dracula bust with timelapse wip

[gothicgeek]

hi all!

this is a gift for a good friend and its for new year so a rush job but plenty do-able....

it's the old horizon kit chopped down to a bust and filled.

various saga's have led to starting it a bit late but hey! whats a bit of stress eh?

so i rigged up a web cam over my work bench and did a close up time lapse... first bit is a frame every 5 seconds but i soon switched to a frame every 2 seconds so one second of film is one minute of actual painting....

thought it might be cool for non acrylic painters to see how the glazing method looks early on ( dreadfull )...



anyway enough prattle

here is the link... it worked


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me_Z189IkAc

and a still....

 

[Nap]

Dracula

Gothigeek,
This is one hell of a lucky friend getting this , its fantastic painting even at this stage , I presumehe is going to have red armour, this will look great finished ..what scale is this ?
Great idea the timelapse link as well look forward to seeing more of this , can you let us know how you mixed your flesh colours , the eyes look really haunting as well .



Nap

 

[gothicgeek]

cheers nap!


it's 1/6th scale and yes the armour is bright red....

the timelapse is just something i wanted to try for a while and as the figure is going off to my mate i thought it was a good way to get something to keep of the project



the flesh is done with citadel acrylic

darkflesh
dwarfflesh
elfflesh

thanks for the comment

mark

 

[1969]

top job on the figure Mark,i love the eyes.
Good idea with the timelapse video,i thought for a while this is how fast you painted for real with how many figures you got on the go LOL.

Steve Readdie (1969)

 

[tonydawe]

Loved the time lapse Mark, great result.

 

[gothicgeek]

thanks guys....

try doin some timelapse, its bizzare to watch yourself working like that, hypnotic!

will get a good session in tommorow so hope to get the face finished and a ways on with the hair! the hair!!!

mark

 

[gothicgeek]

best laid plans eh?

only got a couple of hours in today but almost happy with the skin tones and beard almost right, a little more lining over it and some thin washes should see it done

 

[tissibzh]

hi mark,
the face remind me an US actor isn't it??

 

[gothicgeek]

hi mark,
the face remind me an US actor isn't it??

well its meant to look like gary oldman who played the role in coppolas 1992 dracula...

its a bit like him but i was hoping for more of a likeness

lol

 

[gothicgeek]

second part of timelapse

not very exciting



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Oy3Iuga8U

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Your painting is superb, Mark. The time lapse video is a brilliant storke. I just wish I could slow it down a little. Thanks for clearing out the cobwebs with this very creative post.

 

[tissibzh]

mark i mean this one
http://www.michaelwincott.org/

 

[gothicgeek]

I just wish I could slow it down a little.

i was suprised how fast the initial stages were but i think when its all done i may re edit it and slow down some parts... face and speed up the more boring bits ( beard and hair ) and thanks

mark i mean this one
http://www.michaelwincott.org/

yes he does look like him!



hair today.......

 

[gothicgeek]

some progress.....

on the back of this i popped two old vinyl figures into some oven cleaner....

horizon catwoman, fantastic sculpt, dreadfull pose , gonna make her into a halfish figure

screamin 1/4 pinhead, just gonna make a bust out of that!

mark

 

[gothicgeek]

well,

bar a bit of fine tuning the paint on this bust is done! a personal best on time, i started this on the 17th dec so 12 days from undercoat to this! PHEW!

sorting the base now ( a dragon 1/16th figure base, a lump of 2x2 pine and a plasti-card plaque for the date ( 1462 )) textured with magic-sculp with a piece of 2mm welding rod wrapped in paper ( with superglue to harden it ) ......

almost there and 2 days to go!

a tech q.....

will i be ok putting acrylic varnish over this paintjob after 2 days ?

thanks for looking


mark

 

[gothicgeek]

one day left..... EEEEK!

 

[Marcel]

Great looking bust Mark!

Marcel.

 

[Nap]

Dracula

Mark ,
Great bust , love the armour and the way you have presented it on the base ..nice touch ..thats one very lucky friend !!!!!
Great idea on the timelapse ...new trend perhaps ..except I work slow !!!!!!

Nap

 

[gothicgeek]

thanks guys!

i'm gonna get a better camera for the next sequence i do!

well this is finished and finally delivered it a couple days ago ( everyone inluding me has been ill! ), the victim, sorry recipient loved it

Phew!

thanks for following and i'm working on a slightly better version of the complete timelapse

mark

 

[garyhiggins]

Hi Mark,
For me, Dracula will always be Christopher Lee (with flashbacks to Bela Lugosi), but you have done one hell of a job painting this and I love the time lapse photography
( I can't even cope with a still camera)
Best wishes, Gary.