Dacian Warrior

[Paul P.]

Hi all

Whilst i am still doing the research for the joust i thought id put this little bust up. This has been sat in the corner waiting to be done since Euro last year. so about time it came out. Its a Stormtroopers Dacian warrior sculpted by Carl Reid, and i have to say if i ever get half as good as Carl when it comes to sculpting i will be a happy man, the pose is brilliant and the face is excellent with plent of detail. For those of you that didnt know Dacia was roughly where Rumania is now, next to what was once Thrace







Although my new man cave isnt finished yet im getting withdrawl symptoms from not painting so ill start this soon

all for now

Paul

[Deleted]

Woo Hoo....for once I'm first in....Front row comfy chair!!!!
Bring on a Mr P masterclass of bust painting!!!

[TRM]

Nice fill project Paul!! Count me in!!! That is some sweet detail!!

[Paul P.]

cheers guys

I started the face, which could be a big mistake as i want to do the old bronze effect on the helmet, still ive used the new life colour set on the face, first time ive done a face with acrylics. still have a few more bits to do on it and some gloss varnish for the eyes





all for now

Paul

[`Boots`]

That looks very nice indeed Paul.................the detail and the actual painting so far is superb...............i`ll be tagging along as per usual fella ;D

[bullardino]

Very nice, it looks like Gimli in The Lord of The Rings film

[Deleted]

Great start Paul!...but there again,we expect no less from the 'Figmeister ;D

[spud]

Wow that's awsome, looking forward to this Paul

[robbo]

I can't wait to try acrylics on a figure but so unsure of what to do, anyway that face looks brill Paul

[Tim Stevens]

Paul,

Nice looking figure. Makes me think I should try something like this instead of my normal output.

One question regarding the LC flesh set. I see you have each transition open and ranged in front. Do you premix blends and paint, or is it done on the fly and blended like oils?

I have been using the Andrea set and not getting on very well until I realised they have a complex progression of mixes ( had been using them as per the red set ) so now I mix all shades first, then work the face.

Looking forward to seeing more of this and how you tackle the armour etc.

Tim

[TRM]

Nice work with the acrylics Paul!! The face is just coming alive here!! Keep it going!!

[Paul P.]

Thanks for the comments guys

Boots great to have you along

Chris blu tac at the ready

jackwagon after the weather we have just had the ducks have all drowned

Robbo acrylics are new to me as well.....Experiment, just give it a go

Tim i tested the range of the shades first and then decided that they needed more subtler shades in between,so i mixed another 6 shades using the LC colours I.E the very light with the next darker shade and so on. This then gave me 12 shades to work with, on top of that i added some red to the mid shade for the cheeks. as i said at the start this was my first attempt using acrylics and i love the fact that they dry so much quicker.
For the helmet im going to make it look like old bronze so ill do a mini SBS for this technique as i go

all for now

Paul

[Paul P.]

Hi all
as i said before im doing the helmet bronze and i want to make it look unpolished




This gives you an idea of what bronze looks like when the elements have got at it, much the same as copper. so the first step is to give it a base coat of straight gold, all these paints are enamels by the way,





leave this to dry for at least 24 hours,
The next step is to apply burnts umber straight from the tube




This is then wiped away with a cloth just enough to leave part of the gold showing





Again this should be left to dry preferably for 24 hours.

For the next stage i lined up, gold, copper, bronze, brass, and silver enamels, i then painted on a coat of very thin burnt umber, almost a milky wash, and then starting with gold, it doesnt matter which, i put splodges all over the helmet using the 5 different colours. At this stage blend some in with the burnt umber but also leave some parts quite clear and some parts will merge with the burnt umber. I also added some bits of green in places









Now by this stage it all looks a mess, have faith and leave it to dry. Once its dry it should look something like this





For the final stage i used black in the recesses and bronze and silver on the edges, you can also use silver to add sword marks as they stand out quite well




Finally give it 1 or 2 coats of varnish ti give it a bit of a sheen
As i said before this is the same sequence for old copper

all for now
Paul

[multicam]

Inspiring work Paul:) love it!

[robbo]

Very nice Paul you cracked the helmet

Anyway Paul I shall be trying it. It's blending I'm a bit unsure of but it would appear you keep the colours thin and they blend themselve, yes ?

[bbd468]

Paul, what fantastic work that is. The face is splendid!!!

Gary

[Paul P.]

Jul 2, 2012 14:24:26 GMT -5 robbo said:

Very nice Paul you cracked the helmet

Anyway Paul I shall be trying it. It's blending I'm a bit unsure of but it would appear you keep the colours thin and they blend themselve, yes ?

Hi Robbbo, im still very new to acrylics aswell, but i get all my shades watered down in pots and ranged from left to right light to dark and then its washes of colour over whatever it is your painting working from the highlights to the shading one on top of the other, i hope that makes sense

Paul

[Paul P.]

Hi all
just a few more pics, a coat of varnish has been added to the helmet, which made all the colours stand out well. also done the hair and the lamalar armour on the back of the neck. This would have been iron so ive added a bit of black to the steel enamel then all the joints in black and the edges in straight steel, its about the nearest i can get to iron







All for now

Paul

[Paul P.]

Sadly your right jackwagon i blame my parents for not dragging me up proper like
Still i shall learn from you and im pretty sure that soon i will have all of the correct pronunciations

Paul

[spud]

i still cant get over the face done with acrylics. That neck peace is looking fantastic

[bigjohn]

Hi Pual, The face looks fantastic! Great results with the LC paints. Cracking job with the helmet as well! I really like where this is going.

[Paul P.]

Hi all
As usual on this site a big thankyou to all that have taken the time to comment. i know i really appreciate it

So onward and upward, ive added several more highlights to the hair and started on the cloak. i think the technique of acrylics has finally sunk in and im really enjoying doing this. Might time to bin the oils
Ive used earthy colours for the cloak trying to get a old worn, dirty look to it. The cloak pin will be a Garnet centre with gold surround






Still some more shading to do before i tackle the heddy lamma breast plate

Paul

[wouter]

Hiya Mister P! Lovely paintwork so far again, as usual. Really looks great. Lookin' forward to next update. Good luck on the breast plate ;D

Cheers

[Paul P.]

Hi all

Cheers Wouts

Ok Lamalar, AKA heddy lamar, breast plate finished in the same way as the neck guard. enamel steel, shading in black, highlights in straight steel. the garnet and gold cloak pin has been done and ive made a start on the belts. These were base coated with burnt umber and allowed to dry, then washed with burnt umber and highlights of various shades of orange were added





a few more highlights to add to the belt and then some shading with dark blue

all for now

Paul

[spud]

lol dicky, Paul he is looking cracking

[Deleted]

Amazing work there Paul, you make it look easy and we all know it ain't !

don't worry about Dicky... he's all excited to see a bust in clingfilm ;D

[bbd468]

Paul, Dicky pretty well just sumed it up!!!

[Paul P.]

Cheers guys, i think everyone has you sussed now Dicky

Ok Heddy finished and the straps as well so the major part is now done. Ive attached him to the supplied base as im going to do the shield next which will be the second major part because of its size







im just doing a quick bit of research to get a few different shield patterns before i start it but hopefully more pics soon
all for now

Paul

[Paul P.]

Hi all
whilst i was looking into shield patterns i came accross several interesting articles and pictures about the Dacians, and in all the pictures the cloaks they wore all had either a stripe or a block check pattern, so ive added a pattern to my guys as well. didnt want him feeling left out.







start the shield later

Paul

[spud]

Fantastic Paul, Only wish i was that good and fast at these guys