Viking Warrior

[Ernest]

Hello Planet, this is what started some days ago, a superb sculpt figure by Adriano Laruccia 90mm scale, I started with the face of course it's almost finish, some more details to come...
Hope you like it and yor comments are more than welcome
cheers
ER

 

[Guy]

Outstanding Ernest. Your flesh tones and blonde hair are excellent. How is the rest of the Viking comming along?

 

[Ernest]

Hi Guy, thanks for your comment, right now I'm working with the chain mail and tunic, I'll post the pictures soon...
chao
ER

 

[Roc]

Ernesto, the face,the hair and the helmet look great, very realistic.
I'm looking forward to your next step.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers

Roc.

 

[Ernest]

Thanks a lot Roc, maybe tomorrow I will post some more new pictures
Take care
ER

 

[Kisifer]

That's one of the best painted face i've ever seen. Just amazing and really realistic. Great job there Ernesto.

 

[Calvin]

It seems to me that your painting skill is improving figure after figure. Maybe on a Viking one expects a more light skin tone (more white/blue rather than brown), but the final effect is really effective and so good.
Luca

 

[JP PRAJOUX]

The face looks great to me. Same for the helmet !
How did you paint he helmet ?
I hope the rest will follow.
Can't wait.....
Bye
Jean-Philippe

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi Ernesto

Another fine figure from your expert hands, cant wait for the rest of the figure.
Please tell us how you painted the helmet...

Dave

 

[megroot]

Hello Ernesto,

This is a great painted face. Very lifelike, also the helmet is realistic.

Keep posting the rest of the figure please.

Marc

 

[Roy]

Excellent painting of a very well sculpted and expressive face.
The blond hair is great...and the metal finish looks very convincing.
Great work Ernest..

All the best.

Roy.

 

[Ernest]

Thanks a lot Roy, Marc, Dave, Jean Phillipe, Luca and Kisifer....

The Paint helment proces was not to hard, this is what I did:
I used a bese color of black+english uniform+cad marron or another brown (acrylics) then I mixed all that with some of metal grey from Tamiya, for the lights I used some washes of english unifoem and for the extreme lights I used prnter inks from top to boton (not too much) for shadoes I used brown + black adding some scratchings and rustic aspect. At the end I add some smoke from Tamiya give it some gloss aspect...

Hope this helps, soon I will post more progress

cheers
ER

 

[Larry R]

Ernesto, simply outstanding work. Are the fleshtones oils or acylics?

 

[Ernest]

Originally posted by Larry R@Jun 30 2005, 09:30 AM
Ernesto, simply outstanding work. Are the fleshtones oils or acylics?

Hello Larry and thanks, all the paint job is in acrylics...
cheers
ER

 

[Ernest]

Now is time of the chainmail and tunic, I decide to paint the tunic with a dark red color, the trousers will be paint in some lighter color...
regards
ER

 

[Guy]

Awesome painting Ernesto..........one of my favorite figures too.

 

[KeithP]

A real pleasure to watch you paint this up. Thx for the posts..

Keith

 

[elvis]

Ciao Ernest ggreat paint job. this figure is my favorite viking.take care Luca

 

[Ernest]

Thanks a lot Guy and Keith for yor comments, Hi Luca I'm very glad that you post and you like this figure...
ciao
ER

 

[Ernest]

I toke a better quality picture of the face, this is more what is looks like...