'The Wanderer' Bust in 1/10 scale

[rodrant]

Surprise , I'm going to enter this Sig with a bust figure

The wanderer Bust in 1/10 scale from Ferminiatures , in Resin and sculpted by Raffaele Picca



The history that I take from the manufacturer site , Ferminiatures in Spain is as follows :

In a world that was destroyed by hate, he chose evasion.
Keeping the head low, trading, collecting. Walking. This is his way of surviving. He has seen many people going the way of hate and violence and it never ended well.
At least he is alive. He lost everything. Twice. Still looking for a reason to stay alive he walks the deserts which used to be forests.
Wandering ruins where cities used to be.

So nice resume of a Post Apocaliptic worls , cities in Ruins , Deserts instead of forests ...Hmmmm in some places we are not far from that

Hope you like my entry , and will start on it very soon

[Lysus]

Oh nice! This is what I like about this SiG, there's all kinds of ways to do it.

[NorthernModeller]

Awesome mate, I like this alot

[rodrant]

Oh nice! This is what I like about this SiG, there's all kinds of ways to do it.

Awesome mate, I like this alot

Thank you guys , I decided to make a go on this SiG with this bust , I'm not a scratch builder/modeller still don't feel confortable doing some of that and this SiG is asking for that kind of builds , I entry with this nice Bust then , If I have the time I will enter a second entry with some figures ...let's see with all GB's and SiG's here a lot of work if I have the time ! Will start on this soon !

[AdamLuscombe]

That looks awesome

[rodrant]

well ...time to start the Wanderer Bust

For the first time will try to do a complete thread with the colours I use and the techniques that I usually do when painting the bust ...it will be my way , and really try hard to show you the progress of the build , as one of my problems is to be very fast and not taking all the pictures...will try this time ...promise that

Well the figure at the beginning should be prepared ...



In this particular ...a seam line in the back ...nothing big , and easy to clean ...use a modelling knife and some Ultimate sanders , as this is resin and for being safe always use a mask , and do the cleaning on top of a wet piece of kitchen paper , like that the dust is easy to remove !



After that I prime it , used the Ultimate Black Primer , I like to Prime the figures Black , specially if they will be with a mettalic colour , an armour or so ...in this figure ...will have a lot of leather , also no big issues ( I think ...) with this primer choice .



The figure is fantastic in my opinion ...a lot of detail in the face , also would not be very easy to paint ...will see the result



Now to let it dry for about 24 Hours ...will be working tomorrow ...so preparing the stuff to begin a paint session tomorrow !

I use a wet pallet for painting the figures , as I use acrylics ( Andrea , Scale 75 , some Vallejo Model Air , Model Colour and Game colour ) Itry this technique and now use it always ...and basically this is a recipient with a sponge ...



That you have to wet very well i order to have it very moist



and a piece of vegetable paper ( i do not know if this is really the English name , sorry ) that can be soaked , but do not rip apart as the normal paper , so on this surface we can dispose our paints , make the mixes , and guarantee you that the paints keep moist and usable for some days ...and very usefull if you mix a flesh tone , or a shade or a light colour ...it is good to have it so if necessary to correct something you can do it using the right colour



Also will have my brushes ...I use natural kolinsky sable , this ones I buy at my LHS , would like to invest in some Good Da Vinci or Windsor Newton series 7 , maybe one day , , but I'm please with this ones they do the job ok !



well will follow up tomorrow starting painting the face ...

[mincemeat]

I like where this is going already! That's an interesting technique for a palette. Does your paint get too thin? Can you inlcude an image of the box? I wonder if parchment paper would work?

[Twokidsnosleep]

Yes, very interesting topic and I like that you have introduced us to your technique
I think parchment and vegetable paper are similar...parchment is a cellulose based paper
Interested to see you progress with the leather, metal and skin painting
So I have my comfy seat and my bowl fire away

[Lysus]

The detail on that casting is crazy!

