WIP Athena

[BRAN]

Waouh Bran ! Félicitations

Grazie Mille Fabrizio

 

[BRAN]

Hi Bran

A cracking job on the conversion work ....previous the idea
Fantasy piece now so so much better

Looking forward to seeing the paint appear

Have fun @ the bench ...step over Lego !

Nap

Thanks Nap. I'm painting the skin. I'm also trying to put the shadows of the helmet on the face, for now it doesn't deserve pictures yet, probably next week it will be possible.....

 

[BRAN]

A little progress in the painting of Athena with the coloring of the skin. The color seems suitable to me, I wait to put the colors on the adjacent elements to see how they interact with each other....

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I put shadows on the face to simulate the shadows of the helmet. It is not very visible because I did not pay attention when taking the picture that my light comes from the right and that this modifies the perception of the paint. I will be more careful next time.

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The arm attached to the shield was painted with darker colors by mixing purple into my base. The inside of the shield will be painted blue, I hope the purple is the right shade to give the skin the reflection of the blue on it....

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I put the shield in place to see if the arm was still very visible once attached to the bust and to see if the light was strong enough to be visible. Here again, the test is not conclusive, because the shield projects an additional shadow on the arm and prevents me from seeing properly if the shade used is the right one. I show here this shooting error to draw attention to this kind of detail, I will have to find a solution for the next photos.

I did so many mixes on the wet palette to create the skin that I am unable to give them here, so here is a photo of all the colors used.

 

[húsar14]

Lovely skin tones with exemplary transitions. Beautifully done!

 

[MalcC]

Great start on the flesh tones.

Malc

 

[clubcat]

That's looking rather super.
Melanie

 

[Ferris]

Excellent progress.
I think you can go quite a bit darker on her left arm. If your light is coming from the top right, the arm is fully in the shade of the shield.
Trusting this one will be very beautiful in the end!

Cheers
Addrian

 

[Malkie]

She is starting to come to life under your brush, wonderful fleshtones.

Malkie

 

[Canterbury Coxswain]

I've only just come across this build and it's been a great help already, regarding the 'beautiful' skin tones and the shadows approach. Thanks for the photo showing the colours used....I have a female figure 'waiting in the wings', prepared and waiting for her 'war paint', but she requires this 'gentle' style approach. Thanks for your detailed SBS so far, it's encouraged me to give it a go during the Summer, perhaps. I will follow with eager anticipation.
Kim

 

[BRAN]

Lovely skin tones with exemplary transitions. Beautifully done!

Thank you so much husar 14.

 

[BRAN]

Great start on the flesh tones.

Malc

Thank you MalcC.

 

[BRAN]

That's looking rather super.
Melanie

Thank you very much Melanie

 

[BRAN]

Excellent progress.
I think you can go quite a bit darker on her left arm. If your light is coming from the top right, the arm is fully in the shade of the shield.
Trusting this one will be very beautiful in the end!

Cheers
Addrian

Thanks you Adrian. Do you think I should darken the left arm further because of the shield's shadow?

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On Arnau Lazaro's copy, the arm seems lighter to me.

I'll have to get a better idea of the rendering when I take a better exposed photo, paying attention to the natural shadows that are added as soon as I finish painting the inside of the shield.

 

[BRAN]

She is starting to come to life under your brush, wonderful fleshtones.

Malkie

Thanks a lot Malkie

 

[BRAN]

I've only just come across this build and it's been a great help already, regarding the 'beautiful' skin tones and the shadows approach. Thanks for the photo showing the colours used....I have a female figure 'waiting in the wings', prepared and waiting for her 'war paint', but she requires this 'gentle' style approach. Thanks for your detailed SBS so far, it's encouraged me to give it a go during the Summer, perhaps. I will follow with eager anticipation.
Kim

Thank you very much Kim, I really like your comment because it represents what I am trying to do by posting a "step by step". That is to say, help and make people want to start painting and also dare to modify a character if you want to.

 

[NigelR]

That's a great start, the flesh tones are looking good to me so far.

 

[Ferris]

Do you think I should darken the left arm further because of the shield's shadow?

On Arnau Lazaro's copy, the arm seems lighter to me.

I was indeed thinking about the shadow of the shield, and your remark that you will paint the light from top left (as seen from the figure).
Looking at Arnau’s work, the arm is highlighted by reflections from her white tunic, which works.
I think it boils down to style, and the contrast and mood you would like to express. I love Arnau’s ‘glowing’ style, but you could also paint this with stronger contrast, like 17th century paintings. Every piece is an original, in the end!