The basework

 I started constructing the base work for the figure. The idea was some rock formations with the figure standing on top. And in the background a death tree to complete the scene. The rocks are made from some stones and magic sculp. The tree needs some adjustments and sand and grass have to be added.

Furthermore I painted the inside of the shield and finished the red skirt and purple belt. Now I'm working on the flag. The blending of the front part is practically done. The next step is to paint a pattern on the flag and finish the groundwork.

Cheers,

Marcel.

  

  

Finishing the skin part

Due to the flu I wasn't able to paint for a few weeks. But now I'm trying to get the figure finished as soon as possible. The skin part is almost finished now. I made some small corrections to the face to make it look more female. At the moment I'm working on the transitions on the surcoat and this work should be finished in the next couple of days. Also work is done on the shield, leather parts and boots but still need some more work here. Here are the pictures of the current status.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Hans Joachim von Zieten

 Hans Joachim von Zieten will be one of my new projects I will be working on in 2011. He was the cavalry general from the Prussian army who served in numerous wars and battles during the reign of Frederick the Great. He was one of Frederick's most trusted generals.
It will be 54mm sculpted figure riding a horse, the painting below will be used as a reference for the figure.

I have made already a start and I used a spare head which will be modified later. The general body pose is sculpted with some wire and Magic Sculp. The next steps will be sculpting the clothing and accessories. Here are some pictures of the early stages.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Crusaders vignette 1/72

Some months ago the guys of valdemar miniatures contacted me and were so generous to send me some of their 1/72 medieval figures. It are excellent sculpted metal figures with great details and they are about 25mm high. I´ve never painted figures in this scale so one of my projects for next year will be to make a vignette with these figures. Still have to think about the setting and colors.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Merry Christmas!

I wish everybody a Merry Christmas!

Cheers,                                             

Marcel.                                             

More progress

I have made some progress on the figure. Not as much as I had planned, but I was too busy at work these days. I'm still fine tuning the transitions on the face and added some more contrast on the hair.

Furthermore I started shadowing and highlighting the surcoat and added a dragon which still needs some more corrections. The next steps are finishing the flesh part and the surcoat. Here are the last pictures I post before Christmas.

Cheers,
Marcel.

The head almost finished

 The last two weeks I was so busy finishing a report for work and buying presents for the yearly 'Sint Nicolaas' that I didn't had enough time and energy to paint a lot. But I managed to get the hair done. First I painted her blond but it didn't suit very well so I changed it to red. I did some work on the mail and did the first highlights and shadow of the surcoat. I hope to find some more time the coming weeks but Christmas is arriving rapidly. And still all the presents have to be bought.

Here are the pictures of the current status.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Face almost finished

Most of the blending work on the face is done, trying to accentuate the woman's face with soft transitions . Only some corrections have to be made. I also gave her a pair of blue eyes and a pair of red lips. I painted also the base color for her hair and surcoat. After finishing the face I will continue with the hair. 

Hopefully I can give a next update very soon.

Cheers,

Marcel.

The first brush strokes

Here are some pictures of the first brush strokes on the fantasy crusader. The skin part and chainmail is base coated. I added the rough highlights and shadow on the face and made a start with blening the left part of the face. For the skin I added also brown rose to the base get a different skintone. Now the fun part of blending all the transitions and correct all the mistakes will start. I hope to have some more progress soon.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Female Fantasy Crusader

This is my next figure on my work bench. It's a 75mm Female Fantasy Crusader from Reedees Miniatures.

And I'm going to paint the box-art for this figure. It will be my first fantasy piece, which gives you some more freedom in the color choices. I started already with the face and this time I chose a different skin color. Soon I will post some in progress pictures.

By the way,here are the photos of the sculpture taken from Steve's blog. The final sculpt has also a piece of surcoat.

Cheers,

Marcel.