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Greek Sicilian Hoplite - Complete

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Greek Sicilian Hoplite - Complete
Posted by FingersEddie on Sunday, February 3, 2008 4:45 AM

Finally, I have this one finished. I hope you like it. All the images were taken outside in natural light.

 

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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Posted by SteveM on Monday, February 4, 2008 5:42 AM

Brilliant job. The highlights and shading make me drool, and the artwork on the shield is eye candy. I wanna send a film crew over there to capture you doing skin tones.

When painting skin: do you start light, and then go dark... or the other way around? I always seem to overwork it.

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

 

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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, February 4, 2008 10:07 AM

Stunning Figure Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Regards,  Rick

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Posted by FingersEddie on Monday, February 4, 2008 3:57 PM

Steve, Rick thanks for lookin' and commentin' dudes.

Steve, I start with shadin' the flesh first then the highlights. The shades may have jus' two levels of shadin', while the highlights will have three. 

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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Posted by Cosmic J on Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:35 PM
Very nice. I'm painting one similar to this. May I ask what color you used for the leather skirt on the armor?
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Posted by FingersEddie on Monday, June 16, 2008 2:59 PM

It was Vallejo 859 Black Red (Model Color).

Thanks for lookin', dude.

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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Posted by Cosmic J on Monday, June 16, 2008 10:13 PM
Yer welcome. Actually I have ulterior motives. I'm painting the Mini Art Studios Athenian Hoplite, and I was hoping to poach some inspiration... Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 16, 2008 11:03 PM
Awesome finish...was the shield design your own making or was it engraved in the molding? I noticed your flesh primer was a dark grey or black color...I also work dark to light on my figs...one thing I did notice was that his arm looks very bare (very un-hairy)...did you consider shading/dry-brushing this area to replicate hair? That's just an observation to a VERY stunning piece of work...2 thumbs way up !!!
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Posted by FingersEddie on Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:00 PM

Manstein, the shield was totally painted freehand by me, and is not moulded on. The progress images and text on how I done it are somewhere on this forum.

I did and always use a black primer.

As regards body hair, i'm not really up on the technique and its somethin' that really needs to be done well otherwise it'll end up a mess as you can imagine. I'll have to do some research and find some tips and techniques on the subject before I have a go at it.

Thanks, Paul.

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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  • From: Bournemouth UK
Posted by Luftwoller on Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:09 PM

Wow Eddie, once again you blow me away (In the least litteral sense of the word LOL) Your figures are simply mind blowing. Top marx fella. I love it.

...Guy

..'Your an embarrassment to the human genus, makes me ashamed to call myself Homo'.
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