[privatepete]

Hi very nice casting lots of details, nice to see a wet pallet being use, its funny I just raised a question about them a few day's ago Good luck with the painting

[mperegrinefalcon]

Looking forward to seeing how you go about painting this, and your techniques. I've been trying to learn to paint figures, and have been practicing on the dragon 1/16 figures. Have fun with it mate

[rodrant]

I like where this is going already! That's an interesting technique for a palette. Does your paint get too thin? Can you inlcude an image of the box? I wonder if parchment paper would work?

Hi , the paint working on the wet palette can be thinned as in other one , you can place water ( this paints I used are water thinned) and to be more or less thin , at least I don't have that problem as I work with very thinned paints .

About the paper , maybe the parchement paper will do , and even I thin it is what I use , but here we call it vegetable paper ...here is a photo of it

[rodrant]

So yesterday and today I did a little more in my busy ...

After priming it and waited to dry ...I will start doing the face , I will use a first layer of a Scale 75 Basic Flesh



before I do it I will show you how I keeo the brushes clean and in good condition ...

This are the three products that I use



The brush cleaner and preserer is very good in order to clean all remains of paint m the brush conditioner, you find it in ebay very easy in Art stores , ( I use the Tamiya one ) to keep the bristle from deforming after the clean , and the Magic Potion from Abteilung 502 , really works in those more used brushes to keep them going for some more time , you have a lot of suppliers , even Abiteilung 502 have also a brush conditioner , some people use regular soap for cleaning and to keep the bristle from deforming ...







This is a very worn Brush ...I use it for mixing the paints and to mix paints in the airbrush cup



After wet the brush in some water , I pick some of the Brush cleaner product


Then I rub it at the back of my hand to make some foam and to remove the paint remains ...rub and rub...repeat the process if needed





Then after some effort the brush is cleaned and ready to put some conditioner ....before I just rub it again in the Brush cleaner and keep it stored with the bristle up , worked fine ...but as a crazy modeller I like to get this products , so I try the Tamiya conditioning fluid and I use it now !







you must remove excess by gently remove it with your fingers and adjust the bristle shape !





Now to paint the bust

I usually do the skin layers with airbrush , on this I will use only brush

Some drops of paint in the palette ...



Some water ...here and to cover all well ( if nedded we do two covers ...I usually do ) I usually want my paint more thick , but not too much in order not to put a thick layer in the figure , so more diluted would be better, even if you must do two layers ...in painting figures I prefer to do more layers than to try to cover all up in a stroke !








Don't forget his hand



I use a number 2 brush for all this basic work ...



the base colour now dry



Ons of the advantages of using a wet pallet is that and as example the paint keep moist for more than one day , so yesterday I use the base and now can add the clours that I want to make the covers of skin with already the Highlights and shadoes in mind ...usually I blend the colours with the base colour



Light skin and arabic shadow to do some mixes ...





do not go and get a lot of paint in the brush ...only a tip and see if it isn't very loaded ...one of the mistakes is to carry too much paint in the brush



I start painting some mix of Light skin and arabic shadow ( In this of waht colours to use is something of the moment , even there are some basic ones that you always use ...) , the skins aren't all the same , as example , a French courtesan Lady can't be with such dark tone ...this guy went trough a lot and he isn't real pale ...but have a more dark tone , this is waht I choose for it ! To paint , go layer after layer ...check the bust details , where it has the lights ...the shadows ...



some more light colour now



An advice ...when painting a figure use only one light ..that would be better to check the real lights an shadows



Vallejo Air Model Hull red ...very diluted could be a great skin shadow tone ...use it carefully , and very dilluted , it is almost a skin wash ...



Some Pink Flesh ...now to make a more darken tone and start to do some shadows



You can blend the colours in the palette



use the pink flesh with some hull red to start doing the scar ...it is one of the greatest features in this bust face







Already you can see some different skin tones in the figure , now to keep working , it is fun and some patience needed !



Sorry as to do a thread of this type is hard for me , hope you are liking it so far , it is my way of doing this , and hope that you learn something out of it !

[mincemeat]

Hi Antonio keep up the great work on the bust and the thread! This is something I would like to start doing but haven't figured out the whole blending and shadowing thing yet. I've only completed one bust, it's of Mozart but he looks like he's been spending too much time at the beach! I imagine he would have been pretty pale.

Your tutorial on the brush cleaning and the wet palette is great information!

