Starting with the paintwork

The last days I have made a start with the paintwork. First I tried to paint without using a primer. But this was a disaster. So after cleaning and priming the figure I started as usual with the face. After some layers of the base color Brownsand. I painted the highlights and shadows using basic skin tone and burnt cadmium red. Afterwards the highlights and shadows were blended using very diluted paint. Most of the blend work is done on the right side of the face. I'm still working on the left side. When the blend work is finished I will continue painting the hair and moustache. The hat is painted using a base english uniform which was highlighted with a sand color and shadows with black. The red are painted with  base color and some rough highlights. Soon another update.


Cheers,
Marcel.
 

The sculpt is finished

I had some weeks of a wel deserved vacation. After my vacation I continued working on this figure. There was not much time for modeling but I worked a few evenings until midnight to get the sculpture finished. The work that was done was adding the missing details on the jacket and sculpting the hair using a MS/Duro mix. Futhermore several parts were refined or smoothed a bit more. Next step is to clean the figure and start with the painting process.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Almost finished with sculpting

Despite my busy schedule I managed to get some progress. I cut one of the front legs and replaced it with a better copy. Furthermore the tail of the horse was fixed. I sculpted the remaining hand holding the sword and added the fur on the pelisse. Also some missing details were added and some areas were corrected. Finally the end of the sculpting phase is coming closer. Besides some corrections I still have to add the braid work on the pelisse, the fur on the sleeves, some hair and finally the reins have to be added. When this work is done I can continue with painting phase.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Some little progress

Due to the big amount of work that I had to finish for my job. There was not much time was left for sculpting the last weeks. During the few hours I worked on the figure I sculpted the horse ears, the outline of the pelisse. And made a start of adding the fur on the edges of the pelisse. The sabretache and the scabbard for the sword were carved from a styrene sheet. Small rings for the belts were attached with some glue.
Hopefully I can do some more sculpting the coming weeks.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Some corrections and progress

After a week of absence to visit my newborn cousin and nephew I continued with the figure. First I had to make some necessary corrections. The position of the riders legs ended up to far to the back. So the rider was repositioned  a few millimeter more to the front. Therefore I had to re-sculpt a piece of the saddle cloth. Next  I fixed the saddle cloth to the horse and re-sculpted the details with a mix of MS and Duro. I also wasn't satisfied with the left arm and after some comments on PF I decided to re-sculpt the folds of the left arm. Also a part of the hand was sculpted. Still have to sculpt the thumb. The last thing I added was the braid work on the jacket and some minor folds on the trousers.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Working on the face and details

The last week I could work on the figure again and I changed the facial expression using a mix of Magic Sculp and Duro. I've made the nose a bit longer and made some more wrinkles on the cheeks and chin. Still a bit of more work to do here by adding a moustache and a bit more cheeks. I also sculpted the colpack, next I the red bag will be added. On the saddle cloth I started adding the details. The sword was carved from a 1mm polystyrene sheet. I'm hoping to achieve a bit more progress during the coming days.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Roman Aquilifer, 1st Century AD

This figure I prepared for the workshop faces which I gave a few week ago. It's a 54mm (closer to 60mm)Roman Aquilifer from Soldiers. Beautiful sculpted by Adriano Laruccia. I still have to do some small corrections but it's more or less finished. Here are the pictures.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Workshop figure painting

During the last AMSS show in Antwerpen I had a discussion with some dutch modellers about figure modeling in the Netherlands and the lack of painting workshops here. So the interest for such a workshop was investigated under the dutch modelers and we got good response. The project went to the next fase and Sander and I started organizing the workshop which was held on Saturday 21 May in Woerden. The subject for this day was painting faces with acrylics.

I had to wake up early in the morning because I still had a 1.5 hours drive to Woerden in front of me. After arriving I had chat with the rest, unpack and finally a cup of coffee.

Starting with some coffee

The demonstration

After some coffee the workshop started with a presentation and a demonstration. For the demonstration a 54mm face of Ramses II from Art-Girona was used.  A great character face sculpted by Adriano Laruccia.  After a demonstration of applying the highlights and shadows, the people started working on their own face. Accompanied with some nice music. Soon a good lunch arrived with soup and sandwiches. After a satisfying meal the group continued with work on their faces.

Painting Ramses face

The people working on their figures



The face I prepared for the workshop



After some hours of painting, talking, making fun and looking at each others work it was already time to finish. We ended the day with some drinks and snacks and  a chat. Below you can see the pictures of the work (in progress) done during the day. 

I had a great time, thanks to all the people and to Sander for the excellent organization!

Cheers,

Marcel.

More work done on figure and horse

The last weeks I have worked on the horse and the figure. I started sculpting the tail for the horse and did some adjustments on the saddle and sculpted some reins. For the figure I sculpted the folds of the jacket around the arms and made a start with the hat. The next step is to sculpt the fur texture on top. But still a lot of work to do.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Sculpting the saddle

The last two weeks I didn't had much time to model but the last couple of days I could work on the saddle and saddle cloth. Some measuring, sculpting, fitting tests and adjustments were necessary to achieve a good fitting of the rider on the horse with the saddle cloth in between. Furthermore some details were added. Now the remaining details have to be added and finish the horse. Here are the pictures.

Cheers,
Marcel.