SGF Roman Aquilifer 54mm

[ParisT3]

Dear Friends

My name is Paris Tsirchoglou and I live in Thessaloniki, Greece. This being my first post to Planetfigure, I thought I should send some photos of my 54mm SGF Roman Aquilifer, under construction.

http://s825.photobucket.com/albums/zz179/ParisT3/ParisT3 Soldiers SR41 Aquilifer/

http://s825.photobucket.com/albums/zz179/ParisT3/ParisT3 Soldiers SR41 Aquilifer Face Shadows/

Needless to say, your comments are more than welcome.

Best Regards

Paris

 

[tonydawe]

Welcome to Planet Figure Paris, and thanks for sharing your pics. Very impressive debut. I guess you paint with acrylics?? You've made a wonderful start.

 

[ParisT3]

Hello Tony and thank you for the welcome and your kind words.

I paint with oils, using mainly Humbrol enamels (and less often, acrylics) as primer under colors. The eagle is painted with printer’s ink.

Kind Regards

Paris

 

[Theodoros]

Very nice begining, Paris !

 

[housecarl]

What a debut Paris. Welcome to PF.
Carl.

 

[Ferris]

Very good looking start Paris!

And welcome to the forum!

Cheers, Adrian

 

[Meehan34]

I sure hope you post the finished figure as I think he will look great. Very nice start and I hope to see more.

 

[megroot]

Excellent start Paris.
Great work on this awesome figure. Finally i'm pleased you work with oils.

marc

 

[Robert Laclavik]

Beautiful beginning Paris, and welcom on the Planet
best part for me are the eyes, nicesly detailed in that measure

 

[ParisT3]

Thank you all for the warm welcome and your positive remarks. I will post new photos as work progresses.

Marc … Yes!!!… in a World of acrylic painting (with MAGNIFICENT results for most modelers), I totally remain an “oilman”.

Regards.

Paris

 

[Wendy]

Welcome and lovely start on the figure!

 

[ParisT3]

Hello

Please find attached some new photos of my work.

As always, your comments are very welcome.

Regards

Paris

 

[big_game_nerd]

Wow, great work, face looks great and the eyes really pop.
Can't wait to see the finished result.
Steve

 

[1969]

Welcome Paris and fantastic work on the figure, i havent used printers ink yet but from your results it looks very good stuff.

Steve

 

[ParisT3]

Thank you very much for your positive remarks on my progress so far.

As for the printers ink, in my opinion it is the best choice available. It has absolutely no grain and it can be easily mixed with oil colors or enamels. In my case, I didn't use any dark shadow mixes. I primed with Humbrol 1, them painted with gold printers ink. Next was the use of successive washes made of Tamiya Smoke Gray diluted with Tamiya thinner in a ratio of about 1:2. After 2 or 3 washes I returned to highlight with a mix of the base gold printers ink plus some Tiranti extra fine gold powder, which gives the final extra highlights. All these were finally sealed by a Smoke Grey wash. Do try it in the future. It is fairly easy.

Regards

Paris

 

[1969]

thanks for the explenation Paris, i plan to buy some printers ink and will try your method.

Steve

 

[ParisT3]

Dear Friends
Here are some photos of my progress on my Aquilifer. The cape is obviously still on its gray primer. I have put it in place without glue, in order to make a choice on its color. My first thoughts are to try painting it either very dark ochre or very light indigo. Your thoughts would be very useful to me. Hope you like it so far.
Regards
Paris

 

[davidmitchell]

Great work so far Paris, I think you should go for the ochre on the cape.



Cheers David

 

[megroot]

Excellent work so far.

Marc

 

[mikec55]

Beautiful work all around but the eyes are amazing. To get detail like that on the eyes of a 54mm figure, you must have the hands of a surgeon!