Murat

[slaj]

Hi guys,it's been a while since I posted anything.That doesn't mean that I wasn't busy. Here's my version of Murat by Metal modeles.All acrylics as usual. This wasn't at Chicago

Steve

 

[Aterz]

great job Stephen... as always!

 

[Michael Tse]

There are a ton of things I like about this one, Stephen. The top three are:

The varnish on the horse;
The way green varies;
The leopard skin.

I've seen a fair amount of horses in shows and here. Have to say I never saw a paintjob on a horse sealed this way. It works on so many levels. May I ask which brand and which type of varnish is applied? Thanks in advance and sincere congrats!

 

[slaj]

Micheal,there's no secret at all. The horse is also painted in acrylics by Andrea and Vallejo.When it was done I gave it a couple of coats in Vallejo satin varnish.Be carefull here not to overdo it. It's a case of less is more

Steve

 

[John Bowery]

Stephen,
It is another fine piece from you. Great horse.
Cheers
John

 

[tonyhp]

Great job. I like it.
Saluti
Tony

 

[Sambaman]

The greens of the jacket are simply outstanding! I'm going to go out on a limb here Stephen, you know I like your work, but the loepard skin feels like it could have more color depth to me. It looks just a tad bit like it needs some colors on the margins between the orangy/browns and the whites. Looks like it could be a bit more golden brown. Just me maybe. I know I'm not giving you any painting lessons, it just looks like some colors are off kilter a bit to my eye.

Jay H.

 

[tonydawe]

Very nice Stephen, although I have to agree with Jay. I too love your work, but the Leopard skin didn't look as well done as the rest of the model. The horse is outstanding.

 

[Michael Tse]

Micheal,there's no secret at all. The horse is also painted in acrylics by Andrea and Vallejo.When it was done I gave it a couple of coats in Vallejo satin varnish.Be carefull here not to overdo it. It's a case of less is more

Steve

I guessed correctly then... Having gone thru an unpleasant episode with Vallejo satin varnish recently when painting black leather, I totally get what you mean by 'less is more', Stephen.

Thanks and I am much inspired.

 

[slaj]

Jay, you won't miss any limbs whatsoever. No seriously, the reason for this was that all the pics I got from the Internet showed a rather harsh transition between the browns/oranges and whites. To make it worse, the cut of the skin itself leaves little space for the whites, which left a big brown/orange area. Having said that, I don't think that softening the area a little is going to hurt. It will only take a few minutes.

Steve

 

[rheath]

Hi guys,it's been a while since I posted anything.That doesn't mean that I wasn't busy. Here's my version of Murat by Metal modeles.All acrylics as usual. This wasn't at Chicago

Steve

Ha ha Good to see you back Steve, as usual a pleasure to see your newest stuff, very good indeed. Were you at Euro in Sept.

 

[sarouman]

Great job my friend


Alexandros

 

[slaj]

Alex, Rich thanks.
Rich, I did attend Euro in September. It was great fun

Steve

 

[Sam]

The camera you bought is making a difference

Keep it up =]

 

[Wendy]

Nice job on this one Stephen. I've always like this figure. Jay beat me to commenting on the leopard skin, but you're right, a couple minutes spent will take care of it. Interesting idea with the varnish. I might have to play with my gloss and matte mediums the next time I paint a horse.

The pic's not bad either.

 

[Elaphus]

Hello Steve,

as usual a great work !!!

I like your work, thank you for sharing !!!

Greetings

Karsten

 

[megroot]

I'm happy that i see now that you haven't give up painting.
That green on the jacket is awesome.
In my opinion you have done a great job on the leopard skin, but you good get more out of it (with your talent.
If i look at the picture Jay gave us, there are more spots on a leopardskin then only the few you painted.
But hey, i could only wish that i good painted this way.

Marc

 

[Marcel]

Hi Stephen,

Excellent painted figure and I like the green jacket very much.
Would you mind to share the mix for the horse color?

Cheers,
Marcel.

 

[slaj]

Thanks to all. Actually I have already touched up the leopard skin and it looks a lot better. The problem was that I needed to enlarge the White areas even though bottom line remains that one has to look at an individual animal and follow the pattern. That's what I did. Good thing is that the final result is better.

Marcel, I think I wrote it down somewhere but am not sure. If I find it I will surely pass it on to all

Steve

 

[Gellso]

Very nice

Extremely well painted Stephen.