Dragoon finished

Finally the dragoon is finished. I added the sword and painted the socks and some details that were missing. I also added some dust on the boots and other parts of the figure like the elbows. The wood and stones of the basework also recieved some paint and now he is ready to go to the exposition.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Figure almost finished

The figure is almost finished now. Yesterday evening I increased the contrast on the white because I was feeling there was a not enough contrast. I also painted the boots and the rest of the laces. Now it's time to glue the figure together and mount it on its base. Add the last details and do some touch ups on the paintwork were the parts are glued together. And the last thing to paint is the flag. Not much time left so this has to go fast. Hopefully I won't break anything during mounting or damage the paintwork. Wouldn't be the first time. I keep my fingers crossed. Here are the pictures of the painted figure.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Update on the Hussar

The last two weeks I spend almost every available hour on painting the figure painting until late in the evening. When it's finished I'm going to sleep for a week. By now I finished the face and are almost done with the white jacket and brown trousers. Now I have to paint the boots the blue collar and his sword and glue the piece together. Yesterday I also spend some time in painting the base work. Still a lot of work to do but I keep my fingers crossed hopping to finish it in time.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Husar face almost done!

I primed the figure and started painting the face first as I usual do. First I added all the rough highlights and shadows and afterwards these were blended together. The colors I used for the face are brown sand, basic skin tone, burnt cad. red and some brown rose, red and black. Still some work has to be done on the ears and hair. And some little beard grown on the chin has to be added. Here are the two first pictures of the face.
After this I will work on the white shirt. This is always a difficult color to get right. But hopefully I can find some time to paint and I don't run into to many problems and show some new progress pictures soon.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Husar de San Narciso 1809

Here are the pictures of the second sculpture for Project Girona which is finally finished. It's the Husar de San Narciso 1809. For this one only a pair of legs, sword and a head was used.
The rest was sculpted from Magic Sculp and Duro.
The braid work was a lot of work with all the small details but it was fun to do. I tried out some different sculpting tools and I learned a lot from this figure which I will use for my next sculptures.

Now I have to hurry with the painting because there are only a few weeks left.
So this will be my fastest paint job ever!

Cheers,
Marcel.

Almost done!

The last weeks I didn't had a lot of time to model but I found some hours to spend on the figure. The painting is almost done now only have to do the lower part of the legs with boots some detail work and the sword. After that some weathering of the boots and painting of the base work. Here are some pictures of the front and back of the figure. I hope to find some time to finish it soon.

Cheers,
Marcel.

The perfect sculpture!

On Sunday the 26Th of July our daughter was born! We are very happy and proud to finally hold her in our arms. Of Course we hadn't much sleep the last days but this will get better. Mother and daughter are doing great!
Noa weights 3200 gram and is 49 cm long, a beauty!!

As you expect I didn't had time to do modelling these days but when everything is settled down I will continue of course.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Dragoon painting update

The face and the bearskin are almost finished now, only some minor corrections are needed. Furthermore I have painted the green basecolor on the jacket and roughly the highlights and shadows. Also the red and yellow colored parts are painted. Now I'm in the process of blending the highlights and shadows, adding some small folds here and there and do the outlining. This is always time consuming but worth the effort in the end. Here are some pictures of the front and back.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Starting to paint the Dragoon

I started with the paintjob on the Dragoon and this is a picture of a very early stage. Most blending work was done on the face, this time I used besides my usual mixtures some additional filters of some red and pinkish colors. Still have to do some corrections on the skin and eyes. And I have to paint the hair, lips and ears. The rest of the colors are just basecoated with some highlights except of the bearskin. The next steps are to finish the face and adding shadows of the other colors and start blending them.

Cheers,
Marcel.

First sculpture finished

It's already a long time I didn't update my blog because a chronically lack of time. Our second child is expected very soon so everything needs to be ready.
I have finished the first sculpture. Everyday I'm discovering more and more flaws and it's far from perfect. But I'm still improving and hopefully one day create something good. For this one I used a lot of parts from different models which caused in the end some troubles in the position of the figure. The body and hat are from art-girona figures and the face is a spare from pegaso. Still have to add the sword but this will be done in the end. The figure is now primed and I started painting the face and hat.
Here is the a picture from the sculpture, it's a bit out of focus. But don't have a better one available right now.

Cheers,
Marcel.