Okey's Regiment Officer Naseby 1645 54mm Art Girona

[Fernando Ruiz]

Hi again
This time comes an excelent sculpt of Raúl García Latorre for Art Girona. It is based on an Angus McBride illustration. The harder parts of this mini were the leather jerkin, that required a lot of job to texturize, and the grey cloth, with a lot of cleaning involved in order to get the right gradations with such a light tone.
Here are the pics:

Again, any comment will be welcome.
Regards
FeR

 

[Anders Heintz]

Very nice!! The leather vest is really well done, as well is the skin tones!

What mix did you use for the leather?

 

[Aterz]

Woooonderful!..I like your painting, great work on the leather's part and the realistic skintone.
Well done

regards from Italy
Andrea

 

[mil-mart]

Fernando, superb painting and great groundwork, I also must congratulate you on the leather work.
Many thanks for showing.
Cheers Ken

 

[caramba]

Superb painting! I love the leather vest.
M.

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Thanks all for your comments. This one is the last historical miniature that I have painted and I'm very happy with it .

Anders, these are the colours of the leather vest:

Base colour: Black Red (859)
1st highlight: Base + Terracota (citadel)
2nd highlight: Terracota (pure)
3rd highlight: Terracota + Orange Brown (918)
4th highlight: Orange Brown (pure)
5th highlight (last one in very small points): Orange Brown + Sunny Skintone (845).
Shadows: Base + Periscope (a colour from the Vallejo's Panzer Aces line that is somthing like a very deep turquoise) in several applications.

Aditional shadings and intermediate tones to add richness to the final result:
- Periscope (pure with lots of water)
- Leviathan Purple ink (Citadel)
- Baal Red ink (Citadel)
- Ogryn Flesh ink (Citadel)

The trick is to make a quick mock-up of the position of light and shadow, and then you blend it. You need to have all mixes at hand (I use a pill's blister sheet) so you can add a bit of what is necesary. In that second stage is were you add al the small cuts and wear that give the leather all the character. These are pics of the mini in the first stage:

It is missing the extrem highlights too, but maybe you can get an idea. I was going to leave it like this but some others painters and friends suggested me to ad a bit more of contrast and wear to the leather. I'm glad I did it .

The leather finished so you can make an easy comparison:

Hope it helps .
FeR

 

[housecarl]

Spot on, I've noted the colours.
Thanks,
Carl.

 

[RFL]

Seem to have lost the first group of pictures in the thread ?

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

I don't know what is happening. I have tried to post them again but it's the same problem again. They do not even appear in Imageshack... Does anybody know how to repair it? Do I have to upload the images again from my computer to Imageshack or is there anything easier that I can do?
Regards
FeR

 

[rosman]

Muy buena mini, los cueros son increibles!!! por cierto una pregunta te queria hacer, la factura de las minis de Art Girona que tal es, te lo digo porque he oido decir que son punyeteros en cuento a las lineas de molde y hay varias minis que me gustan i me da miedo eso, saludos i sigue asi compañero!

 

[Kisifer]

Beautiful work Fernando. The leather parts are very realistic. The face is also great. A superb work overall.

Xenofon

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Thank you for the comments
It seems that the problem with the pics has disappeared by itself...
Regards
FeR

 

[davidmitchell]

Excellent painting Fernando on this classic figure.

Cheers David

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Thanks for the comments, David.
Some pics of the handpainted plaque I made for this mini:

And some details of the terrain:

Regards
FeR

 

[jjgurk]

That's a great piece Fernando. Thanks for sharing your techniques too.
John

 

[megroot]

Beautifull work.

Marc

 

[Sambaman]

Fernando, I don't know where I was when you posted this one, but it is just fantastic! It's been said, but the shading on the vest is simply outstanding. I also REALLY like the hand painted plaque for the base. Hats off to you and your efforts here for sure!

Jay H.
Okc

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Thanks, John, Marc & Jay.
Yes, it requiered a few hours to do it, but it was worth the effort.
Regards
FeR

 

[Babelfish]

Excellent job Fernando.

I love the groundwork also. Simple but very effective. In fact - talk me through the groundwork if you will!

- Steve

 

[unknown01]

Your work is perfect！
I liked the color of the leather in particular.
The design of the pants is also amazing.
I congratulate completion.

Mitsutaka