Completed Lampião - A Brazilian outlaw bust

[Lucas Ferron]

This is probably the last update before the final pics.
I purchased the backdrop materials and here I might have miscalculated a tiny bit. I thought the pieces were a4 sized but turns out they were slightly larger.


I now have enough PS for my next years, I guess...

I grabbed a piece of thin wood that was used to protect the ps sheets and a piece of ps to test them both. After cutting and priming I started blocking the colors:


Testing:


I decided to paint the plinth black and painted the Ypê tree, one of the main national trees and also a staple in the region Lampião used to live



Finally,
I started messing with the hands to give them more definition:


Cheers!

 

[Lucas Ferron]

Bonus post
After drinking a few too many glasses of wine I decided to glaze a bit of red on the nose and ended up being kind of heavy handed.



Now he's looking drunk, I'll have to fix it later this weekend.

 

[Nap]

Hi Lucas

Great updates on this piece , nice hand definition .........wine and brushes .........not the best mix........lol

Have you glazed the glasses he wears ?

This is a really nice subject and I for one have really enjoyed seeing this progress

Look forward to seeing the final pictures .....Then you can have that well deserved glass ....or two of wine



Why not enter a piece into the class of your choice in our AUGUST's FOTM comp and also vote in JULY classes as well

....And enter in Vignettes & Diorama #3 running till 31/01/22 ...msg me if needed

Always good to see the artwork

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to the next

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Cannonball]

Lovely painting Lucas.

Neal

 

[Babelfish]

Lovely painting of a very unique piece. Not so sure about the John Lennon glasses though.

- Steve

 

[Lucas Ferron]

Hi Lucas

Great updates on this piece , nice hand definition .........wine and brushes .........not the best mix........lol

Have you glazed the glasses he wears ?

This is a really nice subject and I for one have really enjoyed seeing this progress

Look forward to seeing the final pictures .....Then you can have that well deserved glass ....or two of wine

[...]

Happy benchtime

Nap

The glasses have no lens, i just used some metallic paints and glazed a few inks to give it light/shadow definition!
Soon we'll cheer with some wine, i bet!

Lovely painting Lucas.

Neal

Thanks, Neal! I'm glad you're enjoying!

Lovely painting of a very unique piece. Not so sure about the John Lennon glasses though.

- Steve

Thanks, Steve! I don't like the glasses that much, I think the model looks better without it, but it was the model used by Lampião in real life and the face was modeled with the glasses in mind.

Cheers!

 

[Babelfish]

Thanks, Steve! I don't like the glasses that much, I think the model looks better without it, but it was the model used by Lampião in real life and the face was modeled with the glasses in mind.

OK I see. I really like this piece and am considering purchasing the file to have one printed off. But the first example I saw on here didn't have the glasses, and I'd have to leave them off even if that meant slightly modifying the face. I just can't get past the John Lennon thing, I can almost hear him breaking into a chorus of "Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can" .

- Steve

 

[Lucas Ferron]

OK I see. I really like this piece and am considering purchasing the file to have one printed off. But the first example I saw on here didn't have the glasses, and I'd have to leave them off even if that meant slightly modifying the face. I just can't get past the John Lennon thing, I can almost hear him breaking into a chorus of "Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can" .

- Steve

Hahahaha I don't think fixing the face to paint it without the glasses is going to be hard. It's just that I had already painted the face!
I took 2 pictures showing what you'd need to change:


Just those small slots for the eyes, easy peasy

 

[Babelfish]

Hahahaha I don't think fixing the face to paint it without the glasses is going to be hard. It's just that I had already painted the face!
I took 2 pictures showing what you'd need to change: Just those small slots for the eyes, easy peasy

Thanks Lucas, much appreciated. I think that even I - with my limited conversion skills - can manage that. It makes such a difference.

- Steve

 

[Lucas Ferron]

I'm officially done with it.



I had a real lot of fun with this project and I feel like I learned a lot while painting.

Cheers!

 

[Nap]

Hi Lucas

Really enjoyed thecSBS , the end result looks great , the detailing on the piece looks really good and the painting pleasure to see ...especially the fleshwork and the belts



Why not enter a piece into the class of your choice in our AUGUST's FOTM comp and also vote in JULY classes as well

....And enter in Vignettes & Diorama #3 running till 31/01/22 ...msg me if needed

Always good to see the artwork

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to the next

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Ferris]

Very nice result. Colours go great together. A very pleasing and original result, congrats!

 

[Lucas Ferron]

Hi Lucas

Really enjoyed thecSBS , the end result looks great , the detailing on the piece looks really good and the painting pleasure to see ...especially the fleshwork and the belts



Why not enter a piece into the class of your choice in our AUGUST's FOTM comp and also vote in JULY classes as well

....And enter in Vignettes & Diorama #3 running till 31/01/22 ...msg me if needed

Always good to see the artwork

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to the next

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks, Nap! Would this bust fit the Vignettes & Diorama category?
Cheers!

 

[Lucas Ferron]

Very nice result. Colours go great together. A very pleasing and original result, congrats!

Thanks, Ferris! I had a blast painting this!

 

[Nap]

Thanks, Nap! Would this bust fit the Vignettes & Diorama category?
Cheers!

unfortunately not Lucas ..but do put in FOTM , the Vignettes are for 2 or more figures or busts on the same base

Nap