Completed Line Grenadier 8th Reg. Kingdom of Naples 1812-15

[MENTAL DENTAL]

All finished!

This is a Maurizio Bruno sculpture for Rome Models

I've wanted this one since I saw Danilo's version











Enjoy


David

 

[ChaosCossack]

David

Another great Napoleonic, sir. Whites are fantasic... always hard to bring together subtle whites. Your advise on lace and braid worked well... care to share your white technique as well?

Another fine piece!

Cheers

Colin

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Colin,
I find an undercoat of Humbrol No.28 for all the whites is best. The oil base is Titanium white , raw umber, blue-black with a tiny bit of Mars yellow. Mix these to give the white shifted to the blue-grey or to the creams as you desire to break up the white garments. Simples!!

David

 

[Edward]

Great as usual David. Whites are fantastic.

Just out of interest, is the "undergrowth" on the base from a hobby shop? I am looking to get hold of similar stuff to make my groundwork more interesting.

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Edward,
It's old dried out moss that grows quite thick on stone walls and on the earthen banks around here. I glued it on with a white glue and then used an airbrush to achieve most of the colour. There was a little picking of highlights with a small brush. Vallejos were used for the groundwork.

Cheers David

 

[Meehan34]

excellent work sir.

 

[housecarl]

Another stunner David.
Carl.

 

[Mariner]

Beautiful work, David

 

[jcichon]

I agree the whites are great. But what did you use for your reds? They look really really rich and the color is just stunning. It's really hard to describe the richness and mine always turn out a mosh of red and orange!

 

[ChaosCossack]

Thanks David, again I'm grateful for your helpful advice.

Keep up the great work!

Colin

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Jason, partly the red colour is a bit of over saturation from my old Canon D60.
However, I now tend to avoid using white to highlight red as it goes pink. If you look at a red a garment it doesn't change colour, it gets brighter, so, I paint the base colour red slightly subdued with a bit of green in it to reduce it's value. Then I highlight with what might be considered as the pure red with no value reduction, ie no green in it. Then if it needs it I would add a super highlight of a brighter red such as scarlet with a more orange taint to it.

I will use white in the red highlight if I'm looking for a washed out Napoleonic British tunic that has been well weathered.

Hope this helps.


David

 

[gudel]

Fantastic
gus

 

[megroot]

Stunning work. That white is unbelieveble.

Marc

 

[gioazz]

Amazing work as usual David!

I'm so happy you are back to modelling!

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[MarquisMini]

David,what a great job as usual.
I would like to know the base,light and shadow you 've used on the cuffs and lapels,i am working on a french regiment with the same facing color.
Best regards

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Hi David

absolutly fantastic, what a white . It`s a dream !

Hendryk

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Daniel, the pink is a mix of Titanium white and Indian red. I reduced the value a bit with tiny dab of green.



Poor photo from my iphone

Cheers David

 

[MarquisMini]

Daniel, the pink is a mix of Titanium white and Indian red. I reduced the value a bit with tiny dab of green.

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Poor photo from my iphone

Cheers David

David,i really appreciate you taking the time to answer my enquiry.
I only use Vallejo acrylics and some Testors oils only for metals and buttons for the uniforms,but the other day i went to an art supply and bought Windsor & Newton water acrylics,i just bought the Alizarin Crimson.
is that the type of acrylics you use or you paint in oils?

 

[MarquisMini]

Oh David,disregard my last post,i red you use Oils and that is an area that i am not good at,i am an acrylman :lol:

Best regards and keep posting pics,i really like your painting style.

 

[sarouman]

Great painting and whites are wonderful I really like the way painters!!

Alexandros