Guy
A Fixture
Body Paint
1/10e Resin Bust
Sculpt : Luca Pieregentili
Paint : Dana Jean Paul
Step by Step Paint session
Day 1 :
I received the resin bust today. I open the box and find a very clean and smooth cast. Two parts to assemble. The bust and the pedestal. An iron bar is already fixed in the pedestal and a hole under the bust was made to connect the two parts.
The préparation will be easy and simple. No lines to erase. Only two small resin balls in the hair on the top of the head. I cut them and draw again the hair parts with an axto cutter. No major problem.
I wash the bust and the pedestal with soap and warm water.
I use two part epoxy glue to assemble the parts.
Then, I undercoat the bust with enamel (humbrol n°26 Kaki) with and airbrush. I leave the bust to dry all night long.
Day 2 :
I start to paint the skin color. I alway do a diluated Burnt Sienna as a colored undercoat. Before it dries completely I dry brush a mix of 50% Burnt Sienna, 25% Mars Yellow and 25% Alizarin Carmine. I use a dry and clean brush to take off the exces of paint.
Then I do the shadows with Burnt Umber. And deep shadows with Indigo or Cinnaber Green Deep.
After the shadows I start to highlight the skin color. I first mix some Naples Yellow Deep to my base color. And then I add flesh tint. Some highlights are not directly exposed to the sunlight (under chest, neck and inside arms....) I add a little of Cinnaber Green Deep in my highlights. The green simulate veins color under skin and helps to make a cold highlight. It’s always interesting to have cold/warm highlights as cold/warm shadows.
The pic shows the skin done but not dry yet. I paint the hair with some black and Indigo diluated.
The lips color is a mix of Bayeux Violet and Flesh tint. Highlights with white. Upper lip has some Burnt Umber added to the base color.
The hair ribbon is painted in Cadium Red Deep. Always add a little of Burnt Umber to your reds. The Burnt Umber helps to dry fast and do not change the color. Because the Cadium Red Deep pure dries very slowly, maybe weeks. Highlights are done with Cadium Red Light and shadows with Bayeux Violet.
Dilued Burnt Umber is used for the necklace and feather.
I started to paint the white parts of the eyes. I used a grey color, and highlighted the under part with white. I also putted some red to the corners.
Day 3 :
The eyes are done with a deep brown color highlighted with light brown. Pupille is black.
And a point of white simulates the day’s reflection in the eyes.
I started the tatoos paint. I used two different black. One warm and the other cold. I did the same for the highlights, one cold and one warm.
For the cold colors tatoos I used Mars Black with some Indigo and Burnt Umber. Highlited with white.
For the warm color tatoos I used Ivory Black with some Burnt Umber and Red. Highlighted with flesh tint.
Like for the skin I painted tatoos with warm/cold highlights
Day 4 :
I have to start the war paints. I decided to use only transparent or semi-transparent oil paints. I thought it would help me to see the skin tones under the war paints. I used Vermilion and Scarlet Lake. Big mistake !! The result was an awfull red avoiding all my skin tones.
I let it dries. And I started again with more opaque colors. I used Cadium Red Deep, Burnt Umber. Flech teint for highlights and some Prussian Blue for shadows. I had to be carefull because war paints started to hide tatoos.
I realised that I had to highlight and shadow the war paint, I could not let the skin tones do it for me.
The necklace is done with a mix of Burnt Sienna and Orange. Highlight with Flech teint and shadows with Burnt Umber and Prussian Blue.
**A special thanks to Dana Jean Paul and Luca Pieregentili for sending me this article / sbs
1/10e Resin Bust
Sculpt : Luca Pieregentili
Paint : Dana Jean Paul
Step by Step Paint session
Day 1 :
I received the resin bust today. I open the box and find a very clean and smooth cast. Two parts to assemble. The bust and the pedestal. An iron bar is already fixed in the pedestal and a hole under the bust was made to connect the two parts.
The préparation will be easy and simple. No lines to erase. Only two small resin balls in the hair on the top of the head. I cut them and draw again the hair parts with an axto cutter. No major problem.
I wash the bust and the pedestal with soap and warm water.
I use two part epoxy glue to assemble the parts.
Then, I undercoat the bust with enamel (humbrol n°26 Kaki) with and airbrush. I leave the bust to dry all night long.
Day 2 :
I start to paint the skin color. I alway do a diluated Burnt Sienna as a colored undercoat. Before it dries completely I dry brush a mix of 50% Burnt Sienna, 25% Mars Yellow and 25% Alizarin Carmine. I use a dry and clean brush to take off the exces of paint.
Then I do the shadows with Burnt Umber. And deep shadows with Indigo or Cinnaber Green Deep.
After the shadows I start to highlight the skin color. I first mix some Naples Yellow Deep to my base color. And then I add flesh tint. Some highlights are not directly exposed to the sunlight (under chest, neck and inside arms....) I add a little of Cinnaber Green Deep in my highlights. The green simulate veins color under skin and helps to make a cold highlight. It’s always interesting to have cold/warm highlights as cold/warm shadows.
The pic shows the skin done but not dry yet. I paint the hair with some black and Indigo diluated.
The lips color is a mix of Bayeux Violet and Flesh tint. Highlights with white. Upper lip has some Burnt Umber added to the base color.
The hair ribbon is painted in Cadium Red Deep. Always add a little of Burnt Umber to your reds. The Burnt Umber helps to dry fast and do not change the color. Because the Cadium Red Deep pure dries very slowly, maybe weeks. Highlights are done with Cadium Red Light and shadows with Bayeux Violet.
Dilued Burnt Umber is used for the necklace and feather.
I started to paint the white parts of the eyes. I used a grey color, and highlighted the under part with white. I also putted some red to the corners.
Day 3 :
The eyes are done with a deep brown color highlighted with light brown. Pupille is black.
And a point of white simulates the day’s reflection in the eyes.
I started the tatoos paint. I used two different black. One warm and the other cold. I did the same for the highlights, one cold and one warm.
For the cold colors tatoos I used Mars Black with some Indigo and Burnt Umber. Highlited with white.
For the warm color tatoos I used Ivory Black with some Burnt Umber and Red. Highlighted with flesh tint.
Like for the skin I painted tatoos with warm/cold highlights
Day 4 :
I have to start the war paints. I decided to use only transparent or semi-transparent oil paints. I thought it would help me to see the skin tones under the war paints. I used Vermilion and Scarlet Lake. Big mistake !! The result was an awfull red avoiding all my skin tones.
I let it dries. And I started again with more opaque colors. I used Cadium Red Deep, Burnt Umber. Flech teint for highlights and some Prussian Blue for shadows. I had to be carefull because war paints started to hide tatoos.
I realised that I had to highlight and shadow the war paint, I could not let the skin tones do it for me.
The necklace is done with a mix of Burnt Sienna and Orange. Highlight with Flech teint and shadows with Burnt Umber and Prussian Blue.
**A special thanks to Dana Jean Paul and Luca Pieregentili for sending me this article / sbs
