Life or Death - Gladiators

[Brad S]

I have not posted my work for some time. Here is the latest figures I have finished. This is he 54mm Verlinden kit that I have done pretty much straight out of the box except for some small things. It was painted mostly in Acrylics with touches of ink, watercolor and chalks. I hope you all enjoy the pictures and as always ALL critiques/comments (good or bad) are welcome.

Brad Spelts

 

[Guy]

Super work Brad..........I really like the small scene.

 

[Roc]

Very nice Brad.


Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Roc

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Brad!

Great work. I love the feel of the scene, it is all tied together nicely in subdued tones.

Whats next on the bench?

 

[Kisifer]

Very nice little scene indeed. I really love those kind of scenes and you have done a great job.

 

[Brad S]

Guy, Roc, Xenofon - Thank you for the nice comments.


Anders - Thanks for the nice comments. I have on the work bench 2 celtic figures. One from Elite(54mm) and one from Kirin(150mm) about ready to be primed. And I may start that Boudicca figure. I guess I'm on a celtic kick right now. I have also finished a troll trophy head and landsquenet (I dont like his eyes though. Horribly sculpted and I couldn't seem to fix it with painting). I haven't taken pictures of these yet.

 

[daredevil]

A great scene! I really like the shading on the standing figure and the way you painted the face & eyes--impressive work with the acrylics!
--linda

 

[Brad S]

Linda,

Thank you for the nice comments. The acrylics have taken me a long time to get used to. I'm still a long ways to mastering them, but I feel this is my best effort yet with acrylics. Thanks again.

Brad Spelts

 

[Major_Goose]

i like that a lot my friend. Nice scene and cool painting .Very nice

 

[fkereki]

I like the vignette a lot, but I have just a small point: blood is much darker, and dried blood is brown, not red. Blood on earth should look almost black, as dirt absorbs the liquid. Anyway, if you care to make these fixes, they should be easy. As to the rest, very good!

Federico Kereki

 

[Brad S]

Costas - Thank you for your reply and comments.

Frederico - Thank you for noticing that the blood is too red. It is actually darker than the pictures show, but not dark enough. I will fix this. I appreciate these type of comments as I strive to get better on each figure. Thanks again.

Brad Spelts