RBG: Hvitrafn the Strange

[Arc 724]

Stared work on this guy finally! 

 

I sculpted the base myself. I really like that he is slight bending at the knees which made him standing on the stairs i made look more authentic. 

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On to the painting!

Texture is the name of the game from this weekend. 

• GW: Vomit Brown (which is like a yellow brown) on the tunic. Several coats until I could not see grey from the primer. 
• GW: Vomit Brown & Leather White (my favorite paint bottle  ) [4:1] - To do some upper highlights on the all the raised areas.
• Dotting or Stippling with a Mixture: GW Vomit Brown mixed with Walnut brown. So the color was a little darker than the tunic's primary color. 
• Then stippled or dotted with Walnut brown over THE ENTIRE THING. 
• After that I did some diluted brown washes pushing into the recesses 
• and some re-highlighting, re-shadowing, etc etc.

The pants:

• Painted in Leather White
• highlighted in PURE White
• washed in Muddy Brown (which is a green brown.)

The bag:

• Painted Royal Purple, highlighted with Leather white then washed in Muddy Brown

[Glitterwolf]

Awesome fabric!

[Arc 724]

Got a little more progress on him: Hair, Fur, Bow, Quiver, belt, knife

 

The front picture shows a better view of his tunic and the texture I attempted to add.

 

I tried for a bone handle skinning knife. I thought the quiver looked nice. It's one done yet but I like the two toned.

 

What do y'all think?

[Arc 724]

Oh Fir'a!!!!! Got more done last night. I've been cleaning my desk off and what not so I had plenty of space... what that has to do with this... You'll find out when the package arrives. Muahaha

 

So I decided to take a crack at the hair "shine" effect. I worked on the skin: Leather white, wasted in a Green wash, dried, Washed in a Reaper flesh wash (which is a red/brown tone) then leather white again with highlights of pure white. Not sure if i'm done but for a table top piece I think it would be fine if called it done.

 

Quiver and knife: added some free hand stitching. Makes the attempt at the bone handle look better in my opinion. What do y'all think?

 

 

Edited May 17, 2017 by Arc 724
and, finally got decent pictures. My lighting situation is not good. But that is changing soon.

[ub3r_n3rd]

Looking good!

[Arc 724]

Just now, ub3r_n3rd said:

Looking good!

 

Thank you my friend!

[Tjrez]

The stitching and scabbard design are pretty sharp, nice job

[Arc 724]

1 hour ago, Tjrez said:

The stitching and scabbard design are pretty sharp, nice job

Thanks! 

 

I got the idea after watching Ronja: The robbers Daughter on Amazon Prime.

[Baldur8762]

WOW!  Looks fantastic!

 

[Glitterwolf]

I like it!

[Arc 724]

Started working on the base a little while ago and forgot to post it. Turning our better than I thought. As it is I'm leaving but I will probably go back and do more on it later.

Additionally, I did some more detailing bits-n-bobs that you can't really see in the picture. 

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THE BASE

• Steps are painted in a Terran Khaki which has this kind of green to it as well.
• Progressive thin layers until it was solid
• Vallejo Green Wash over the steps with a focus on pushing toward the "end" of the step.
• Next, I took a Cloudy Grey and diluted it down and washed it into the recesses of the steps. 
• Kind of using it as a blending color for the Khaki and Green wash
• UPPER Steps Base: Cloudy Grey, VLJ German Grey (Reaper does not appear to have an equivalent but the closes match is Stormy grey)
• Painted in Cloudy Grey then diluted down 3:1 the German Grey and pulled it back to the end of the circle base.
• Highlights, which are not very visible in this picture: Leather White used to hit the tips of the steps.

Edited June 5, 2017 by Arc 724

[lexomatic]

I want to be able to refer back to this.

[Arc 724]

On 6/2/2017 at 7:37 PM, lexomatic said:

I want to be able to refer back to this.

Cool! That reminders me. I need to put a break down of the process for the base. I will add that to the post above. :)

[Arc 724]

Alright, last photo. This piece is done but I wanted to put in the base.

 

I added some texture to it. sprinkled on some flocking.  This photo is not great as I want the final show-off ones to display it better.

 

Edited June 27, 2017 by Arc 724

[lowlylowlycook]

Really nice.

 

RBG should absolutely do an elven Kickstarter.