WIP And Now For Something Completely Different...

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

1:12 scale Octavius Wizard by Black Crow

Different for me, that is. A different genre. A different scale. And a different challenge.

Beautifully cast, great detail and very little in the way of cleanup required. Test fitting of parts shows Black Crow paid a lot of attention as to how everything would all fit together. Great job, my hat's off to them.

 

[sd0324]

That should be fun to paint. He looks all wizardy. Pretty cool.



Steve

 

[Nap]

Hi Rick

Glad you got hold of this , certainly a lot to have fun with , casting looks really good , love the faces on both him and the wise owl

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

The wizard's hat first?? Seems like a bass ackward place to begin. I first wanted to decide the color of the wizard's hat and robe... black was too obvious, too "wizardy" as Steve might say. And there were already several dark green wizards and I didn't want to do another. so a color test was called for and where better to begin than on the hat? I chose burnt red for the base coat with black red and violet red for shadows and highlights, all Vallejo. And then because I didn't want our friend to appear to be too haute couture with his chi chi, fancy, dancy hat I chose to go blah with the hat band and opted for AK's WW1 feldgrau. Lemme know what you think....

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[Hobbychick]

I like the colors on the hat. Great piece you’re working on

 

[Warren SMITH]

Amazing sculpt.. looking forward to seeing how you bring it to life.... great start

 

[Dejan]

Good start, will be great to keep seeing the progress as you go

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Thanks to all. Much appreciated.

Rick

 

[Scott Sheltz]

Off to a great start!

 

[Nap]

Hi Rick

Nice to see the paint flowing on this ....like the colour of the hat , possibly put more highs and accentuate the brim edges

The scarf being darker works well against the main colour

Looking at this it feels like your enjoying this being on the bench

Following with interest looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

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Hi Rick

Nice to see the paint flowing on this ....like the colour of the hat , possibly put more highs and accentuate the brim edges

The scarf being darker works well against the main colour

Looking at this it feels like your enjoying this being on the bench

Following with interest looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks for the suggestion, Nap. I agree with you so I've added some more highlights and accentuated the brim of the hat. There isn't a heluvalot of difference between the original hat and the revised hat. I hesitate to go any farther as I like the burnt red base coat and don't want to turn it purple with too many or too strong highlights. Lemme know what you think.
Rick

PS: You're right, I'm enjoying this guy immensely - so different from anything I've done before. His spell/magic book is next on the agenda. The printed pages pose a particular problem but I think I may have a solution - we'll see.
R

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

A few more pieces to the puzzle...
The pages were taken from the net, adjusted for size and cut to fit. Lucky for me the printed page color was a perfect match to Game Color's Elfic Flesh making my job easier. ( I like easier).

 

[Warren SMITH]

Comin along nicely..

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Comin along nicely..

Thanks, Warren. Much appreciated.
Rick

 

[Nap]

Hi Rick

Nice update on this , like the book , the pages are spot on , the hand looks good as well

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Thanks, Kev.
Rick

 

[Henk]

Nice colour Larry. Like the pages, did you use decal paper, or just thin plain paper?

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Nice colour Larry. Like the pages, did you use decal paper, or just thin plain paper?

Thanks, Henk. I used 20lb copier paper with a 92 brightness and a 155 whiteness rating. It's an every day copier paper, nothing special.
Rick

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Gettin' there...
I noticed as I posted this pic I neglected to add the highlight to the owl's eyes. And a couple of tiny spots on the Wizard's hat. Will fix them before finish...

 

[Nap]

Hi there

Good update on this duo , nice beard , possibly push the highs a bit more ?

Nice spot on the missed spots ...the sacrilege! ..lol

Happy benchtime

Nap