WIP Roman Hornblower (Cornicen)

[Robbo]

Another missed opportunity...

 

[Steve Ski]

Excellent subject, I'm in!

 

[Nap]

Hi Robbo

Shield looks good , just the right amount of design

Look forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Robbo]

Cheers Nap.

 

[Robbo]

Finally making a start on the figure, following my little sideshow with the shield.

Skin stuff mostly. The face is well sculpted but hemmed in on three sides by the lion’s head headdress.

The jewellery on the outstretched hand is nice. I did the wooden stave support as it ended in the right fist and otherwise would make it awkward to get the shadows right at the juncture.

No doubt will have another look as things move along, to fine tune as skills allow.

Cheers for now

 

[Briggsy]

Skin tones are nice, must have been awkward getting to his face though but still looks good and yeah his jewelry looks right on him.

Cheers Simon

 

[Robbo]

Lion’s face building up.

 

[Briggsy]

Starting to look like a lion, that's going to look great. Apparently lions with darker manes are more successful in winning a pride than those with lighter more sandy coloured manes. Odd the things that stick in the mind for no apparent reason.

Cheers Simon

 

[Robbo]

Today's lion fact....lol.

I do think I'll go with darker tones though. Plenty of scope for undertones on the swirls of the mane.

 

[Steve Ski]

You are much braver than I, that's for sure. This is looking real good!

 

[Robbo]

It's certainly complex. Hopefully all the sections will tie in together tonally at the end.

 

[Robbo]

I’m calling the lion’s head done. The mane has a three-colour undertone, with a light sandy brown for highlights, followed overall by a weak lampblack in the deepest recesses. Painting is a bit stylised but can’t see that anything else would do, without looking too fussy for the subject.

 

[Briggsy]

It's looking good as it is, I think the sculpt possibly restricts how much you can do.

Cheers Simon

 

[Robbo]

I think you get to a point and have to ask yourself if any thing further you can do will benefit the look. If not, stop. Anything more just gets fiddlesome without real value-added.

 

[Briggsy]

I think you get to a point and have to ask yourself if any thing further you can do will benefit the look. If not, stop. Anything more just gets fiddlesome without real value-added.

Also I find it helps to step back, do something else for an hour and then go back to it, waste of an hour but seeing it fresh often reaffirms what you thought or you stop more that can be done.

Cheers Simon

 

[Robbo]

Just basing the torso - tunic, chain mail and animal furs.

 

[Briggsy]

Just basing the torso - tunic, chain mail and animal furs.

Cricket you're banging this out at a rate of knots.

Cheers Simon

 

[Robbo]

Just steady. Trying to work each morning for a while and then set aside.

 

[Briggsy]

Fair one, it's good though when something just flows easily along like that though.

Cheers Simon

 

[Robbo]

Probably the last WiP pix for this one. A few finer points to sort out and then the ‘marble’ plinth.