WIP Bloodied, but unbowed

[Nap]

Damn fine painting there, looking forward to seeing this one complete now.

Cheers Simon

I think you are making good progress on this one. I know it's been challenging at times but it all seems to be coming together nicely now.....

Hi Henk

Agree with the above , not easy to paint for sure so credit to you for keeping at it ...it’s been worthwhile so far

I like the subtlety of the painting

Thanks for sharing

Looking forward to seeing more

Have fun @ the bench

Nap

 

[Henk]

It may not look like much progress, but I'm now at the "should I, or shouldn't I ' stage. Sapper Robb is about done, a few touch-ups on his battle dress, but the Denison is done. Sapper Grier is almost there, but this is the stage where that 'one more glaze..' can turn into 'aaaargh' .
Once I'm completely happy with the Denisons, the hardest part comes, a wash of grime... They are far too clean at the moment, and that final wash of dirtyness is what will make it pop. Or make it go to the back of the cupboard, and me lay down in a darkened room.....
My phone will not take decent pictures, I gave to edit them, and dial down the saturation and brightness by 30 % at least.. no pressure settings to set those as default for all my pics. When these two are finished, I'll have to get the proper camera out.
Anyway, a few pictures where it's at now.

 

[Nap]

Hi Henk

I like the way this is going on both denisons

As with most projects it’s knowing when to stop so go easy on any washing and weathering imo

Thanks for the updates

Looking forward to seeing more

Have fun at tge Bench

Nap

 

[Henk]

So, I said that Sapper Robb's Denison was about right....
Well, nearly. I've darkened the base colour a bit, and brought out the colours a bit. Looks better now. Sometimes you need to keep going until it goes 'pop' in your head.
Sapper Grier is having a lighter Denison, I just need to bring the colours back up, because the don't look bleached/washed out, but covered with dilute LifeColor 'Sandgrau'... .
Sapper Robb's head is positioned loose, and the photo tilted to show the proper orientation of the bust once mounted. Sapper Grier's head is finished. And locked away until the rest is finished.. .
I've started the last bits now, hands and bandage, face veil scarf, and then to fix it on the plinth. The finish line is in sight..

 

[Henk]

Ok, Sapper Grier needs a few more touches. I WILL get those eyes right...

 

[Briggsy]

Looking good Henk, the Dennisons look suitably faded as they would be. Spr Griers face is looking good, all I would suggest for the eyes is to darken sightly around them sort of bags under the eyes thing as he'll be well and truly chin strapped. Must feel good knowing it's all coming together now.

Simon

 

[Henk]

Thank you Simon, I'm in two minds about the eyes. On the one hand I'm not entirely taken with the green, they are a bit to.. blob of green to me. So I have two options. I'm either doing them again, but start with much more dilute green ( just because I don't want them both to have blue eyes), or, as you say, go for a lot more 'bloodshot' reddish to fill up the eyeball and eyelids.
Well, I'm off to work again, so a few days to let it settle and think about it.