My Sutton Hoo Figure

[colinlt]

Here is my Sutton Hoo King Figure, I hope it is ok.
This is the East Anglian King found in the burial Ground at Sutton Hoo Suffolk UK
I cannot remember the figure sculpturer as it was painted in 1997 on a tea tray on my lap in Windsor and Newton Series One Artists Oils.
I won in few shows for it here and in Europe but at Euro Militaire "Squiddly squit".
Colin.

 

[megroot]

Colin,
The picture's are not so good (just as mine). But for what i can say from this only one.
Well, it is gonna be maybe a hard one, but it is not painted at the very high standards for Euro, if you know what i mean. I think you saw that yourself.
To give you some idea's: Highlighting and shading are very hard together with no transitions between them, just basecoat and highlight.
The chainmail is everywhere where you look the same color.

so, this give you an idea what you have to improve before you get disappointed again at Euro.

Marc

 

[colinlt]

Thanks Critisism is what is needed hence by putting up the photograph.
any tips on Chainmail would be greatfully recieved

 

[megroot]

Oke Colin,

Here is my mixture for chainmail.
Mix silver printerink with lampblack. Paint and let it dry.
After dry go with black into the deepest wrinkels.
When this is dry, take some more printerinkt to your mix and go lightly over the whole (drybrushing) chainmail.
After this is dry take some almost pure printerinkt and drybrush it very light over the highest areas.

Good luck...
Marc

 

[colinlt]

I would also like to know how my Shading and highlighting is wrong so I can also improve on this.

 

[megroot]

Colin,
Basically it is going as follow.
When you have your basecolor on the figure (for instance green)paint that in a very thin layer at the figure. Then you have to made a choice, wet in wet or wet on dry.
What is wet in wet you can see here: http://www.timelinesforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3633
http://www.timelinesforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3633
You see that you get a smooth transition between the base and shade and highlights.
Through that smooth transition you get alot of colors into a small place what give's a natural effekt.

I found this really usefull:
http://www.hfmodeling.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=410
http://www.hfmodeling.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=117
http://www.hfmodeling.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=117

This last tree are printed out and are with me when i painted my first ten figures.
I think it has all what i would type.

Marc

 

[colinlt]

So really I would be better off blending those shadings and highlights to make it more subtle?

One of the reasons I painted this was s it is I think something to do with the lighting I found that by not making the highlights and shading too subtle it would have brought out the colours better.

 

[megroot]

So really I would be better off blending those shadings and highlights to make it more subtle?

One of the reasons I painted this was s it is I think something to do with the lighting I found that by not making the highlights and shading too subtle it would have brought out the colours better.

Colin,
Please study the links and do that with your next figure.
Yes, blending the shading and highlights make it more subtle.
You cannot take pictures off something that isn't there. So if you have no shade's and highlight in your figures, you see only the same colors.
Even light on the figure wouldn't bring them on the figure.

Marc

 

[colinlt]

Yes I will, each figure should in reason be better than the last.