Completed Critique Russian Cossak Bust (1/12)

[Stephen Ward]

Kaz, super cool piece! You have done such a great job with this bust...glad you are staying busy sir!

 

[Edorta]

Great work Kazufumi. You can correct me if I'm wrong, but I see you don´t hide the brush trace, and you don´t search the "airbrush" effect. In my opinion all of this gives to your work a more "pictoric" value and I like it.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[kaz6120]

Thanks for your comments, Jay, Stephen, and Eduardo!

but I see you don´t hide the brush trace, and you don´t search the "airbrush" effect. In my opinion all of this gives to your work a more "pictoric" value and I like it.

I'm glad you pointed it out. This time I used airbrush for the foundation, first I applied black, and then grey from the light source angle. but It's just a clue to define the highlight and shadow areas. I paint very thin lines with diluted color over and over again with brush trace. and...Yes, I like the pictorial touch than just applying airbrush-ish color transitions.

 

[Christos]

One of the most beautiful busts ever, good work on the painting!!

 

[kaz6120]

Thank you very much for your compliments, Chris!
Sculpting on this bust is one of the best sculpting.

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Hi Kaz, another inspirational paint up here. Especially like the vivid colours. Can see you made use of face painting "recipes" book which strong Caucasian skin tones. Thanks for putting me on to this it as it's an excellent source reference.
Out of curiosity how long did it take you to paint this bust?

Martin, thanks for sharing the movie links just watch excellent section of "1612" man an incredible piece of historical movie making.

Stay safe all,

Mike

 

[NickM]

Kaz, all of your work is out of this world and incredibly inspirational! Your way of painting skin tones makes each of your models come to life, in a way I haven't seen too many other modellers achieve. Brilliant stuff

Cheers mate!
Nick

 

[kaz6120]

Can see you made use of face painting "recipes" book which strong Caucasian skin tones. Thanks for putting me on to this it as it's an excellent source reference.
Out of curiosity how long did it take you to paint this bust?

Thanks a lot for your comment, Mike. Yes the recipes book you mentioned is still my best source reference when painting skin.

The answer to your question is 5 days to finish this bust. For me usually It takes 1-3 weeks on painting a bust, (depends on its difficulty) but there's not so many colors and no complicated heraldries on this so I could focus on face a lot.
I think this is a great example that the result is out of proportion to the time I spent, choosing great sculpting is the most important thing on painting.

 

[kaz6120]

Kaz, all of your work is out of this world and incredibly inspirational! Your way of painting skin tones makes each of your models come to life, in a way I haven't seen too many other modellers achieve. Brilliant stuff

Wow, thanks for your "too good" comment. I always refer to other modellers' works a lot, everyday, from the beginners to the masters. My style is based on it, I wanna say thanks to other modellers.

 

[megroot]

Outstanding work on this bust. I never saw this before, but I would very happy to get my hands on one.
Gonna look for it.
There is one thing: I never gonna get paint on it as you did Kaz.
Perfect.]

Marc

 

[Mike Stevens]

Wonderful painting Kaz.

 

[sarouman]

Kaz my freind excellent paint as always

 

[kaz6120]

Thanks for your compliments, Marc, Mike, and Alex!

 

[bonehead]

I think this is a great example that the result is out of proportion to the time I spent, choosing great sculpting is the most important thing on painting.

Kaz,

This is advice I have been giving other modelers for years: always start with a well sculpted model. There are so many really good models available these days that there is no reason to choose an inferior sculpt. Although a bad paint job can make the best figure look bad, the best paint job on a poorly sculpted figure will only end up with a nicely painted, bad figure.

This is not intended to be a comment on my figure sculpting. It is only a general rule that i think all modelers should consider when selecting a figure to paint. There is no amount of paint that can make a poorly sculpted figure into a good one. With all of the excellent figures available today, any aspiring painter would be wise to paint only the best....

 

[kaz6120]

This is advice I have been giving other modelers for years: always start with a well sculpted model.

Great advice, Mike! I'll keep that in mind. Keep that in mind, all painters!

Although a bad paint job can make the best figure look bad, the best paint job on a poorly sculpted figure will only end up with a nicely painted, bad figure.

You sharply pointed out the most important truth. And I think, painters have to train our eye for beauty, I mean, build up our esthetic sense for sculpting.

With all of the excellent figures available today, any aspiring painter would be wise to paint only the best....

Yes I totally agree with your opinion. I like to search and dig up old figures which I think well-sculpted but not given appropriate evaluation. It's like buried alive, and I like to try to do my best to give them life again. I thought this bust is one of them, should be more popular and be given more higher evaluation.

Thanks again Mike, for your great advice and of course, for your great sculpting work.