rossbach
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Hello,
Some pics of my progress on Romeo Models 90 mm gladiator Provocator. Sergey Popovichenko's version inspired me to do this one. I love his muted realistic painting style. I hope my efforts to make the metal look corroded is going to pay off. For reality's sake (well ...... that is according to my personal views on that subject) I also decided to make the gladius appear well 'used'. Yes I know it was used for stabbing..... . Painting in oils and metalwork in printersink mixed with oil paint.
A large scale = a LOT of work. Seems to take forever to finish the subcomponents........ pffffff. I am almost ready to start painting the torso however.
I also took my inspiration for the shield design from Sergey's version ( I already confessed to him
).
By the way: if you select a picture and click 'view pic' you get the image in the right position and you can blow it up.
The design was painted freehand. Normally I would make an airbrush template for some of the basic shapes to assure symetry.
I applied a thin coat of Mr Sangyo acrylic matt varnish on the grey - blue (indigo) basic shield colour before painting the white patterns.
Feel free to let me know what you think of my efforts sofar.
Cheers Paul
Some pics of my progress on Romeo Models 90 mm gladiator Provocator. Sergey Popovichenko's version inspired me to do this one. I love his muted realistic painting style. I hope my efforts to make the metal look corroded is going to pay off. For reality's sake (well ...... that is according to my personal views on that subject) I also decided to make the gladius appear well 'used'. Yes I know it was used for stabbing..... . Painting in oils and metalwork in printersink mixed with oil paint.
A large scale = a LOT of work. Seems to take forever to finish the subcomponents........ pffffff. I am almost ready to start painting the torso however.
I also took my inspiration for the shield design from Sergey's version ( I already confessed to him
).By the way: if you select a picture and click 'view pic' you get the image in the right position and you can blow it up.
The design was painted freehand. Normally I would make an airbrush template for some of the basic shapes to assure symetry.
I applied a thin coat of Mr Sangyo acrylic matt varnish on the grey - blue (indigo) basic shield colour before painting the white patterns.
Feel free to let me know what you think of my efforts sofar.
Cheers Paul
