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Hello PlanetFigure friends,
Here is the latest work I finished painting recently – the 1:10 King Tiger tank commander bust from Life Miniatures. The sculpting and casting quality is of top notch, which makes the painting process a very pleasant experience for me. In addition to posting the pictures of the painted bust, I’d like to share more info about this work.
Painting Directional Lighting
In many cases, I prefer to paint a directional lighting illusion. Taking the face of this bust as an example here, I paint the front side of the face with a value (brightness) range which is much brighter than that for the two cheek sides, imaging there is a main light source coming only from the front, though there is also global lighting from all the directions but the global lighting is less stronger than the main light source. Apart from face, directional lighting is also painted for other parts of this bust; however, it is true that in reality not every material is affected by directional lighting in the same way in term of intensity and therefore they should be treated differently in painting as well. My painting preference is to paint strong directional lighting in additional to the relatively soft 360 degree general lighting all around because this can help make the overall result more convincing and compelling.
Color Palette for Face
Additionally, since I first posted the pictures of this bust on Facebook, I have been asked a few times either privately or publicly regarding what colors I used for painting the face. So, I am summarizing the list of the main colors I used and sharing it here as well. It may not be a complete list because it is possible that I used a bit of other colors here and there in an improvisatory way that I can no longer exactly remember; but the list should be very close to what I have used.
Base Color: A mix of Brown Sand and Beige Red and then with a bit of Basic Skintone and Mahogany Brown added.
Highlight: Add colors like Sunny Skintone, Basic Skintone, Sky Blue and Offwhite to the base color or mix two of them directly for extreme highlights.
Shadow: Add colors like Mahogany Brown, English Uniform, and Olive Drab to the base color or mix two of them directly for extreme shadows
Tone: Colors like Red, English Uniform, Purple and etc. are applied very dilutedly as glaze for adding subtle tones to different areas on the face.
My two cents. As always, any questions, comments or feedback are very welcome. Thanks!
Here is the latest work I finished painting recently – the 1:10 King Tiger tank commander bust from Life Miniatures. The sculpting and casting quality is of top notch, which makes the painting process a very pleasant experience for me. In addition to posting the pictures of the painted bust, I’d like to share more info about this work.
Painting Directional Lighting
In many cases, I prefer to paint a directional lighting illusion. Taking the face of this bust as an example here, I paint the front side of the face with a value (brightness) range which is much brighter than that for the two cheek sides, imaging there is a main light source coming only from the front, though there is also global lighting from all the directions but the global lighting is less stronger than the main light source. Apart from face, directional lighting is also painted for other parts of this bust; however, it is true that in reality not every material is affected by directional lighting in the same way in term of intensity and therefore they should be treated differently in painting as well. My painting preference is to paint strong directional lighting in additional to the relatively soft 360 degree general lighting all around because this can help make the overall result more convincing and compelling.
Color Palette for Face
Additionally, since I first posted the pictures of this bust on Facebook, I have been asked a few times either privately or publicly regarding what colors I used for painting the face. So, I am summarizing the list of the main colors I used and sharing it here as well. It may not be a complete list because it is possible that I used a bit of other colors here and there in an improvisatory way that I can no longer exactly remember; but the list should be very close to what I have used.
Base Color: A mix of Brown Sand and Beige Red and then with a bit of Basic Skintone and Mahogany Brown added.
Highlight: Add colors like Sunny Skintone, Basic Skintone, Sky Blue and Offwhite to the base color or mix two of them directly for extreme highlights.
Shadow: Add colors like Mahogany Brown, English Uniform, and Olive Drab to the base color or mix two of them directly for extreme shadows
Tone: Colors like Red, English Uniform, Purple and etc. are applied very dilutedly as glaze for adding subtle tones to different areas on the face.
My two cents. As always, any questions, comments or feedback are very welcome. Thanks!
