Roc
A Fixture
I just finished this other figure for the MFCA show, thought I would share it with you first.
Still needs more highlights,shadows and more weathering.
Flesh
A) Undercoat with Liquitex medium flesh.
B) Base = Titanium white + Mars yellow + Mars brown + a little bit of
Venetian red, and a very tiny amount of blue to cool down the mix.
C) Medium shadow = Base + more Mars brown.
D) Dark shadows = Allizarin brown.
E) Medium Highlights = base + Naples Yellow.
F) Second Highlights = Naples yellow.
G) Extreme highlights = white.
Mouth
Burnt umber + magenta.
The teeth.
Unbleached white with with a touch of Cadmium red.
Rose tones
Cadmium red + touch of Indian red mixed into medium shade mix.
Lips
Added more indian red to rose tones.
Armor
A) Brushed the armor with a suede brush.
B) Burnished the armor with 000 steel wool.
C} Washed it with warm water and Ivory dish washing detergent,make sure
you rinse well.
D} gave the the armor numerous controlled washes of Ivory black mixed
with turps.
E} When dry I burnished the extreme highlight points with the end of a
knitting needle.
F} weathered the bottom half of the armor with a wash of raw Umber. Did
not apply sealer because I wanted a tarnished look.
Cape
A) Undercoated with acrylic yellow.
B) Base = Cadmium Yellow with some violet mixed into it.
C) Medium shadow = Base + more violet.
D) Dark shadows = Medium shadows + more violet.
E) Extreme shadows = straight violet.
F) Medium highlight = Cadmium yellow.
C) Second highlight = Cadmium yellow with some Titanium white added
to it.
F) Extreme highlights = Titanium white sparingly.
G ) Weathering = Raw umber, highlighted with Yellow ocher to which I
added a little white to it.
Green
A) Chromium green to which I added a little Mars Yellow.
B) Shadow = Chrome green with some Mars black added to it.
C) highlights = Cadmium yellow + Mars yellow.
As usual your comments and suggestions are always appreciated.
Cheers
Roc
Still needs more highlights,shadows and more weathering.
Flesh
A) Undercoat with Liquitex medium flesh.
B) Base = Titanium white + Mars yellow + Mars brown + a little bit of
Venetian red, and a very tiny amount of blue to cool down the mix.
C) Medium shadow = Base + more Mars brown.
D) Dark shadows = Allizarin brown.
E) Medium Highlights = base + Naples Yellow.
F) Second Highlights = Naples yellow.
G) Extreme highlights = white.
Mouth
Burnt umber + magenta.
The teeth.
Unbleached white with with a touch of Cadmium red.
Rose tones
Cadmium red + touch of Indian red mixed into medium shade mix.
Lips
Added more indian red to rose tones.
Armor
A) Brushed the armor with a suede brush.
B) Burnished the armor with 000 steel wool.
C} Washed it with warm water and Ivory dish washing detergent,make sure
you rinse well.
D} gave the the armor numerous controlled washes of Ivory black mixed
with turps.
E} When dry I burnished the extreme highlight points with the end of a
knitting needle.
F} weathered the bottom half of the armor with a wash of raw Umber. Did
not apply sealer because I wanted a tarnished look.
Cape
A) Undercoated with acrylic yellow.
B) Base = Cadmium Yellow with some violet mixed into it.
C) Medium shadow = Base + more violet.
D) Dark shadows = Medium shadows + more violet.
E) Extreme shadows = straight violet.
F) Medium highlight = Cadmium yellow.
C) Second highlight = Cadmium yellow with some Titanium white added
to it.
F) Extreme highlights = Titanium white sparingly.
G ) Weathering = Raw umber, highlighted with Yellow ocher to which I
added a little white to it.
Green
A) Chromium green to which I added a little Mars Yellow.
B) Shadow = Chrome green with some Mars black added to it.
C) highlights = Cadmium yellow + Mars yellow.
As usual your comments and suggestions are always appreciated.
Cheers
Roc
