Popular Post Mr Melons Posted February 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) It's ok...you all aren't seeing things. I'm back and I'm trying to start some ReaperCon works so here goes. Last September, my awesome wife, messaged Giorgos Tsougkouzidis (check him out on the Facebook, he has amazing stuff) and got me for my birthday, a bust I was dying to paint. Well, about 5-6 months later, I'm finally ready to paint something lol. Also, this is my 2nd ever thing I have airbrushed so...yeah. So I began by airbrush priming him completely in Stynylrez black. Then I airbrushed some Stynylrez grey primer where my midtones would be. Lastly, I followed it up by using the Stynylrez green primer we were given at ReaperCon last year on the flesh where I thought the highlights would be. I did this with having two different light sources in mind, so some of the highlights look weird if you didn't know that was my plan. Next I began blocking in base colors (mostly green and browns) into the orc's flesh, keeping in mind where I was gonna be putting in midtones/highlights (with the green) and shadows (with the browns). Apologies if the photos aren't great, as I was trying to take step by steps as frequently as I could remember to. Colors used were Reaper Leaf Green, and a Walnut Brown from Scale 75. I then attempted to block in the directions of where my light sources would be, roughly. Colors used were Reaper Clear Orange/SC75 Mars Orange for the warm glow, and Reaper Spectral Glow/Leather White. I then intensified the two light sources a bit more and, for better contrast, intensified the shadows a bit more. Colors for the shadows were SC75 Walnut Brown/SC75 Flat Black. Mostly Browns with a few drops of the flat black to drop the value of it. Total work time was about 2-3 hours of priming (hes a big dude) and about 3-4 hours of work playing with the flesh. Sadly, it's still only in the "getting started" phase, as I want to really put in some details into him. Whenever I get some more free time, I'll try to get some more work in, but for now that's it. Edited February 28, 2018 by Mr Melons 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonator Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) WOW ! YOU HAVE A WINNER ON YOUR HANDS, AND YOUR JUST STARTING !!! Honestly, the blending is showing so much skill I'm really impress, and that blue/walnut in the deep shadow makes me flip. Magnificent with those greens. I will have to keep my eye on this thread. Smashing, simply smashing ! Jay Edited February 28, 2018 by Jasonator Type correction 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Oh my that's a huge Orc! Awesome start! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Jasonator said: WOW ! YOU HAVE A WINNER ON YOUR HANDS, AND YOUR JUST STARTING !!! Honestly, the blending is showing so much skill I'm really impress, and that blue/walnut in the deep shadow makes me flip. Magnificent with those greens. I will have to keep my eye on this thread. Smashing, simply smashing ! Jay Ironically, i haven't blended anything. Yet... Edited March 1, 2018 by Mr Melons 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 That is a gorgeously deliciously huge ork! Loving the colours already!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 3 hours ago, WhiteWulfe said: That is a gorgeously deliciously huge ork! Loving the colours already!! The sculptor's name is in the first post. Look him up on Facebook if you want to see his other work. He has some really spectacular busts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosscorpion Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Mr. Melons, Awesome!!! I need to spend more time with my airbrush. Chaosscorpion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 I did a little more work (about 3 hours or so) on the "moonlit" side. I depended the shadows with a combination of blue line and corporeal shadow, and thinly glazed some ritterlicht blue over the mids to tint it more towards the blue. I then added some of the spectral glow highlights and noticed that it wasn't high enough. So I added some SC75 white to it and glazed a bit of the ritterlicht blue over it. It was a lot of push and pull with the paint. I also noticed that I could use the natural texture of my fingerprints to help blend the glazes to the levels I wanted. I'm sorry I wasn't able to get more in progress photos, I was a bit in the zone and sorta forgot. The wife says it's starting to come along nicely so I'm happy. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 And some more work done on my ginormous bust. Spent some time adding whites into the moonlight highlights and refined the firery glow. Hope you like it!!!! Next, after this, I start working on the shoulder guard and the leathers/metals. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted March 17, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2018 Very cool!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Chaoswolf said: Very cool!! Ty. Been trying to do some new things I learned from the big lizard man and incorporating the lessons I learned from @Corporea and the other instructors from last ReaperCon's flesh and osl classes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 More work tonight while I'm still in the zone, so I worked on the shoulder pad. Enjoy! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvervane Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 This is coming along great. I'm really liking the lighting effect you've done so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlylowlycook Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) Yeah. This thing is going great so far. Very dramatic. Edited March 19, 2018 by lowlylowlycook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 12 hours ago, Silvervane said: This is coming along great. I'm really liking the lighting effect you've done so far. Ty sir! 11 hours ago, lowlylowlycook said: Yeah. This thing is going great so far. Very dramatic. Ty! Glad you like it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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