Tropical Groundwork Scene

[Airborne01]

Hi Steve, just incase nobody's seen one before...and they're in season now.

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They're even better than Lychee and they're already sweet and need not be canned in syrup. Are you able to get fresh rambutans where you are?

Cheers,
Richard

Unfortunately not Richard, can sometimes get canned ones from an Asian deli - not the same though! Kate has developed a bad case of salivation and is looking for a trip as a reward for lockdown! Don't know where yet but I'll get told once she's made up my mind for me!
Steve

[adt70hk]

Just had a catch-up Richard.

As always, great work. Very well done indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

[rtfoe]

Unfortunately not Richard, can sometimes get canned ones from an Asian deli - not the same though! Kate has developed a bad case of salivation and is looking for a trip as a reward for lockdown! Don't know where yet but I'll get told once she's made up my mind for me!
Steve

Steve, I've realised how sweet our local fruits are from guavas, mangoes, watery rose apples, star fruit, custard apples, mangosteens, pulasan, langsat, durian, sour sop, rambutans, longans, pineapples, bananas, melons, young coconut and papayas. The funny thing is it's still cheaper to eat apples.

Just had a catch-up Richard.

As always, great work. Very well done indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, I bet you haven't tried rambutans.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Oooh...I forgot sugarcane...but that's a grass.

Cheers,
Richard

[boatman]

Steve, I've realised how sweet our local fruits are from guavas, mangoes, watery rose apples, star fruit, custard apples, mangosteens, pulasan, langsat, durian, sour sop, rambutans, longans, pineapples, bananas, melons, young coconut and papayas. The funny thing is it's still cheaper to eat apples.


Thanks Andrew, I bet you haven't tried rambutans.

Cheers,
Richard

Richard whats that white rund thing on them rambutans. ? an this is a fantastic thread as ive just glanced through it i admit i havnt read everything but i think RICHARD THAT YOU ARE A FANTASTIC MODELLER AN IM IN AWE
chris

[Airborne01]

Richard,
Please, please stop now - Kate has got her Rough Guides out - that spells trouble (both for me and my Bank Manager)! To make it worse I've had to bring all the travel equipment down from the loft in case anything needs replacing! Excellent work though!
Steve

[rtfoe]

I missed out one more fruit and one of my favorites...Jack fruit and another species Cempedak which normally is eaten cooked in batter. Okay I'll stop for now to save you from trouble.

The figures are all primed in black and ready for paint. The series of images show their positions in the dio...



Cheers,
Richard

Cheers,
Richard

[CarolsHusband]

Amazing.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Dan.

Cheers,
Richard

[Graeme C.]

The figures fit very well on the diorama, nice work Richard.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Graeme, only way to get that done was for major surgery. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

First off in the figures painted is old Pak Cik. He has darker complexion due to his Northern Indian ancestry.



Base coats of pale yellow and white for his blouse and sarong.



Unfortunately I don't have anymore progress shots of him that would show toning of the blouse and tartan stripes on the sarong... nope it's not Scottish origin.



You can get a good glimpse of his sarong here...



And the blouse here...



Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Love what you've done with old Pak Cik. What is your reasoning for using black primer on your figures?
Jim

[rtfoe]

Hi Richard
Love what you've done with old Pak Cik. What is your reasoning for using black primer on your figures?
Jim

Thanks Jim, reason is I've seen figure painters use black as a base and then highlighting in white either by dry brushing or with an airbrush for the highlights. For me I used Desert Yellow sprayed from the top and angle to where I think the light source was coming from. This in turn helped with my shading. I've used this technique since for all my figure painting. You can see the sprayed DY catching the folds on the blouse and sarong in the first two images and thanks for asking.

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Thanks Richard
That does make sense.
Jim