Commodo 75mm Pegaso by R.L.

[Robert Laclavik]

Hi planeteers,
let me present you my latest painting. I started this a few weeks back and this is where I am now. The sculpt is fantastic and besides it I also admired the painting of Danilo Cartacci from the Pegaso boxart and that´s why I try hard to be satisfiend with my version. So thank you for watching and any comments are welcome

 

[Ernest]

Looking good so far, did you use oils for the skin?

 

[Robert Laclavik]

Yes Ernest, I paint everything in oils with synthetic (somethimes acrylic) basecoat

 

[Tommi]

WOW! what a fantastic start Robert, the skine tones are beautiful, very smooth and subtle, looking foward to following the progress on this one
Cheers
Tommi

 

[megroot]

Great start Robert.
I agree with tommi.

Marc

 

[davidmitchell]

Fantastic start Robert your fleshtones are superb, what is your flesh mix.

Cheers David

 

[Kisifer]

Indeed great flesh tones I'm also (as an oil painter) to hear about your mix.

Xenofon

 

[Sambaman]

Great start Robert!

Jay H.
Okc

 

[mario]

Great Work Robert
I liked very much the skin tone

Mario

 

[Guy]

Beautiful skin tones Robert. I saw this posted over on Med-Rom and loved the blue's you have done too.

 

[JGREEN]

He's looking fantastic Robert!! The hair, fleshtones, and blue are all beautiful. As others have said, I'd be interested to know your formula for the flesh and also the blue.

Jason

 

[unknown01]

Hi! Robert.
The skin tone is very wonderful.
It seems to build into a very beautiful work.
I'm looking forward to completion of your work very much.

 

[Robert Laclavik]

Hi friends, thank you all for kind words and encouragement.
Requested flesh tone mix:

medium: Mars Orange+Naples Yellow
shadow1: Ultramarine Pink+Naples Yellow
shadow2: is shadow1+Burnt Umber
highlight: medium+more Naples Yellow
highest highlight: pure Naples Yellow

I tone down a day after with a touch of Ultramarine Pink when too much light. As I am not a speed painter, I work in areas, so at the I make corrections here and there to achieve the same intensity in all parts.

 

[Major_Goose]

Really nice work and beautiful warm tones on flesh . Congratulations

Costas

 

[vergilius]

very good flesh painting !

 

[Tecumsea]

HI Robert,

Beautiful work! and thanks for the information on the flesh mix-as a point of interest what do you use as the acrylic base for the flesh as obviously this has an effect on the subsequent oils.
Keith

 

[Robert Laclavik]

Thanks Keith,
first I airbrush the figure with white synthetic Humbrol matt white, this is a best base for next, this time acrylic basecoat. under flesh colour I´ve used Vallejo Flat flesh (very thinned with water and I brush it on surface in 2 thinn layers).

 

[rej]

Excellent flesh tones Robert!! Welldone!!!

Ray

 

[Franco]

Hi Robert,

An excellent start - well done on the flesh tones. I will be following this one closley my friend.

Ciao
Franco

 

[Tecumsea]

Hi Robert, thanks for the colour info, looking forward to seeing the completed project-by the way who makes Ultramarine Pink?
Keith.