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Hello everyone.
This is my first kinda commission build. A marketing agency for Testors asked our club to paint a figure for their office using only the six paints in a figure painting set they're putting out and which had to be done by 08/31/18. I'm the only one in the club that does figures so it fell to me.
I chose a DEF models British SAS Jeep Gunner in 1941 North Africa with his pet monkey (I guess a Barbary Macaque) that fit with the theme on the packaging. The six colors were Model Master enamels Olive Drab Semi Gloss, Burnt Umber Flat, Burnt Sienna Flat, British Crimson Flat, Cobalt Blue Flat and Skin Tone Light Flat. I got the colors by using lots of mixing with Burnt Umber for the black and Skin Tone for the white. I kept only the white for the eyes by masking them and using the background white primer. The metal for the gun was done using the Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna and Cobalt Blue Flat.
This was actually pretty fun. Usually for a figure like this I would use block color enamels finishing with oils, which would take me about 60 years! With just the six colors and a looming two week deadline the painting moved along really fast. I was also fortunate that this was an excellent sculpt that let me paint it is several sections and so I didn't have to mask and wait for a lot of drying.
Thanks for letting me share.
Very nice work. I assume those are the six colors. Enamels? Is there a guide for mixing colors? Impressive overall.
Thanks,
John
Clint
keavdog Very nice work. I assume those are the six colors. Enamels? Is there a guide for mixing colors? Impressive overall.
Thank you for your kind comments! Yes, those are the six colors and they're enamels. As part of this I had to create a tutorial for Testors for their site and I photographed the colors I used with the different pieces and my spray palette with the color mix. But it was pretty much what you see. For example, I mixed the pale flesh with olive drab for the shirt, with burnt umber for shading. And then misted it with the flesh/olive mix to blend it in. I didn't keep track of any ratios, I just did it fresh each time to give variation. I liked that using flesh for white and burnt umber for black gave more of a color scale effect for me.
Thats a really nice looking bust, amazing what you can do with just 6 colours when you have to.
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Oh wow that's fantastic!!!
Might almost be easier to use the six colours since I'm always looking all round for the 'right' shade of paint!
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Very nicely done.
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