The Wizard in progress and the world's smallest Viking.
Update time!
I've been working on the wizard painting (the sketch is in the previous entry), I thought people might like to see it in an early stage:
It's 12x16", acrylic. Here you can see that I have sketched in the general shapes and have started blocking in color. Since the figure is generally the most important part of an illustration, I have started putting more detail into the face (and later the hands as well) to get them where I want them. Then, when painting the areas around it, I can adjust them to compliment the figure as much as I can. I took this photo at the end of my work day yesterday, it's come quite a ways since then. Updates soon!
Some of you may be aware of my interest in sculpting, converting and painting miniatures. I've been asked to paint future new releases from Wargames Factory , which will be featured in their catalogs, advertisement, website, etc.. They produce multi-part 28mm scale plastic miniatures, mostly historical in nature (except the zombies!), but they will soon be expanding to science fiction as well. One of the most unusual and appealing aspects is that the models are made out of recycled plastic, and they will recycle the extra plastic waste leftovers (often called sprues or frames). I recently painted up one of their new Viking models, a favorite subject of mine!
IN case you're wondering, I painted it under a large light-up magnifying glass. I researched the colors (from vegetable dyes) that vikings used to dye their garments to make the appearance as historical as possible.
Until next time....
~Paul
I've been working on the wizard painting (the sketch is in the previous entry), I thought people might like to see it in an early stage:
It's 12x16", acrylic. Here you can see that I have sketched in the general shapes and have started blocking in color. Since the figure is generally the most important part of an illustration, I have started putting more detail into the face (and later the hands as well) to get them where I want them. Then, when painting the areas around it, I can adjust them to compliment the figure as much as I can. I took this photo at the end of my work day yesterday, it's come quite a ways since then. Updates soon!
Some of you may be aware of my interest in sculpting, converting and painting miniatures. I've been asked to paint future new releases from Wargames Factory , which will be featured in their catalogs, advertisement, website, etc.. They produce multi-part 28mm scale plastic miniatures, mostly historical in nature (except the zombies!), but they will soon be expanding to science fiction as well. One of the most unusual and appealing aspects is that the models are made out of recycled plastic, and they will recycle the extra plastic waste leftovers (often called sprues or frames). I recently painted up one of their new Viking models, a favorite subject of mine!
IN case you're wondering, I painted it under a large light-up magnifying glass. I researched the colors (from vegetable dyes) that vikings used to dye their garments to make the appearance as historical as possible.
Until next time....
~Paul
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