Bigmick
Well-Known Member
So, here we are again, another 1/10 scale bust, another Nuts Planet 1/10 scale bust, another WIP, kinda.
As I've probably said before I'm lucky enough to be able to do some of my model painting at work, in peace and quiet between people setting fire to things, the down side is I'm unable to take photographs, so I can only show the efforts after a night shift.
This is the result of last nights efforts, all paints are Vallejo model colour acrylics, the eagle was painted chocolate brown then had old gold dry brushed over that, I decided against a cloth wrapping for the eagle, here we enter the realms of story telling and faction, if he's gone to retrieve a Roman eagle, "The Aquila" then it would possibly be by imperial decree, so what better to wrap it in for it's return than an emperors purple robe and not just a square of canvas, yes I really do have to get out more. So the cloth was duly painted with imperial purple, painting the folds this time not dry brushing, then adding the weave highlights with a fine brush.
As usual I started with the eyes, due to the downward tilt of the head I did him looking up and for the first time I'm happy with the eyes with the first go.
Iris painted with dark blue grey, used a lighter blue on the bottom part only, added a little turquoise on the right for the highlight opposite the reflection dot on the left, just a drop of clear to finish.
The face had an initial base coat of sunny flesh with a light blue grey to give a cold tone, but it ended up a strange khaki colour, so binned that and made a base of flat red, white and flat flesh, which seems to work ok and is a good base for the washing process to start.
A new way for me is to get the base coat how I want it then give the face a coat of Windsor and Newton matt varnish from a rattle can, it has the flattest finish of anything I've used so far, the washes go over it without any issue.
Following the instructions in the Andrea Press publication "How to paint figure with acrylics" I used light washes with upward strokes and downward strokes for shadows. When doing the shadows I used the Andrea flesh tone paint set, the pigments seems a lot finer and doesn't leave "coffee stain" rings when the washes dry.
I might have to go over the beard area again as he seems to have turned into the love child of Lars Ulrich from Metallica and George Michael.
Unfortunately my back problem has also flared up, sciatica now in my back and hip which is a real PITA, literally, so no idea when I'll be doing any more, the paint scheme is planned out in my head so a couple of nights should have him done.
Regards.
Mick.
As I've probably said before I'm lucky enough to be able to do some of my model painting at work, in peace and quiet between people setting fire to things, the down side is I'm unable to take photographs, so I can only show the efforts after a night shift.
This is the result of last nights efforts, all paints are Vallejo model colour acrylics, the eagle was painted chocolate brown then had old gold dry brushed over that, I decided against a cloth wrapping for the eagle, here we enter the realms of story telling and faction, if he's gone to retrieve a Roman eagle, "The Aquila" then it would possibly be by imperial decree, so what better to wrap it in for it's return than an emperors purple robe and not just a square of canvas, yes I really do have to get out more. So the cloth was duly painted with imperial purple, painting the folds this time not dry brushing, then adding the weave highlights with a fine brush.
As usual I started with the eyes, due to the downward tilt of the head I did him looking up and for the first time I'm happy with the eyes with the first go.
Iris painted with dark blue grey, used a lighter blue on the bottom part only, added a little turquoise on the right for the highlight opposite the reflection dot on the left, just a drop of clear to finish.
The face had an initial base coat of sunny flesh with a light blue grey to give a cold tone, but it ended up a strange khaki colour, so binned that and made a base of flat red, white and flat flesh, which seems to work ok and is a good base for the washing process to start.
A new way for me is to get the base coat how I want it then give the face a coat of Windsor and Newton matt varnish from a rattle can, it has the flattest finish of anything I've used so far, the washes go over it without any issue.
Following the instructions in the Andrea Press publication "How to paint figure with acrylics" I used light washes with upward strokes and downward strokes for shadows. When doing the shadows I used the Andrea flesh tone paint set, the pigments seems a lot finer and doesn't leave "coffee stain" rings when the washes dry.
I might have to go over the beard area again as he seems to have turned into the love child of Lars Ulrich from Metallica and George Michael.
Unfortunately my back problem has also flared up, sciatica now in my back and hip which is a real PITA, literally, so no idea when I'll be doing any more, the paint scheme is planned out in my head so a couple of nights should have him done.
Regards.
Mick.
