Maximus Ready

[gforceman]

Well here he is, the finished figure of Maximus. It's a 54mm white metal casting by Latorre and he was painted entirely in acrylics. I would LOVE to hear what you thik of it and what I need to improve to get better figures in the future.

Many thanksin advance.



Gino.

 

[Guy]

Love it Gino.......you did a great job.....only critique would be to bring out the hair detail more on the animal hide over his shoulders and Maximus' hair. What did you use for the slush?

Guy

 

[Jason W.]

Wonderful job Gino! Did you use Vallejo acrylics? Is so, what colors did you use for his breastplate.

Jason

 

[Richard E]

Gino

He looks really good, I like the way you have him looking suitably bored, cold and put upon - every inch a soldier

btw, slush is the state snow gets in, when it's half melted and been walked over.

Richard

 

[Edson]

Gorgeous!! Gino, only one thing, maybe you can make diferents the tones between the tunic and the trousers i mean the same color but diferent tone you know, is my only suggestion

Keep the Excellent work !!
Cheers
Ed

 

[gforceman]

only critique would be to bring out the hair detail more on the animal hide over his shoulders and Maximus' hair. What did you use for the slush?

Hi Guy,

Maybe the hairdetail isn't very appearant on the pictures. I think if I made it any more it would really look kind of clownesque.

As for the slush I first made, painted, washed and drybrushed my groundwork as normal. I then mixed some Russian Earth Mig Pigments with Vallejo Satin varnish. The deep shadows were Mig Pigmnets Dark Mud again with the varnish. While this was still wet I made the snow. The product I use is a material used when shipping glass. It layed between the pieces of glass so they can't break. I don't know the name, as I bought this once at a modelshow. It came in a plastic bag without a label. I first thought it was coke or somethin but then again at such a low price (2.50 euro)... Anyway, this was mixed with Vallejo Gloss varnish and applied. Since the "mud" was still wet, this was a bit absorbed at the borders by the snow.

Voillà, that's all there's to it.

Wonderful job Gino! Did you use Vallejo acrylics? Is so, what colors did you use for his breastplate.

Hi Jason,

Baseark Leather (Andrea Colour 048) + Black + German camouflage brown (VA822)
Highlight Golden Ochre (AC051) + little bit of black + French Orange (AC032), then + Golden Yellow (VA948) then pure Golden Yellow, then + titanium white. The highest highlights with Ice Yellow finally and spot of pure titanium white.

Shadow: dark leather, then + black and finally pure black.
The whole cuiras was varnish with satin varnish. Some selected highlights got some gloss varnish

Gino, only one thing, maybe you can make diferents the tones between the tunic and the trousers i mean the same color but diferent tone you know, is my only suggestion

Hi Edson,

Well the pieces of garment all have a different shade of colour: the cape is more orange-brown, his shirt has a more purple hue while his pants tend more to the reddish. Maybe it's not very clear in the pictures, but I can assure you they all have different tints.

Thank you ALL for your comments, it means a lot to me.

Greetings,

Gino

 

[simon1969]

Originally posted by gforceman@Nov 21 2003, 12:58 PM
As for the slush I first made, painted, washed and drybrushed my groundwork as normal. I then mixed some Russian Earth Mig Pigments with Vallejo Satin varnish. The deep shadows were Mig Pigmnets Dark Mud again with the varnish. While this was still wet I made the snow. The product I use is a material used when shipping glass. It layed between the pieces of glass so they can't break. I don't know the name, as I bought this once at a modelshow. It came in a plastic bag without a label. I first thought it was coke or somethin but then again at such a low price (2.50 euro)... Anyway, this was mixed with Vallejo Gloss varnish and applied. Since the "mud" was still wet, this was a bit absorbed at the borders by the snow.

Voillà, that's all there's to it.

Gino,
How about an illustrated "How-To" on that?
It's a very effective representation of melting snow!

I wonder if it would work with MicroBalloons?

Simon

 

[gforceman]

How about an illustrated "How-To" on that?

Hi Simon,

If I find the time to do that I will surely write one. It won't be before new year though, since I have so much comission work.

Greetings,

gino