that is brillant !!

many greetings

Karsten

 

[housecarl]

Lovely work.
Thanks for going to the trouble to post the photos,
Carl.

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Great technique and color choices Ernesto, thanks for sharing. Regards, SG

 

[Ernest]

Working on the white turban

 

[Piotrec]

Great stuff Ernesto. I am a huge fan of how you render leathers. Thank you so much for step by step.

 

[megazord_man]

He is looking super, lovely contrast on his turban.

 

[Don]

Wonderful work Ernesto, really super. Superb paining and Carls sculpting is as wonderful as ever.
Great thing is that you just change the weapon to made a modern tribesman, nothing else has changed!

Don

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

This is going to be simply stunning Ernesto

Ron

 

[brian]

Ernesto you never fail to amaze me.A true artist!!!!
Brian

 

[CAT of BORDO]

Hola Ernesto!
Nothing to say ! INCROYABLE paint ! The face is crazy, realistics tones and fabulous blending !
Of course, you're the leather master!
Glad you use Wet palette (Sta wet palette), and Jo Sonja's artist colors !

Didier

 

[DEL]

Inspirational work, a pleasure to watch it progress.
Cheers
Derek