Hi fellas!
Well, right after Christmas hangover, I've come back to the modelling world with new energies.
I have received some nice presents I will post in a future, but I wanted something different so I have tried some "restoration".
Here you have a trapper bust I painted some 18 years ago when I was younger and more inexperienced:
[ATTACH]96443.IPB[/ATTACH]
I used mainly citadel paints and citadel inks for shading, which goes well for 28 mm figures but in a bust they don't work so well. Anyway I guess I lost my patience since you can see that I didn't even finshed it.
This poor guy has been abandoned in a shelf for almost 20 years, exposed to dust and some terrible nephews:
[ATTACH]96444.IPB[/ATTACH]
That explains the missing of some feathers in his coonskin cap and the misterious unpainted spot in the tip of his nose.
Definitely, it needed a new look!!
So first of all I fill the holes in his coonskin cap with some green putty and I scribbed it, trying to imitate a fur texture:
[ATTACH]96445.IPB[/ATTACH]
Afterwards, I airbrushed all the figure in black:
[ATTACH]96446.IPB[/ATTACH]
In order to create quick references for lights and shadows, I airbrushed a neutral grey tone from above the figure:
[ATTACH]96423.IPB[/ATTACH]
And as I wanted to see the lightest points very clearly, I airbrushed from above a final coat of white:
[ATTACH]96425.IPB[/ATTACH]
Then I started with colour, airbrushing a sand tone for the leather jacket:
[ATTACH]96426.IPB[/ATTACH]
With a dark brown, first I applied a very dilluted wash in the darker areas, and then I unified the tones with the airbrush, pointing from below the figure:
[ATTACH]96427.IPB[/ATTACH]
For the lights, I applied the same sand color I used for the base coat, but with quite a lot of white, and I painted the highlighted areas quite roughly:
[ATTACH]96428.IPB[/ATTACH]
Next step, as same as with the darker tones, I unified everything with a more gentle mixture of sand + white, applied with an airbrush from above:
[ATTACH]96429.IPB[/ATTACH]
That creates that "velvet" texture I wanted for the jacket. Once the jacket was finished, I decided to paint the skin, so first of all, I protected the previous work with a latex based liquid mask:
[ATTACH]96430.IPB[/ATTACH]
Following the same procedure, I airbrushed a neutral skin tone, then a darker one from beneath and a lighter one from above:
[ATTACH]96431.IPB[/ATTACH]
Let's give him some life! Now it's the moment the figure gets its soul, when I paint the hair and the eyes.
Tips I followed for the details:
Try to use a mixture of the skin tone + red for the lower lip
Guess what? The white part of the eyes or sclera, actually is not white, try to use a bone colour
If you want to add light and realism, paint a white spot between the iris and the pupil:
[ATTACH]96432.IPB[/ATTACH]
This is how it looks when the face painting is finished:
[ATTACH]96433.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96434.IPB[/ATTACH]
Now let's go for some detailing. Using the same bone colour I used for the sclera, I painted the shirt:
[ATTACH]96435.IPB[/ATTACH]
Since I don't know any trapper to ask, I searched the Internet to see how I could paint the ornaments, and I managed to find some help:
[ATTACH]96437.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96436.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96438.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96439.IPB[/ATTACH]
Since the system doesn't allow me to include more pics, I will follow in the next post!
Well, right after Christmas hangover, I've come back to the modelling world with new energies.
I have received some nice presents I will post in a future, but I wanted something different so I have tried some "restoration".
Here you have a trapper bust I painted some 18 years ago when I was younger and more inexperienced:
[ATTACH]96443.IPB[/ATTACH]
I used mainly citadel paints and citadel inks for shading, which goes well for 28 mm figures but in a bust they don't work so well. Anyway I guess I lost my patience since you can see that I didn't even finshed it.
This poor guy has been abandoned in a shelf for almost 20 years, exposed to dust and some terrible nephews:
[ATTACH]96444.IPB[/ATTACH]
That explains the missing of some feathers in his coonskin cap and the misterious unpainted spot in the tip of his nose.
Definitely, it needed a new look!!
So first of all I fill the holes in his coonskin cap with some green putty and I scribbed it, trying to imitate a fur texture:
[ATTACH]96445.IPB[/ATTACH]
Afterwards, I airbrushed all the figure in black:
[ATTACH]96446.IPB[/ATTACH]
In order to create quick references for lights and shadows, I airbrushed a neutral grey tone from above the figure:
[ATTACH]96423.IPB[/ATTACH]
And as I wanted to see the lightest points very clearly, I airbrushed from above a final coat of white:
[ATTACH]96425.IPB[/ATTACH]
Then I started with colour, airbrushing a sand tone for the leather jacket:
[ATTACH]96426.IPB[/ATTACH]
With a dark brown, first I applied a very dilluted wash in the darker areas, and then I unified the tones with the airbrush, pointing from below the figure:
[ATTACH]96427.IPB[/ATTACH]
For the lights, I applied the same sand color I used for the base coat, but with quite a lot of white, and I painted the highlighted areas quite roughly:
[ATTACH]96428.IPB[/ATTACH]
Next step, as same as with the darker tones, I unified everything with a more gentle mixture of sand + white, applied with an airbrush from above:
[ATTACH]96429.IPB[/ATTACH]
That creates that "velvet" texture I wanted for the jacket. Once the jacket was finished, I decided to paint the skin, so first of all, I protected the previous work with a latex based liquid mask:
[ATTACH]96430.IPB[/ATTACH]
Following the same procedure, I airbrushed a neutral skin tone, then a darker one from beneath and a lighter one from above:
[ATTACH]96431.IPB[/ATTACH]
Let's give him some life! Now it's the moment the figure gets its soul, when I paint the hair and the eyes.
Tips I followed for the details:
Try to use a mixture of the skin tone + red for the lower lip
Guess what? The white part of the eyes or sclera, actually is not white, try to use a bone colour
If you want to add light and realism, paint a white spot between the iris and the pupil:
[ATTACH]96432.IPB[/ATTACH]
This is how it looks when the face painting is finished:
[ATTACH]96433.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96434.IPB[/ATTACH]
Now let's go for some detailing. Using the same bone colour I used for the sclera, I painted the shirt:
[ATTACH]96435.IPB[/ATTACH]
Since I don't know any trapper to ask, I searched the Internet to see how I could paint the ornaments, and I managed to find some help:
[ATTACH]96437.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96436.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96438.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]96439.IPB[/ATTACH]
Since the system doesn't allow me to include more pics, I will follow in the next post!
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