I start on the body and the feet/legs in this part.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
A Gnome in Four Pieces Part 1
I have decided to do another version of the gnome I made in January. I'm experimenting with producing some edited videos for this one. Making a video of a project and having it be concise and easy to understand is harder than I thought. Hopefully, I'll improve as I go. Viewer comments would be very helpful and appreciated, so please feel free to leave one. Here's Part 1.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wiz Part 12 - Painting completed
Here's the Wizard after a paint job. I tried to build layers of colors to give him depth and interest. For the hair and beard, a dark brown base, then medium gray and yellow and white highlights dry-brushed. The robe is a dark purple I made from dark blue and crimson then dry brushed cerulean blue for highlights. The trim is painted cadmium yellow then a wash of gold over that. I did the same with the stars on the hat. Too many colors and layers to remember for the face. I just kept painting until he seemed to have an aged and weathered look. I have an interesting, iridescent marble for the orb and a little finding from some old jewelry parts I found for the end of the wand. I hope it will give the impression of a flame or something with magical powers.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wiz Part 11- RTP! [ready to paint]
Saturday night I went to bed saying to myself, "Enough already. I'm going to finish the wizard tomorrow. However it looks - it's done!" I completely lost track of the hours on this project and I'll never be able to sell this thing. I might have taken on a project that really took me to the limits of my current abilities. That's a good thing. That's what this blog is all about. But I'm ready to more on to another project. Am I happy with the result? Well, there are things I might have done better - less folds and wrinkles [a chronic problem], a more interesting face, arms that don't break off. But I did some things I'm pretty happy with and the final evaluation will come after he's painted, which I'm looking forward to. If what I have planned works, it's really going to make this figure come to life [fingers crossed]. So here is my wizard, ready to paint.
 |
| The arm joint not as tight as I had hoped. You can see the glue line. |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)