WIP building up a post medieval vignette

[Marco22]

I have always wanted to put together those two great 75 mm figures, one from Pegaso and one from Romeo.
As thay have been seen around for a while, the idea ws to create a liitle backround outside a "taverne", just before an eventual dueling by swords would occur...
Always nice to try to imagine alittle story around a vignette ...

starting up with the following idea

this setting seems fine, but the large hats alter considerably the vision of the face ...


so I tried this setting

this looked fine, before I noticed that the capes would be hidden from the viewer

so I decided to change things around;

this way one can see the faces, and the backsides of both capes

I satrted up with a 54 mm medieval Nemrod kit which I upgraded to 75 mm , and adding some scratched parts
I had the base made to measure, to fit the exact size I wanted to give to the vignette (avoiding a too large or too small base )

the steet was made of Magic sculpt which i copied from a silicon mould, allowing some distortion of the pavement, to make things look a bit more realistic

then painting started using my airbrush

then I added some plants and mosses, trying to make something a little realistic and a few additional details added

well , now it is time to start oil painting both figures, hoping the result will match what I intended to do

Marc

 

[Henkm]

Nice idea and a great looking background already!

 

[Viking Bob]

Great start Marc, looking forward to the figures.

 

[Nap]

Hi Marc

Love the idea and thanks for sharing the work that's gone into the base...looks excellent ....like the rat !

Following this with much interest

Why not also enter Figure of the Month as well as voting in the previous month

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[TERRYSOMME1916]

Hi Marc great to see this SBS kicking off from the very start taking in your initial idea and moving through planning, base work and now onto the figures, we all know what you can do with your painting skills so this will be one that I am looking forward to following, the base work/background are excellent and a real attention grabber for what's to come.
TERRY

 

[Marco22]

thanks a lot for your feebecks !

@ Nap ; I have posted a knight at this month's FOTM, and did so also last month !

concerning the rest of this post, do I continue this one or create a new one at each step (knowing you cannot edit the title )

 

[Ulrich]

Looks great and I like your idea

 

[fogie]

Yes indeed - an excellent idea.....wonderful painting potential too

Mike

 

[igor_belousov]

good idea

 

[KenBoyle]

Fantastic job on the groundwork Marc! Looking forward to more.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[clrsgt]

I've had these two sitting in my GGA for a long time while waiting for an idea of how to make them into a little vignette, but without success. Your idea has started me thinking again. You are off to a good start. Looking forward to your progress.