French Line Infantry Lieutenant

[Ernest]

Hello guys, I would to share with you this new sbs about this great figure from Elite Miniatures. I really really recommend this figure, it's a huge pleasure to paint and one of my favorites sculptors Mr Stefano Canone (hope this guy return to work with comercial figures again)

Here the pictures of the primed figure with Tamiya primer spray

And here some pictures of the paint face process, still not finish yet...

 

[Michael Tse]

Great sculpt, and superb drama so far. Will follow closely.

 

[jimias]

Excellent fleshtones as always!

 

[davidmitchell]

Excellent start Ernesto on this fantastic figure.


Cheers David

 

[Anders Heintz]

One of my favorite 70mm figures!! Will be a real treat to see you paint this one.

 

[megroot]

I did this figure some years ago. And your right.
It is a stunner, and i think you gonna make it a bigger stunner then it was.

marc

 

[gioazz]

Hi Ernest,

Great start, great face!

I'm painting this figure myself as well, doing a video SBS on my blog, tomorrow or the day after I'll post the step 2.

I'd love to publish this on my blog if you consent.

Congratulations!

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[Ernest]

Hello guys, and thanks for your comments, soon I hope to post more.

Giovanni, great blog and great sbs video, nice idea, you could publish my sbs any time you want

 

[rheath]

Great fleshtone start mate - what is your mixes ??

 

[sarouman]

Hi Ernest
Great start and fantastic skin color


Alexandros

 

[Ernest]

Here some more progress on the face, also working on the cap and a bit of the jacket...

 

[Ernest]

Great fleshtone start mate - what is your mixes ??

There you go Rob, the colors names are in spanish:

Base: arena marron 70876 + tierra oscura 874

Lights: adding carne base 70815 to the base, until 3 lights

Shadow 1: Base + rojo cadmio tostado 814

Shadow 2: Base + cadmio marron 859

Shadow 3: rojo cadmio tostado + cadmio marron

Tons: magenta 945, rojo carmin 70908, rojo violeta 812 rojo amarath 829, rosa antiguo

 

[Ernest]

After a long time without touching this one I decide to take my brushes again, holydays season give me some time to paint this great figure again, I hope Stefano Cannone come back with this amazing sculpts..

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Like the use of pinks/reds on the nose and ears - very bold but very realistic too. I rarely see that attempted.

Colin

 

[housecarl]

Stunning.
Carl.

 

[bonehead]

Ernesto,

Great job on a great figure! I especially like the way you did the "blue" coat. So many make the mistake of making this too pale or too blue. You have hit the color and tone quite well.

Bravo!

 

[Ernest]

Some more of this french guy, hope you like it...

 

[Stephen Ward]

So fun to see this close to complete. Amazing work was always bro! Those reds are incredible.

 

[MarquisMini]

Great job Ernesto, as usual with your work.
I really like the fleshtones , the red on the pants looks stunning, i especially like the weathering on it's pants,that is something that i really need to learn on my figures.
I follow this closely.
Saludos pana.

 

[Aveleira]

Excellent Painting !!! But that is normal for you
Waiting to see the end.

Regards
Pedro