Peter Day's 120MM Spitfire Pilot

[Guest]

Blimey - where did you all come from? Glad you approve people. I've since managed to open up the left eye a bit more, so it's looking better than it did..

[Andy Belsey]

Wonderful work on that face Peter. My favourite for a long time. I think your Hindenburg is my all time favourite!
Andy

[SteveH]

Morning again Peter
A double blog morning!
It's already been said, super head,under the circumstances, well done.
Should be an interesting day on the body, more leather and life jackets.
Still grey but warm, perhaps sunny weather later.
Have a good day with the paints
Regards
Steve H

[Guest]

Andy - Many thanks.

Steve - I've worked a bit more on the face and managed to resolve the left eye a bit more to my liking. Sunny here at last and my granddaughter due this evening - work will inevitably slow down!

[Jack L]

This one is cracking Peter...definitely one of my favourites.

[JayCee]

Amazing as usual. I wish I could get a fraction as good !

[Guest]

Many thanks Jack and John. A long way to go yet......

This is what he looks like now:



I found this really difficult initially, I think mainly because it took me time to get used to the sculpt - it's seemed a bit rough at first, but did eventually respond to some dogged refining. The back of the life-jacket isn't that good, but that will be mostly hidden by the parachute harness.

A colour run-down, all Vallejo as usual. Life jacket - Buff with a little Flat Yellow mixed in, Flat Earth and Camo Black Brown added for shading; Flat White to highlight. Jacket - mixes of Saddle Brown and Flat Earth over a Black Brown base, Flat Flesh added for highlighting.

[Neil Merryweather]

I've just noticed the trompe l'oieil on the goggles- Superb!

[stona]

I've just noticed the trompe l'oieil on the goggles- Superb!

I was just about to comment on that, and ask how it's been done.

The whole thing already has the wow factor, and those goggles are definitely part of it.

[Guest]

Peter.Can I squeeze in, with full distancing and full mask . Love the leather helmet paint work.

[Guest]

Neal and Steve. With flat resin goggles I've never been able to paint reflections successfully, and anyway, I'm not sure that it doesn't look a bit artificial, however well done. My attempt with this is to show some of the underlying helmet colour showing through the glass. I first paint it black, then build up the helmet tones, starting quite dark at the edges to blend it with the black and getting lighter towards the centre. I then give the whole a couple of coats of gloss varnish to represent the glass.
Here are a couple of others using the same technique:

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John - Welcome. That is a very disturbing picture!

[stona]

Thanks Peter. It's not something someone as inept as myself will ever master, but it is very effective!

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks Peter. It's not something someone as inept as myself will ever master, but it is very effective!

Me too
I think I would find it easier to make clear lenses!

[Lee Drennen]

Peter just Beautiful but I’m getting concerned about the spectators here

[rtfoe]

Hey I just got the popcorn...qeue was long. What?!!...Peter, head and torso done already? Will have to double back and read, so far I can see and hear applause for the goggles...ah, the mastery of the paintbrush illusionary techique. :thumb2:

Cheers,
Richard