WIP Nuts Planet Shield Maiden.

[Shaun Platts]

Going for a verdaccio style base coat. This is the first time trying it on anything other than a practice head. She looks a little like an orc right now. This is going to be big test of trusting the process.

 

[Briggsy]

Interesting, will be worth watching to see how this develops, a brave move but a great learning curve.

Simon

 

[Malkie]

I'll be very interested to see how this turns out, I admit to being more than a little intrigued.

Malkie

 

[Shaun Platts]

Interesting, will be worth watching to see how this develops, a brave move but a great learning curve.

Simon

Worst case, it looks terrible and I have to strip it and start again. I am as intrigued as anybody else to see how it works out.

 

[Shaun Platts]

I'll be very interested to see how this turns out, I admit to being more than a little intrigued.

Malkie

On my practice heads it worked out ok. It looks terrible right now and will look worse before it looks better.

 

[Doug Halke]

I've been wanting to try this method. Will be watching your progress with much interest. Thanks for posting!

Cheers,
Doug

 

[Shaun Platts]

I've been wanting to try this method. Will be watching your progress with much interest. Thanks for posting!

Cheers,
Doug

I will try to post frequently with my progress.
Thanks for the interest.

 

[Nap]

I will try to post frequently with my progress.
Thanks for the interest.

Look forward to seeing more

Like you and others the use of green more than interesting

Happy brushes

Nap

 

[Shaun Platts]

I will be (hopefully) getting a bit more done on this tonight. Trying to decide if I like where the light and shadows fall.

 

[Briggsy]

Interesting, there is a solidity to the shade flesh tones already much more so than if done on a white base coat.

Simon

 

[Malkie]

Interesting to see how you are progressing.

Malkie

 

[Nap]

Hi Shaun

Good to see the pics ......perhaps you might advise why the 2 colours on flesh .....will the green bring the flesh out more ?

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime
Nap

 

[Shaun Platts]

Hi Shaun

Good to see the pics ......perhaps you might advise why the 2 colours on flesh .....will the green bring the flesh out more ?

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime
Nap

The green is indeed supposed to make the flesh tones more vibrant and natural looking when applied in several thin coats.

 

[Shaun Platts]

I used ak interactive 3rd gen acrylics deep brown for shadows adding white for highlights. I used thin coats gradually building up layers. There's more work to do but so far so good I think.

 

[Briggsy]

I think there is a feeling of fullness, if that makes any sense, to the skin tones. Richer for the under colour rather than skin tone on white, it seems to be working well.

Simon

 

[PaulW]

Going for a verdaccio style base coat. This is the first time trying it on anything other than a practice head. She looks a little like an orc right now. This is going to be big test of trusting the process.View attachment 706089View attachment 706090

I'm watching this one with interest. Coming back into the hobby there seems to be an overwhelming different techniques to achieve perfect skin tones. Green, I assume is a bold move?

 

[PaulW]

I used ak interactive 3rd gen acrylics deep brown for shadows adding white for highlights. I used thin coats gradually building up layers. There's more work to do but so far so good I think.View attachment 707702

Ah! There is a real depth being achieved with this method. With the deeper shades this is really going to pop.