More paintwork done

The last days I managed to get some more work done on the Celt. I did some corrections to the eyes and face and did some more blending on the upper torso. Still a bit of more work to do here. I also started painting his hair and moustache but I'm not completely satisfied with the final color. For the trousers I wanted something colorful and my wife came up with this base color. The next steps are adding the highlights and shadows. For the shield a green color was decided and some Celtic symbols will appear on the front. Hopefully I can show it in the next update.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Painting the Celt

I finished sculpting the Celt and I'm now busy getting the paintwork done. As always something has to happen and also this time. The figure fell on the table and the hand with axe broke off. So I had to remodel the hand and wrist and finshed the last details. After this the figure was primed and I started painting the face. First I applied two layers of brown sand and then I started applying the highlights and shadows. The next step was blending all the layers. The same has been done for the upper body but here I still have to do a lot of blending. Here are some pictures of the current status.

Cheers,
Marcel.

The surcoat finished

Here an update on the Teutonic knights. I have finished the surcoat of the rider and added the belt for the sword. Now I´m working on the drapery of the horse. The plastilina is used as a support for the magic sculp. The next steps will be finishing the work on the horse and adding some more details.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Sculpting Celt almost done

The last two weeks I spend most of my model time on this figure. Because I wanted to get it finished. Except from sculpting a few details it practically done. I still have to sculpt the thumb on the right hand, the straps for the sword, a pigtail, and do some little corrections here and there. When finished sculpting The figure will be primed and painted. I can´t wait to pickup the brushes again.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Some necessary corrections

I had to made some corrections to this figure so there isn't much progress lately. The legs of the figure ended up a few millimeter too long so it was looking a bit out of proportion compared to the upper body part. So  a few millimeter from the feed were removed and the basic shape for the shoes and lower part of the legs were re sculpted. Now I can finish the folds on the trousers and remodel the shoes. I also made a start with the hand and added the shield, axe and sword to the figure.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Some more progress

Lately I can spend a bit more time on modelling. So I made some good progress with the horse rider.

I finished the upper part of the surcoat and sculpted the mail on the arms and neck. I have made a new  needle for sculpting the mail because I wasn't very satisfied with the other one. Still need to have a look at the mail of the left arm. I also added the pole for the flag to his right hand, the thumb is still missing. The next steps are adding the missing part of the surcoat of the right leg and adding the details. I also started to clean the horse which also will receive a nice cloth around him.

Here the pictures of the current status.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Sculpting the surcoat

 I have made some more progress on the knight. First the belt was cut out from a lead sheet and fixed around the waist. Then electrical wire was used to create a rope which is positioned a bit higher. With magic sculp the folds between the belt and the rope were created. Then a thin sheet of magic sculp was rolled out to create the part of the surcoat below the belt. The next steps are finishing the upper part and the right side of the surcoat and adding the chain mail to the arms.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Celt

Here another figure I started a while ago. I wanted to see if I could sculpt the human body and a half naked Celt warrior was a perfect subject for this. First a wire frame was created and then the body was build up using Magic Sculp. The pose I took from an Osprey issue but isn't very original because most available figures have a raised hand. But instead of the usual sword I'm going for a axe in his raised hand and a shield in the other. A spare head was used with some adjustments. The upper body is more or less finished, the trousers still need a lot of work.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Working on the horseman

I continued to work on the knight on the horse. First I sculpted a basic saddle and afterwards I started sculpting the chain mail with a mixture of Duro and Magic Sculp. Impressing the C shape into putty with a needle is time consuming but worth the effort. This is my second try the first one was too bulky. After that I sculpted the knee caps and the protection cloth under the surcoat. Next steps will be completing the saddle and working on the surcoat and belts. Still a lot of work to do.

Cheers,

Marcel. 

Choosing the groundwork

The last weeks I had so much other things to do and very little time to spend on modeling but I managed to get some progress. After trying out different scenery's I found this groundwork from Pegaso fitting the best with the figure. The nose of the figure was damaged due to a fall from the table. First I wanted to change the head for another one but then I decided to see if I could fix the nose. Next I added the hat and started sculpting the right hand. And I did some work on the lower part of the boots. Now I'm busy making a sword. Furthermore I have to add some more details and buttons and refine some parts. Here are the photo's.

Cheers,
Marcel.