WIP Critique Verliden Archer Bust .. Ugly fella wiv an arra

[Azgaron]

Awesome paint job Mark!

Cheers,

Håkan

 

[Ferris]

Love what you did with face and helmet!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[DEL]

Brilliant work Mark. Fleshtones superb as ever.
Cheers
Derek

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl, Simon, Peter, Håkan, Adrian and Derek ... Many thanks for the comments

Slowly!

I airbrushed the basic white for the surcoat? using...

Base English Uniform.
Mid White ( very thin, several layers )

I'm saving the highlights till after everything else is done on the torso.....

The cross is based with Burnt Umber, mid with Vallejo Red and high with GW Blood Red. I'm adding tiny bits of orange to edges just as a final highlight, still a lot of work to do on the transitions

 

[housecarl]

Very patriotic Mark.
Carl.

 

[sarouman]

Truly I am impressed by the excellent dyeing brother!
I think the color of his face are the best I've seen on the job so far!
Continued to impress us Marc!!!!

Alexandros

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

that is looking absolutely stunning Mark.
The flesh tones are a cut above, great job on what looks nice little out the box paint up.

Do you care to share your technique on the stubble beard

Ron

 

[Edorta]

I like very much the red of the cross. I don´t know if you do that, but I ussualy add a litle bit of white and yellow to the orange to detach a bit more the highlighting.

http://www.mininet.tv/egminiatures.html

 

[sam b]

Really nice work on this one Mark , not a straight forward face to paint but you've nailed it

All the best
sam

 

[rafaelega]

Ver nice work.

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl, Alexandros, Ron (see below), Eduardo, Sam and Rafael ... Many thanks one and all Work continues on this piece

Ron the stubble is really just a lot of dots and small streaks of well thinned Burnt Umber and English Uniform, once dry I then break them up a bit using the flesh colours from the face, to get the bright bits its just small touches of Light flesh. Again if they are too bold I dot them with a darker flesh colour to tone them down ... Hope that makes sense?

Okay, so I finished the badge ( device? ) and have been working on the leather and some work on the white tabard thing... I am also trying out a slightly modified shooting set-up hence the arty farty pics

 

[Tecumsea]

Hi Mark-just superb, I think it has all been said before-pieces like this raise the bar on just what can be achieved and make the hobby a true art form.

Look forward to seeing this piece at a show soon? Darlington maybe?..................Keith

 

[davidmitchell]

Fantastic work so far Mark look forward to seeing this one finished.


Cheers David

 

[megroot]

Perfect, just perfect.
Hope you finish it within a week.

marc

 

[pmfs]

Top notch painting mate.

Pedro.

 

[Carlos69]

Great seeing one of Dereks busts painted up and good to see this again,looks superb Mark !

 

[Carlos69]

Mark the metal to the helmet also looks the buisness !! what made you go for printers ink over your usuall nmm look ? guessing the size of it ?

 

[tonydawe]

Superb Mark, I'm following your progress with great interest and admiration for your skills.

 

[gothicgeek]

Keith ... Thank you, your too kind

Derek .. Thanks He's got that northern look eh? Could be from Yorkshire too

Eduardo .... Thank you!

David ... Many thanks

Marc ... Thanks Finish soon

Pedro ... Cheers mate

Carl ... Thank you! And yes just the sheer size of it kinda forced my hand :/

Tony ... Again many thanks

Work continues .... Despite spending the weekend travelling and watching Rammstein live in Birmingham



The shirt is based with English Uniform, mid is Stone Grey and High Light Flesh, then I started making it looked lived in with Lots of very thin layers of Burnt Umber and Eng. Uniform ... Still a ways to go ... Arrow is to be replaced with a made item my friend is making for me, properly fletched etc

 

[gothicgeek]

I really like this new editor