Sunday, 2 May 2010

SS-Obersturmführer, Das Reich, Russia 1941

Labels: Posted by CALVIN TAN at 17:07

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Over the past fortnight, I laid some garnishing touches to the groundwork with some shrubs before sealing everything with a mist of grey primer.

I proceeded to undercoat the figure with a dark maroon base before assigning the respective base colors. The sculpt of the smock was kept minimally clean so as not to pose to much conflict as I paint the elaborate Palm Tree with Clumps Pattern. I've only managed so far on the rendering of the face during the past week and hopefully I can squeeze in more bench time in the coming weeks.

Calvin



5 comments:

Dani Serrano said...

It's always great to see you in action, my friend!

Best regards.

3 May 2010 at 05:51
Deano said...

Can you explain the maroon undercoat please. Is this another new technique you are trying?

4 May 2010 at 02:19
Anonymous said...

Hello Calvin!

Im Gonzalo from Spain and I have your Modelling Waffen SS figures book. I want to know which epoxi do you use in the book. It looks much better that the milliput (red box) that i use. Could an epoxi like Andrea sculp, milliput superfine or any other fine epoxi, be able to make clothes, like in the book?


Thanks Calvin

4 May 2010 at 15:39
CALVIN TAN said...

Deano,

this is not a new technique but rather a dated approach adopted by the old painting masters such as Titan for using a dark undercoat for painting. There are no specific colors for this operation. My preference in this case of using a maroon color is such that I wanted an overall warm perspective of the final.

Hola Gonzalo,

muchos gracias compra mi libro.

The putty I use for the book is like a softer version of the A+B putty. You can also use the Miliput Superfine but you need to wait about 30mins for it to firm up a little before rolling it out with baby powder.

Calvin

11 May 2010 at 14:25
Deano said...

Calvin,

Thanks for the answer, I'm looking forward to seeing this finished. I find just looking at your painting steps has helped me as a figure painter.

If you ever decide to publish a book on how to paint figures, I'm in!

12 May 2010 at 18:27

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