In the Shadow

Hi friends,

I finally found the time to take pictures of something i finished one month ago, the superb Einstein bust from Figone, sculpted by Allan Carrasco.

Once again i started it during a painting session with my friend Matthieu Rouèche. I had an idea of something dark but still very colorful, with bright lenses giving the focus. I had already seen so many great versions of this bust and i didnt want to paint the classical green skin ork. So i started on something more blue. No... it's not a smurf! But in the shadow an ork would look almost blue, thats a fact (or not). Anyways i was happy with the skintones. The basic work done i added some nuances with browns/blues/greens that... you  cant see on the pictures... But yes, they are here, trust me!

You'll notice the lenses arent that bright and arent that much eye catching, as it was in my first idea. I painted them at first very bright, almort fluo, and in my opinion it was killing the work on the face of the badguy. So i muted them down and now we can see there's an ork under them :) .

It has been quite a fast painjob (20 hours with the prepping), done only with the brush and acrylics. But enough talking, here are the pics :

Hope you like him, cheers!

For Sale : Avalonian Retiary

Hello,

Another oldie is up for sale on eBay, the Avalonian Retiary.

If you're interested, here's the link to the auction : LINK

More interesting updates will follow soon, stay tuned!

Cheers!

Blood and Sand - Scale75

After watching all the seasons of the Spartacus television serie and even if painting historical minis is new for me, i really wanted to paint a gladiator! So found this murmillo gladiator from Scale 75 and i liked the very dynamic pose, it will make the painting more interesting (where to paint the lights, etc.). It's also a miniature that hasnt been seen a lot on the internet yet.

The sculpture is good even if it's not the best. Some details are a bit strange or are missing, like the guy's nipples, but i was too lazy to resculpt them ^^. The base will be very simple as he's fighting in the arena, simply some sand. But i added a net made of twine and superglue, so we have the feeling he's fighting a retiarus, avoided the net and now charges to give the quietus.

I wanted something realistic, with desaturated colors, approaching what we can see in the tv serie. But before giving the colors used, here are the pics :

About the colours i used, i cant really tell you the mixes, proportions or the detailed process as i never write it and it would be way too long. But here are the colors i used :

Skin : Cork Brown, Tan-earth, English uniform, Burnt umber, Violet red, Burnt cadmium red, Bronzed flesh, Ivory, Scab red, Prussian blue

Reds : Burnt cadmium red, Burnt umber, Flat black, Iraqui sand, Mepthiston red

Leathers : Burnt umber, Ivory, Cork brown, Tan-earth, Scorched brown, Iraqui sand, Burnt cadmium red, Siena ink, Sepia ink 

Metallics : Boltgun metal, Chrome, Dwarf bronze, China ink, Cryx bane base, Flat black, Smoke, Tin bitz

Blood : Clear red X-27, Flat black, Scab red

Vallejo - Games Workshop - Andrea - Pébéo - P3 - Tamiya

Hope you like, cheers!

Sgt. Connor - Martian Sunrise

Hi friends,

Some days ago i finished my version of Sgt. Connor from Andrea Miniatures with their Dark Nova series. The piece is quite big and casted with resin & metal parts. The cast was quite good so i didnt spent too much time on the prepping part. But i didnt like the original gun and the haircut of the guy, so i gave him a big military knife. After a long night of fights it sounds logical to be out of ammo, no? :) I also added him a headset with a mic, done with fimo and an acupuncture needle. The gun on the floor is made of parts of the original weapon + some resculpting.

I wanted to be a bit original in the painting so i decided to make a lateral lighting, after all the sun is rising! It was also an opportunity to paint some osl effects. I didnt see many green versions yet on the internet so green will be my color. It was also, in my mind, an "easier" color to use for a realistic lateral lighting.

I used the airbrush to paint the base of the color and to save a lot of time. I'm also a real beginner with this tool so it was cool to train with it. Then the real brush work could begin. But here are more pics, after you'll find the colour reciepe.

Armor

Base : Camo Green (GW), Kabalite Green (GW)

Lights : Ivory (MC), Mat Yellow (MC)

Shadows : Dark Sea Blue (MC), Black (MC)

Osl : Hawk Turquoise (GW), Ice Blue (GW), White (MC)

Rust / Scratches : Bestial Brown (GW), Scorched Brown (GW), Bloodstone (P3), Black (MC)

Metallics : Boltgun Metal (GW), Chrome (ModelAir), China Ink (Vallejo), Smoke (MC)

Hope you like, cheers!

The Swamp Keeper - 28mm. - Alkemy

Hoï,

Here's something i finished at the beginning of the month, just before the AFM Montrouge. Some of you may have seen it at the show. As it's difficult for me to find some time to paint i prefer working on little pieces, so i can finish more pieces during the year.

Matthieu Rouèche and me did plan a little paintday together, and i had nothing on the worktable... So i quickly searched a little piece to start with him and i found this great avalonian. I prepped the piece in 10 minutes just before taking the road and moving to his place. I undercoated it in my car on a stop area as it was raining (be careful to not spray your seats!) and it was neraly dry when i arrived :) .

The next step was to find a color sheme and i really had no idea. But luckily Matthieu was painting a commission work in "night mode". It was looking great and this is something i never tried before, so let's go for the night mode!

Some hours later the piece was finished :) . I hope you like!

Welcome!

Hi friends,

Welcome on my new blog! Well it's basically the same as the old one... :) . Only difference is it's not the same host & adress. I moved because the new version of the administration of Overblog is very, very bad. Things are much easier here!

Bad thing is i lost all my articles... But there will be new ones :)

Cheers & happy visit!

Abyssal Warlord & Viking Warrior

I finished two projects some months ago, but couldnt find the time to share them... until now.

First one is my version of the well known Abyssal Warlord from Scale 75. It was an opportunity to try sculpting a weapon, as i never did it before. So i made a trident and i also added him a fish aileron in the back.

The colors used are a bit strange and honestly i cant remember the pots used. The paintjob didnt really turn how i expected, thats why i went very fast on the base. But in the end it's not so bad :) . No doubt i'll paint another version someday, i love this model!

The second one is my first historical complete model, a Viking Warrior from Andrea Miniatures. I like trying to paint historical minis, it's always good to try painting different things :) .

                                       

Hope you like them :)