WIP Sansa Stark. Nuts Planet Bust

[Andrew Perren]

Hi Folks

I declare in the light of the seven that I have started my latest GOT Bust. My version of the Nuts Planet, Queen of the North. Clearly meant to be Sansa Stark, it may not be the best likeness but its good enough for me.

Primed with Chaos Black and Tamiya White from a Rattle Can. All painting so far in acrylics.

I've made a fair bit of progress with the face but only base coated the hair.
Sorry for the crappy phone pics.

Cheers

Andrew P.

 

[ometz]

Lookin' good. Watch out Ramsay.

 

[Jeff T]

Nice work on the face Andrew!..... looking good.


Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[TERRYSOMME1916]

Hi Andrew cant fault you acrylic guys, I love what yous do with them but I cant master them at all, nice work.
TERRY

 

[oldtrousers]

Nice work so far, Andrew.

Scott

 

[phil_h]

Face is looking great - looking forward to seeing her come to life.
Phil

 

[DaddyO]

Looks nice Andrew, but maybe the skin is a bit dark? (Might just be the photo's)
Sansas skin is quite pale. I'd also reduce the contrast a bit to make her look a bit more feminine. Painting female skin is difficult if you're used to outdoorsy soldier types.

(I've found on the few ladies which I've done that having very little contrast on the face itself makes it look softer and although it shouldn't work it seems to. Concentrate on the eyes and mouth and let everything else fall back slightly)

Hope you don't mind the suggestions and feel free to ignore completely, but you're making a cracking job of her so far anyway

Paul

 

[Andrew Perren]

Thanks All for the feedback and suggestions.

More work done on the face and hair. I reduced the contrasts a bit and attempted to lighten the whole skin tone a little. Difficult without making her look chalky. I re-did her eyes and I'm happier with them now and she now has eyebrows.

Not looking forward to that wolf pelt.

Cheers

Andrew P.

 

[Jeff T]

Much better Andrew!.....good suggestions from Paul.

Looking good mate.


Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[Andrew Perren]

Thanks Jeff.

Had a good bit of bench time today, face and hair are finished, blocked in colours on the dress and started the shading.

 

[Andrew Perren]

So I'm steaming along with this one. The dress is all but done, and the decorations on the chest added. I used Scale 75 metallics Negro Gold for the embroidery and mixed the Silver with some colours for the jewels.

Anyone got any tips or advice on how to handle this wolf pelt?

Cheers

Andrew P.

 

[Andrew Perren]

Made some more progress on this one. The wolf pelt is done although I'm not fully happy with it. This is my third attempt at it so that will do. Only minor things left to do before she is finished.

Cheers
Andrew P

 

[Jeff T]

Looks good Andrew, nice work!

Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[Osebor]

Very nice work!

 

[Andrew Perren]

Thank you guys.

 

[anstontyke]

really nice work andrew.

anstontyke

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Andrew,

I've had a good look at this bust, and I think I might be able to make a few constructive and positive comments to help you.

Firstly, I think Sansa's hair could do with more contrast. I'd add an extra layer of upper highlights and deepest shadows. I'd recommend you go very orange for the uppermost highlights and apply them sparingly, and equally sparingly apply a very dark brown (Burnt Umber) colour for the shadows.

The wolf pelt needs a few additional colours to help break up the uniformity of the white on black colour scheme. I'd try some browns and even greens in the mid colour range and then blend them together. As a final step I would go over the entire left with a very fine brush and apply very thin lines to represent the single hairs in the pelt, contrasting white hairs over dark backgrounds and dark hairs over lighter colours.

I hope that helps you mate.

 

[Andrew Perren]

Ok, so I have reworked the wolf pelt and thanks to Tony's advice I'm much happier with it now. I added quite a few tan/brown tones into the mix. I also did what I should have done in the first place and checked some google pics of grey wolves - it made the head and snout in particular much easier.

Also upped the contrasts on her hair and dress. Nearly done now. Geez the close ups using the phone can be brutal, it looks much better to me at a normal viewing distance.



Thanks for looking.
Andrew P.

 

[Guy Van Ginneken]

I'm enjoying this paint job Andrew, you followed T's advice and it got better and better with each update. The wolf pelt looks awesome, the browns you applied make it a lot more interesting. Looking forward to the finished bust !

 

[Andrew Perren]

Well Sansa is all finished pending a name plate. Trying out a new photo setup as well. Here's some pics.



Cheers

Andrew P.