General Kato finished.

[Roc]

Ladies and gentlemen after much procrastination and delay, I finally finished our noble and courageous general, thank you for being so patient.

I tip my hat to Ray Lamb, one of the greatest sculptors of our time and to Poste Militaire for producing such a beautiful figure.

The figure still needs some touch ups and some extreme highlights and shadows

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Cheers
Roc.

 

[Sambaman]

Beautiful clean work Rocco! He turned out fantastic!

Jay H.
OKc

 

[Blind Pew]

Very very sharp peice this one Roc. Veyr well rendered indeed. The ground work is highly effective as well and really sets this off. Very well done.
In fact now I've seen yours, I fancy this one as well...

 

[MAB]

Ciao Rocco
Complimenti bella pittura
mi piace molto tutta la zona dell'armatura
ed anche molto buona la faccia.

Saluti MAB

 

[Normo]

Hi Roc
He has turneed out very well, like the combination of colours. Did you remember to "Peg" one of the horses legs?
Minor crititism, perhaps the tiger skin saddle cloth could have a bit more colour in it, apart from that you have done a very nice rendition of his fantastic figure
Whats next the standing version by Pegaso of Kato?

Cheers

John

 

[megroot]

Rocco,
If i had paint that there where no complains. So, why should i do it now.
You have an awesome painted General.
Really amazing work.
Pitty that it takes such a long time :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now it is time for me to go looking for a Samurai or something like that.
They are colorfull figures as you showd it.

marc

 

[itifonhom]

Great paintjob on a great figure, well done. I like the gold lacquer effect at most.

Anastasios.

 

[Kisifer]

Hey Roc. Congrats on finishing this indeed beautiful piece. Very colorful and very neat painting. How do you paint your golds? Printers Inks?

Xenofon

 

[Frank-Holger]

Roc, you did a top notch job on this beautiful figure! Hats off!!

Frank

 

[slaj]

Roc, great paintjob on a fantastic figure.

Stephen Mallia

 

[whdamon]

Fine work as always Roc. Hope to see him at MFCA??
Walt Damon

 

[Guy]

Beautiful work Roc................Hope to see this figure in Atlanta.

 

[Roc]

Jay, thank you my friend, I appreciate it, you are too kind.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[Roc]

Thank you Anthony, you kind words are much appreciated.
I tried too keep the ground work very simple.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[Roc]

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Ciao Maurizio, grazie per il complimento, son contento che ti piace, aprezzo molto latua opinione,

Ciao
Roc

 

[Roc]

John, thanks for the kind words. I did peg the figure as you suggested, thanks for the advice.

My next figure will be the 90 mm. Almond mounted Polish Winged Hussar.

Cheers
Roc,

 

[Roc]

Marc, my friend, thank you very much, your input is always encouraging to me, I appreciate it.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[Roc]

Anastasio, many thanks, your kind words are appreciated.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[Roc]

Xenofan, thanks, glad you like it.

My method for painting thge gold laquer is very simple.

Base = Testors gold + Brown Madder allizzarin.
Medium shadows = Burnt Umber.
Deep shadows = Sepia.
Medium highlight = base + more Testors gold.
High highlight = pure gold.
Extreme highlight = touches of testors silver on highest extremities of the armor.

I hope this helps.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[Roc]

Frank, thank you very much, your kind words are most encouraging.

Cheers
Roc.