[DBMiller]

That face is coming along sweet!

[rodrant]

Well the weekend here in Portugal was good for doing some modelling ...and a very rainy Sunday was a great excuse to do a lot of work in my figure ...

I decided to go to the eyes next



I use some Dead white from Game Colour , and for me one of the best whites of this type of paints ...here I must mention that sometimes it isn't correct to use plain white , I use , I after do some wash in the eyes so not to give that pure white feeling ...I use here a 6/0 brush for painting the eye





After I paint the Shadows and highlights in the figure face , I use different Flesh tones , you could even for your first time and if you can afford , a set paint for flresh tones , even I like more to use different flesh tones , some for the sets , but always to add for the shadows some Hull Red from Vallejo model air , and in this I can't really explain how you do it , there are a lot of videos on you tube and you can learn a lot seeig those videos , also to try and try and try again ...at first you do not have maybe very nice results , but go easy and check where the lights and shadows are in the figure ...





In the hand and wit very diluted Hull Red and some drops of scale 75 Pink flesh I try to do the veins in the hand some enhance



At this point I looked at the right eye of the figure and thought would be a good idea to have that eye a blind eye effect , so , and thi sis something about figure painting ...I experiment with some grey tones and mixed this two colours



The result in the white is almost not visible ..



So a little turquoise blue this time ...



And on top of it some of that grey mix from before...in my view perfect ! This is the funny stuff about painting figures , to try different stuff



For the other eye , It will be a blue eye ...I sorted this paints ...



Deep blue for the base of the Iris ...Turqouise or Napoleonic Blue for the Iris , Flat blac for the pupil , White and Base Flesh for the eye reflections ...

This an human eye ...





So we must paint it like this , or try to do something similar

For doing the eye , I prefer, and this is my preference... , a different brush ..the ones that I use for painting the figure are long bristle brushes , for doing this I need a more round brush and not taht long, the idea will be to get a more round spot ...



I usually use this 3/0 brush , this is a DaVinci , but a more cheap brush , but I have it in a near art store and they work ok in this type of job ...



Base of the Iris ...do not thin much this time , if not too diluted and the paint will go trough all the white !



And a small spot on the figure eye ! Important to see the eyes direction ..with both eyes try to see the zenith direction of both ...so not to have the figure look like a chameleon reptile , Lol ...



Next for the Iris ...a little Turquoise Blue mixed with the base blue and some white



now I use a 5/0 Brush , a samll spot inside the first circle



Now , some Basic flesh



and some white ...to do the eyes reflections ...

where you see the light coming try to place the reflections...a litlle on the right bottom side , and a little on the left upper side ..., here I do this before doing the pupil , advise to paint first the pupil



Black then for the pupil





and eyes almost done...

For that I told you before , a slight drop of flesh and some Hull red very dilutes ( as a wash) and paint very carefully the eyes ends , to give that 'bllod' impression on the eyes that we all have , do not cover all the white ...



after dry , a littel of gloss varnish form Andrea or Vallejo gives the eyes a bright normal in all human eyes !

I decided to do a tattoo in the hand of the figure , so again I try to mix some colours ...the deep blue mixed with the mix that I use before for the eye give me a very dilutes almost ink tone colour that i think will be perfect for a tattoo paint ...in this I be honest , I copy the box cover form the figure, the artist place the word Hope in the fingers...decided to try do the same



I use the more light Blue tone

Very happy with the result !



Also I draw something in the back of the hand



I painted the inner cloth with some ardennes Green from Andrea and the hat with some field grey from Andrea







For all the leather from the jacket/armour I will use the Andrea Brown set ...this sets are easy to use as they already come with all the mixes for doing a base , highlights and shadows , and if you follow the instructions you could have some nice results









For the head cover decided to use this yellow colour



Here the colours apllied , also the brown base



This yellow paint must be painted more than one or two times ...





Colours for the bracelet





For the lenses of the googles tried this one ...



well ...think ok ...the blue mixed woth the gloss varnish give a little shine to the lenses



Red leather was used from some of the cloth ...and cooper for all mettalic stuff in the leather armour ...again here I did this a littel earliear ...



