Completed Critique Bodi 1/9 bust as Stug Loader

[gothicgeek]

Hi all!

Finished this marvellous and beautifully simple bust I got from SKMiniatures by Bodi. The sculpting is bold and the face is that of a bruiser and a fighter, I imagined him as a unit boxing champion and a bit of a nutter

This has taken about 12 days from spraying the base flesh colour to finish so it served the purpose, quick and simple and Fun!

 

[Roman]

Great painting. Simple busts are the hardest to paint and you did so well. Congratulations.

 

[unknown01]

Great face tone Mark.
Skin seems to have gloss in me.
Was the gross painted?
Or a problem on the expression?
If you tell me, I'm happy.

Mitsutaka

 

[Gellso]

Very nice

i like the ruddiness of the cheeks and chest hair. Great stuff.

 

[tissibzh]

great skin painting Mark
I like how the hairiness is done

 

[pinsel]

hello
simply said it again smashing this chp has really an battered face but that brings character.one can rely think how heworks in the cramped room of the stug ramming home grenades.
you have mastered this bust to its best llok at the hairline or the matrace on the chest
would for me an sure gold medal candidate

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Nice paintwork, Mark!

How did you do the hair on the chest?

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[megroot]

Mark, you did some awesome job on this one.
Great work.

marc

 

[housecarl]

Great finish on this one Mark. The chest hair is very well done.
Carl.

 

[Sambaman]

Nice work here Mark! I've always thought this chap had a huge mellon! You've done him justice. The chest hair, the flesh tones and 5'oclock shadow, all well done.

Jay H.

 

[FigureLover]

Very nice work on this one, have to ditto the others in saying that the chest hair is nice and fine and looks real. Great character.
Ben

 

[winston]

Great paint Mark!!!

 

[pmfs]

Another fantastic paint my friend. Those figures from Bodi are very impressive.

 

[Michael Tse]

A master!

If my right hand and my brush go the way I aspire them to, and if I am more knowledgable with colours, this is the kind of work I would have wanted to come up with.

That's a lot of ifs so I am just downright jealous.

 

[Meehan34]

The chest hair effect is perfect. I would love to know how you did this.

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Mark,

He's a corker! I can imagine him being like Tiny from the Sven Hassel novels or Leo Kessler's Schulze character - great to see this bust brought to life like this.
You really nailed the field-grey colour of his cap, & the backings for the eagle & cockade. Super piece of work, Congratulations!

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Ferris]

Excellent paintwork Mark!
You've managed to get quite a rich pallette on such a basically simple bust.
Might be your best face so far!?

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[gylaci]

Great work Mark!
This figure is looking so realistic.
His face was incredibly beautiful.

Cheers.

László

 

[gothicgeek]

chest hair and many thanks ...

Since a few have asked....

The chest hair is made by mixing AV Burnt Umber with water at about 4:1 paint to water, do a set of hair lines with a 5/0, don't cross any lines and try to get a good mix of angles. dries in a couple of seconds.
Add another drop of water and repeat, this time cross the first layer but not the new one, add another drop and repeat, I did about 8 mixes so the final one would be about 12:1 and virtually invisible HTH

Roman ... Many thanks

Mitsutaka ... Thank you! the gloss is painted on to make him look a little sweaty and greasy

Grant .. Thank you! I can't help but make em ruddy

Christian .... Thanks!

Markus... Thank you and your too kind

Janne ... Thanks again ...

Marc ... Thanks

Carl .. Many thanks

Jay. H .... Thank you!

Ben ... Thanks again

Deneau ... Thank you

Pedro ... Thank you I do like these busts but will be starting another soon

Michael ... Far from it yet! But thank you! We all learn new stuff

Mike ... Cheers!

Chris ... Thank you

Adrian .... I really love painting faces! they are so ..... amazing! And yes I think this is amongst my better pieces Thanks!

László ... Many thanks again!



Thanks everyone for the input, this was done mainly to reset my creative "Mojo" thing, fun and just for the hell of doing it. Very refreshing

I have some WIP 3 views if anyone's interested?

 

[tonydawe]

Very cool Mark. There's a bit of Jimmy Cagney tough guy about him. As others have mentioned, the chest hair is a lovely touch.