This is a 1:10th scale bust from Scale75 - they call it Khalgrim Bust.
Grór Goldteeth
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Superb mate he looks fantastic.
Wow Paul that looks amazing
Excellent work Paul. Highlights for me are the eyes, the tattoo, the skin tones and the general metal tones. The whole thing is a great homogeneous piece though. Looks like you had a great time painting him.
Hi Paul
I'm not into the genre but I can recognise real quality when I see it.
Jim
I'm not into the genre but I can recognise real quality when I see it.
Jim
Thanks buddy, that's very kind.
Thanks Mark.
Mick, you're too kind!
Thanks Tim. I did really enjoy this one. I learned a fair bit, too.
The eyes are slightly wonky. Although he appears to be looking straight ahead, his right eye is rolled a bit higher up in the socket. Not noticeable in the plastic, but you can see it in close-ups - the camera as unforgiving as ever. On reflection it would've been a straightforward fix, but I didn't notice until the face was completed, and I wasn't going to fix it then! And I'm happy with it as is.
The tattoo was surprisingly simple. I drew the design in pencil and then painted straight over it. Rather than erase the pencil in the gaps I quickly realised I could paint the design without the over/under gaps, and then paint those gaps in with flesh tone after. This made it relatively easy. If I'd known at the very outset I'd've attempted a significantly more complex design.
Metalwork - a first attempt at TMM on a grand scale, and I'm reasonably pleased with it. I don't have a really shiny silver, so I used my Molotow liquid chrome pen. Not sure how to blend that in to regular metallic paints, but it looks pretty good. Doesn't really show to advantage in photos - in places in the pictures it looks darker than the surrounding paint - this poor showing in photos is clearly one reason NMM is so popular! (After my go at OSL I've decided I should paint to please myself, not the camera).
I could have done a lot of work smoothing out the brown body of the shield - it's a bit uneven because I painted the whole thing silver first, then changed tack on the colour scheme and should have reprimed it black. But the unevenness doesn't matter because it's meant to look like leather - and I think it does!
With this model I do feel like I'm starting to get the hang of wet-blending and glazing, although there's plenty of room to improve the smoothness of my finishing. Which I'll need to do, as my next bust is of a black woman - I need to be on my mettle for that!
That's very kind, Jim.
Now that's really rather good indeed!!
Very well done.
Andrew
Very well done.
Andrew
Spectacular Paul, brilliant work!
Cheers Rob
Cheers Rob
That's very kind, Rob.
Glad you like it, Gav!
Random question:-
Is figure modelling/painting considered art, construction or a combination of both? G
I guess it depends who you ask!
I'd say what I do is a craft - there's a little bit of artistry in selecting colour combinations, but most of what I do is technique, patience, practice, repetition, experimentation and review.
That's it, and that's craft IMO - the real artistry is what the sculptor does, not what I do.
Yeah I think that's fair. Some artistic ability is obviously required, but its different painting something 3D as opposed to painting/drawing on canvas, which I'm not very good at! G
Very interesting philosophical question that. It’s tied into the question “what is art”, which is so difficult to define I don’t think has ever been successfully answered. There is a good, closely argued, treatise on that here…..
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/art-definition/#Con
The conclusion being that when we answer that particular question we all subject it to our own prejudices. We are therefore not answering the same query. In fact, it’s not even possible to determine if we are contributing to the same debate………
I would say that what we do, both as kit modellers and as figure painters, is artisanal, but not artistic. However, with the rise of 3D printing even that is now open for debate
What is not in question is that old Gror here is an excellent piece of work
Yup, no question about it, it's an excellent piece of painting Paul. :thumb2: As mentioned by Tim I like the same but especially the tattoo as it bleeds just nicely into the skin.
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
Excellent comprehensive answer to an ambiguous question. What we do is a craft predominantly but a base level (I can't put my finger on precisely how much) of artistic ability is required for good results. That's my best answer! GVery interesting philosophical question that. It’s tied into the question “what is art”, which is so difficult to define I don’t think has ever been successfully answered. There is a good, closely argued, treatise on that here…..
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/art-definition/#Con
The conclusion being that when we answer that particular question we all subject it to our own prejudices. We are therefore not answering the same query. In fact, it’s not even possible to determine if we are contributing to the same debate………
I would say that what we do, both as kit modellers and as figure painters, is artisanal, but not artistic. However, with the rise of 3D printing even that is now open for debate
What is not in question is that old Gror here is an excellent piece of work
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