garyjd
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Lou, Gorgeous, what a paintjob. The eyes have so much life to them to say the least.~Gary
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Joe Hudson
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Lou,
All I can say is amazing! You have out done yourself! I look forward to seeing her in the round.
Joe
All I can say is amazing! You have out done yourself! I look forward to seeing her in the round.
Joe
LCoote
A Fixture
Amazing Lou, love your work 
megroot
A Fixture
Now i know that i'm an absolute beginner. This kind off work is many lightyears away from now.
What a beauty. What a nice work.
I stop now because i think i'am going to far in superlative's (is that english??).
Marvelous job.
Marc : worship:
What a beauty. What a nice work.
I stop now because i think i'am going to far in superlative's (is that english??).
Marvelous job.
Marc : worship:
jitch0t
Well-Known Member
Trully amazing Lou, great job!
Superb Lou,
doesn't look like shite to me. Quang outdid himself sculpting this one.
Can you elaborate how you paint these most fascinating small designs ?
I have the bust lying so I really like to know
You should write a book
doesn't look like shite to me. Quang outdid himself sculpting this one.
Can you elaborate how you paint these most fascinating small designs ?
I have the bust lying so I really like to know
You should write a book
Anders Heintz
A Fixture
Hola Lou!!
Wow! All those patterns, and all thea detail, it is truely beautiful. I keep going back and looking at her, you really did a super job man! I am very impressed. What is next on the bench?
Wow! All those patterns, and all thea detail, it is truely beautiful. I keep going back and looking at her, you really did a super job man! I am very impressed. What is next on the bench?
mikec55
PlanetFigure Supporter
Lou,
I can only repeat what everyone has already said. That's a breathtaking piece of work. As a beginner myself, I know how Marc feels in an earlier post. The work of artists of your calibre is an inspiration but maybe I'll consider resuming baseball card collecting.
Mike
I can only repeat what everyone has already said. That's a breathtaking piece of work. As a beginner myself, I know how Marc feels in an earlier post. The work of artists of your calibre is an inspiration but maybe I'll consider resuming baseball card collecting.
Mike
Johan
A Fixture
Good painting job, you are a capable and experienced painter
One thing that really immediately struck me as being extremely well done are the eyes on this one - very realistic, perfect ! They are full of "life", nice and clever contrast with the white of the make-up, and you have made her come "alive" that way.
Would love to hear how you painted the eyes here.
One thing that really immediately struck me as being extremely well done are the eyes on this one - very realistic, perfect !
They are full of "life", nice and clever contrast with the white of the make-up, and you have made her come "alive" that way.Would love to hear how you painted the eyes here.
Lou Masses
A Fixture
Jeez. Thanks everyone. Really didn't expect this kind of reaction.
The eyes are relatively simple. I'm trying to find the time to write something about it but suffice to say, that I think if they look real it is because of their positioning. I love to experiment and at one point I noticed when looking at other's people work, the thing that drew my attention and brought a figure to life the most for me was when the eyes were not positioned in the standard "straight ahead" position. Simply by positioning them as though to express something or that they are looking at something specific can make a world of difference. As for painting them, it is by the method I described on another thread. I always paint a lighter shade of the base flesh mix, paint it in, then do a very slight wash of venetian red or terra rosa so it sits along the eyelids and gives a general warmth to the eyeball. In this figure's case, I used mascara (black) which I never do, but after painting in the dark brown on the upper eyelid and reddish on the lower. I should mention that the face was painted completely in flesh first (not really in too much detail for obvious reasons), the eyes, everything as though I were painting a normal face. I then applied the white was though it were make up. As the pictures are too bright, you can't tell there is some shading of the white, but not alot. Phil sent me a book on Geishas (and although TG wasn't one, make up is the same) and having seen some in Japan, they put so much make up on that you really don't see much shadow.
My goal was for her to look like she's about to take someone out, or is prepared to fight. Since you can't see her right hand I wanted it to give the impression that her sword is in it. ie a "pissed look". Quang's sculpture allowed that and everything I read about her (although not sure if she actually existed) said that she was a fearsome warrior.
The detail is actually pretty easy it's building uplayers of paint from darkest to lightest (acrylic) in order to create the illusion of depth. If you find it hard to paint patterns, simply draw patterns (in scale) on paper first a few times to practise. When you get to the figure, your hand does the rest.
Thanks for all of your comments and I am glad you enjoyed it. Never put down your paintbrush and NEVER be satisfied!
Thanks
Lou
The eyes are relatively simple. I'm trying to find the time to write something about it but suffice to say, that I think if they look real it is because of their positioning. I love to experiment and at one point I noticed when looking at other's people work, the thing that drew my attention and brought a figure to life the most for me was when the eyes were not positioned in the standard "straight ahead" position. Simply by positioning them as though to express something or that they are looking at something specific can make a world of difference. As for painting them, it is by the method I described on another thread. I always paint a lighter shade of the base flesh mix, paint it in, then do a very slight wash of venetian red or terra rosa so it sits along the eyelids and gives a general warmth to the eyeball. In this figure's case, I used mascara (black) which I never do, but after painting in the dark brown on the upper eyelid and reddish on the lower. I should mention that the face was painted completely in flesh first (not really in too much detail for obvious reasons), the eyes, everything as though I were painting a normal face. I then applied the white was though it were make up. As the pictures are too bright, you can't tell there is some shading of the white, but not alot. Phil sent me a book on Geishas (and although TG wasn't one, make up is the same) and having seen some in Japan, they put so much make up on that you really don't see much shadow.
My goal was for her to look like she's about to take someone out, or is prepared to fight. Since you can't see her right hand I wanted it to give the impression that her sword is in it. ie a "pissed look". Quang's sculpture allowed that and everything I read about her (although not sure if she actually existed) said that she was a fearsome warrior.
The detail is actually pretty easy it's building uplayers of paint from darkest to lightest (acrylic) in order to create the illusion of depth. If you find it hard to paint patterns, simply draw patterns (in scale) on paper first a few times to practise. When you get to the figure, your hand does the rest.
Thanks for all of your comments and I am glad you enjoyed it. Never put down your paintbrush and NEVER be satisfied!
Thanks
Lou
johnbrewer
A Fixture
Lou, as always you have given us the details that we need to paint high quality figures. Thank you
JohnLea
Well-Known Member
No decals. It was done by hand.
Lou Masses
A Fixture
Thank you all for your comments,
John, thanks for clearing that up.
Lou
John, thanks for clearing that up.
Lou
