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Elric "Stormbringer"
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A wonderfully sculpted figure by one of the garge kit greats, Takayuki Takeya based on a painting by Brom (as best I recall). His cape swirls into a storm and becomes a plaque that the figure rests on.
A few words about my tecnique before I get to the details ...
My process is fairly ad hoc ... I add color, sheen, tone as I see fit to give the overall piece the proper look. I'm not nearly as interested in hitting every detail but more interested in making sure that the "right" details stand out. In the case of Elric, his armor and sword need to look "ancestral" and his skin needs to look pale giving him a sickly (albino) look. Also, to give a little more "albino" character without making the eyes red (which was just too distracting), I added some pink to the eyelids and eye whites and made the stones red. And, in the case of this piece, I wanted the cape/storm/plaque to look like a piece of old wood.
So, the details ...
I tried to paint the plaque with a number of brown washes: 1) prime white 2). Liquitex Unbleached Titanium (a wonderful color if you've never used it) 3). Vallejo Cobra Leather 4). Vallejo Charred Brown w/ Black 5). Reaper Flesh Wash Ink ... all of these washes were quite thin and allowed to pool and swirl and wiped off in places to give the wood a stained and old look.
The armor used some similar techniques to basically apply a "base coat." 1) prime white 2). liquitex unbleached titanium 3). cobra leather 4). multiple washes of charred brown and black 5). oily steel and black 6). black 7). reaper flesh wash ink ... Now, the armor was a little shiny and fairly dark but with a fair amount of character from the washes. Now, I used 1). some very thinned gold to drybrush the high spots 2). some thinned gold mixed w/ dark prussian blue and silver to drybrush some more highlights 3). used some black and then reaper flesh wash ink to darken up the creases and finally hit the highspots one last time w/ some silver/gold/dark prussian blue.
All of the paints were very thin and quite carefully applied (even the "drybrushing" to get the proper highlights.
I think in the end, the armor came out looking quite old but has the highlights to give it the proper sheen that I think only metallic paints can do.
I hope this is at least moderately understandable and that you like him. I am very pleased with him and think he's the best thing I've ever painted.
jim |
Poll results:
Number 4 overall.
First Place: one vote
Second Place: 2 votes
Third Place: one vote
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