Red leather



cooper in all mettalic aplications ...

[Lysus]

There's so much to comment on...but I can't stop ogling the tattoos and eyes. Splendid work...

[Twokidsnosleep]

Oh this is a lot of fun, Antonio. I am loving every picture
You are doing a fabulous job on the figure AND showing us your process
Absolutely fantastic thread

[Tomcat64]

Thanks for taking the time to show us how you're layering up the colours on this Antonio.

Painting faces is definitely an art and this is a great insight.

[Twokidsnosleep]

This is really a fine art class
The only step left out is actually making the bust from clay yourself..hmmm I bet you could do that too

[rodrant]

Thank you guys for the words , all very nice

Think this will be the final thread ...

AS I mention , I used the Brown set from Andrea, both Andrea and Scale 75 has this colour sets that help you in order to achieve quicly Highlights and shadows , even without a set , you can always start with a base colour that should be the darkest and then you may tone up the colours with some white , or tone down with some black , even with some colours you should be carefull , if in a Flesh tone you put white you get a pink tone ...you must get some info on colours , how they mix ...and try and mix the colours , you could get an horrible mixture at first with time you learn what to mix and with ...also it is great to participate in painting workshops , see the great artists in figures work live and ask questions , and practice , and do not try to do the same as we all are different and we all do things different . So about the sets they are really good you have all done, of course that you may add your own mixes , and the paints of the sets themselves are more option to your range of colours

I do the Highlights on the leather ...you should see and try to depict usage ( don't know if the correct term...) of the leather ...the holes , the edges ..paly a little , always not give too much paint ...you do this effects appear after you do some passages of diluted paint brush , for me one good rule is not to overload the brush , be patient ...

Some effect on the shoulder pad on the left



in front



For example , I thought could be a good idea to use the 3rd light colour of the set to the small pouch in front and for the sleeping bag on the satchel ...you see , try ...ok



I mention that I use cooper for metalics, I mix a little of Game Colour from Vallejo Chainmetal silver ...this gives a differen mettalic colour , it isn'rt not so deep cooper colour ...

The right shoulder pad ...if you noticed in this I do the highlights and try to enhance that pattern that it has ...some relief ...also worked very nice ...I almost use no shadow, only in the damaged strikes ...the basecolour with the highlights is so nice and almost we get a real leather ...of course, and I'm my worst critic ...there are wonderfull works where you see a sort of almost real leather ...still trying to achive that level



the bolts and pikes again cooper from Andrea with the Vallejo Game Colour Chainmetal , let me tell you you that I like a lot the mettalic colours from Game Colour for the figures/Busts ! Discovert hem recently and love how they cover and the effects mixed with other colours !

The Backpack/satchel



Try to do the weathering with the highlights in the places where I thought that can be worn





Also do not forget the strap from the hand



Place the satchel carefully with some CA glue





For the head cover/scarf or whatever it is ...

I decided , as being a very light colour and that I must cover some spots again that were with no paint ...I decided not to do the Sahdows and Highlights ...the cast is so nice that you have a lot of relief to see and decided only to enhance the 'scars' on the tissue ...you noticed that I have a sort of colour brown ...and only aplly it with a very thin brush on those holes , rough parts ...





I use for that the base colour ...remember the scale 75 Iroko colour ...and add a chestnut Ink ...this is not a normal paint , this is also from a set from scale 75 ( andrea also have one ) that is very dilutes paints ...also like the Panel Liner washes or something that we usually use in Planes , this paints being very fluid , work very well to do shadows and to do this tye of work , they enhance colours , we have red , yellow , green , and they can enhance the colours with some tone ...carefull as this could change all the colour aspect










Place the hand









ok , I almost miss something ...the hat eye cover





Also in the small bag at front I use also some very diluted chestnut Ink only to make it very small effect of shadow in the rough parts ..., some weathering in front satchel also ...







And that's it my friends , I hope you liked the thread and the painting of the bust ...and no I still doesn't feel comfortably to sculpt one figure in clay , maybe one day ...maybe ...

My Final Thread here :

http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=578&t=21373

Hope you enjoyed it !

[Les]

Congratulations on your finish!