WIP Stormtroopers Tatham-Warter bust 4 fun

[gothicgeek]

Tony ... Thank you the extreme close-ups also help me spot if anything is looking a bit awry

Faces are about finished now, so head gear next

Sprayed a base colour onto the denison ....
AV Ger Cam Blk Brown as a low.
GW Graveyard Earth as a mid.
Mid with a drop of AV Light Flesh as a highlight ....

Camo pattern next

 

[housecarl]

Knowing what colour Graveyard Earth is helps, and I was toying with using it myself.
In the pics it look way too light, but it isn't. If you know what I mean.
Carl.

 

[Christos]

I like the fleshtones!!!

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl ... It was a deliberately light version of Graveyard earth

Chris ... thank you!


Denison .......


Still some work to do on it but I'm fairly happy with it

The green is AV Luft. Cam Green
The brown is AV Burnt Umber ( Surprise!! )

The shading is with AV Ger. Cam. Blk. Brown and highlights are GW Graveyard Earth with a dot of AV Light Flesh

Any idea what the binocular straps were made of? I'm guessing leather

 

[housecarl]

Looking great Mark. The bino straps are leather.
Carl.

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Mark, the highlighting and shading on the camoflague pattern is excellent.

I was wondering if the brown colour needs a slight adjustment to make it a little more reddish in tone. The burnt umber colour seems a bit "cold" if you know what I mean, and the brown colours I've seen on most denison smocks is a warmer tone of brown.

 

[unknown01]

The excellent progress Mark!
Camo pattern is Great.
Very wonderful.

Mitsutaka

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl ... Thanks and thanks for the info

Tony ... many thanks Yes your right, it was looking a bit cool, I've adjusted the shadows a little with a reddish brown and it seems to have worked... thanks again

Mitsutaka ... Again thank you!


Slow progress

 

[housecarl]

Found a photo Mark.
Carl.

 

[davidmitchell]

Fantastic work so far Mark, love the stuble effect on the face and the camo is looking great.


Cheers David

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Mark,

It's only a subtle adjustment, but it makes a big difference. Well done mate.

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl ... once again cheers mate

David .... Many thanks

Tony ... Thanks and thanks again for the input


Starting to get there!

Thanks to Carl I added a bit of texture to the barrels of the binoculars with some AV Acrylic putty ( stippled about 3 thin layers on ) Metals done with pencils, Metallics and plain graphite .... next I plan on sorting out the hats and the brolly

 

[flart1943]

Hi Mark
Nice bust, painting coming on great so far.
Pete

 

[gothicgeek]

Pete .... Many thanks


only the head....

To decide about. But really like the bowler version

Arm and brolly epoxied on now and fitted very nicely. Some weathering required now and the bowler still needs a lot of work ( and mostly matting down )

 

[gothicgeek]

Weathering under-way!

So far Pastels in water

 

[stu]

Great work mark, me like...alot

Stu

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Mark,

It's been fascinating watch you paint this bust and following your progress step by step.

Almost done now and the results are amazing.

 

[gothicgeek]

Stu ... Glad you like it

Tony .... Thank you! It's been a fun paint


Been slowly adding dirt and grime to the face and then removing most of it, have done 3 layers so far, quite subtle but still a few more layers to go...

 

[housecarl]

Very nice Mark. Not much more to say.
Carl.

 

[unknown01]

Hi! Mark.
Wow! Wonderful facial painting.
He seems to live for me.
I think the wonderful skin tone.

Mitsutaka