WIP: Dreamy Blue Lion Bust by Cyr

[Cyradis]

1 hour ago, SirLarpsAlot said:

He's looking pensive.

 

Kinda what I was going for with him! 

[Sirithiliel]

Looking good! and i've just received his arch-nemesis in the mail too,  

[Cyradis]

Just now, Sirithiliel said:

Looking good! and i've just received his arch-nemesis in the mail too,  

 

You mean his lunch? 

[Sirithiliel]

1 minute ago, Cyradis said:

 

You mean his lunch? 

 

psh! you underestimate the mighty bull Black Death

[Cyradis]

If he is truly to be the nemesis, he must be a mostly monochrome orange. It is opposite on the color wheel from the blues 

 

Now I need a large horse figure to paint blue, for Blucifer, the Demon Horse of Denver. 

[Sirithiliel]

haha well i do want him to still be fairly realistic =P but i can do a warmer rust-brown perhaps

[Cyradis]

Ox have a bit more color variety than lions anyway. Would be a bit of a shame to lose that. Honestly, lions are kinda solid color in the first place - unless you go Disney style. 

[Cyradis]

More progress. Pushed face highlights and shadows. 

 

[Darcstaar]

Really brave choice on the color.

His eyes are really engrossing.

[Glitterwolf]

Great progress!

Those eyes are amazing!

 

 

[Sanael]

This looks awesome. Really dig those eyes, and the blues are coming together beautifully.

 

Of course, the blue lion also puts me in mind of the old Simpsons reference after Lisa sees Bleeding Gums' spirit in the sky...

"You must avenge my death, Kimba... dah, I mean Simba."

"Luke, I am your Father."

"This is CNN."

[skippen]

17 hours ago, Cyradis said:

If he is truly to be the nemesis, he must be a mostly monochrome orange. It is opposite on the color wheel from the blues 

 

Now I need a large horse figure to paint blue, for Blucifer, the Demon Horse of Denver. 

 

 

Hopefully, you won't be crushed and killed by your creation.

[Cyradis]

If I get killed by a blue lion, please make sure to kill and stuff the lion and put it on display in a very public area. 

[SisterMaryNapalm]

Wonderful work so far!

 

I love his eyes. In my opinion they absolutely match the personality of a Lion. Nice and a bit like a kitten, but then there is this dangerous glisten in it. Well done!

 

Ach - look me in the eye, Tiger.

Edited January 30, 2018 by SisterMaryNapalm

[Cyradis]

I worked on him a bit more yesterday but need to snag photos. I'm working on getting the top half brighter, lower half darker (to an extent). Got peak highlights to Ghost White. 

 

For color lineup thus far it is... 

 

Ghost White

Morning After Blues

Sky Blue

Dragon Blue

Midnight Blue

Nightmare Black

Vallejo Game Color Black Ink

 

I'll probably have a wee bit of Pure White eventually. A lot of mixing colors is being done, mostly between adjacent colors. But, if I want something light but more gray, I can mix the Midnight Blue and Morning After Blues - it would give a very gray, slightly blue result. Mixing Sky Blue or Dragon Blue gives a more vivid result. Nightmare Black also mixes reasonably vividly with the paler colors, but I haven't needed to do that much - I mostly see that via glazes. 

 

The eyes are NMM Gold Triad with I think Chestnut Brown or Arbuckles Brown from S75, black ink, and I think the pupils are a solid black of some sort. The highlight was Dragon White. 

Edited January 31, 2018 by Cyradis