gordy
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Lou, excellent techniques, perhaps a little articlizing? 
Gold lace
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Lou Masses
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Articlizing?
Whadda ya mean?
Whadda ya mean?
btavis
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He means: TELL US HOW YOU DID THE FRIGGIN' THING!
gordy
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what he said ^
Lou Masses
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:lol: Why do I see you with a friggin beer in one hand , cigarette dangling from your lip saying "just tell us how you did the friggin thing".
NO
Just kidding. I will draw up some lace and post it within the next two days. It's really tough to explain without graphics.
Thanks for the interest.
gordy
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More like a glass of bourbon
I will look forward to an article
Lou, at least your critiques' clear the bank
I will look forward to an article
Lou, at least your critiques' clear the bank
btavis
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Get me a beer and a cigarette and I will get right to work on it
gordy
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critiques' clear the bank = you can back up your critiques
as in how a check clears the bank
as in how a check clears the bank
Guy
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We will set you up a workbench Lou...........should have it up by this afternoon
Colin_Fraser
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Guy - could I please have a workbench too?
I will post some photos of Marshal Ney's gold lace in progress - my method is very similar to the one Lou describes, except I am working in oils and am applying thicker paint. I am sculpting the Marshal's oak leaf pattern as I paint - the base coat of paint is ~50% oil paint and ~50% impasto. Thanks - Colin
I will post some photos of Marshal Ney's gold lace in progress - my method is very similar to the one Lou describes, except I am working in oils and am applying thicker paint. I am sculpting the Marshal's oak leaf pattern as I paint - the base coat of paint is ~50% oil paint and ~50% impasto. Thanks - Colin
Guy
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No Problem Colin, We will get you set up with a "Workbench" shortly.
guy
You are all set with a workbench Colin.
guy
You are all set with a workbench Colin.
Lou Masses
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Ok, here goes nothing. THe silver is a bit easier than the gold because unlike the gold where only the very tips of the highest highlights get a touch of paint, with Silver there is alot more highlight and reflection so there is one less step.
What I've done here for illustrative purposes only is fiddled with the photo of the Orleans Cavalryman in Photoshop in order to simulate the steps graphically.
Step one (no photo) is to paint the lace area in a dark Blue/grey/black mix. More like a dark dark grey with a dark blue tint to it.
Step 2 is to begin the highlighting process. Use the same mixture but add white in a ratio of 8 base to 2 parts white roughly.
See photo
What I've done here for illustrative purposes only is fiddled with the photo of the Orleans Cavalryman in Photoshop in order to simulate the steps graphically.
Step one (no photo) is to paint the lace area in a dark Blue/grey/black mix. More like a dark dark grey with a dark blue tint to it.
Step 2 is to begin the highlighting process. Use the same mixture but add white in a ratio of 8 base to 2 parts white roughly.
See photo
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Lou Masses
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Step three is to add highlights of the same mixture as step two and add more white (about 50/50). Cover only the areas which would be getting some light. Note from the picture that only the darkest shadows will not be painted. This differs slightly with gold in that all of the shadows would still be somewhat dark at this stage. With silver I've found that it reflects more light even in the shadows.
See photo 2
See photo 2
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Lou Masses
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Step four is pure white on all areas that require highlights. Again, with gold, this would be limited to upper areas, with silver there will be more white as your eye is tricked into thinking it is metallic. At this stage the lace is done for silver. Although on this particular figure I think I overdid the white, this is where I mean it is tricky, because I find you constantly have to stop and hold the figure far from your eye in order to see if the effect is working. If you look at it too close it looks like exactly what it is - white.
I"ll try to see if I can find some in progress phtos of gold lace, as I find it much more challenging and for me, easier to screw up!
Until than, any questions-shoot away.
I"ll try to see if I can find some in progress phtos of gold lace, as I find it much more challenging and for me, easier to screw up!
Until than, any questions-shoot away.
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Anders Heintz
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Hey Lou!
Thats some great SBS postings! Thank you for your time, I will be sure to try it once the oppertunity arrives! Thanks
Thats some great SBS postings! Thank you for your time, I will be sure to try it once the oppertunity arrives! Thanks
Lou Masses
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Thanks Anders,
I just realized what Gordy was referring to was something for the "Articles" page and not necessarily here. How do I post an article?
Thanks
Lou
I just realized what Gordy was referring to was something for the "Articles" page and not necessarily here. How do I post an article?
Thanks
Lou
gordy
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nice stuff!
Articles are submitted in any form of your choice and sent to any of the staff (Anders, Guy or myself) then taken and compiled in a format consistent with planetFigure's layout.. at which point any translators are open to convert it.
any imagery sent along can be larger and less restrictive than the forums file size cap, as I will create a "clickable" thumbnail that will spawn the full size image..
example:
http://www.planetfigure.com/articles/buckle.php
Articles are submitted in any form of your choice and sent to any of the staff (Anders, Guy or myself) then taken and compiled in a format consistent with planetFigure's layout.. at which point any translators are open to convert it.
any imagery sent along can be larger and less restrictive than the forums file size cap, as I will create a "clickable" thumbnail that will spawn the full size image..
example:
http://www.planetfigure.com/articles/buckle.php
Guy
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I would love to see you do an article on this technique Lou. That way it would not be lost in the postings and 6 months from now it would be readily found in the articles section. I am also getting ready to do an article on "Native American" flesh technique using the humongous Warlord / Mongol bust I started in my Workbench. Figured that would be a good size to do an article on the technique. I would love to see Anders do an article on his fur he just created on the hat of his bust too.
guy
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