Monday, 2 January 2012

Anne Boleyn: Work in Progress 3

Just to prove to myself that I did get some painting done during the winter holidays:
This figure is taking a lot of effort.  Here she is with the first basic coat done.
Strictly speaking, that's not true.  I have managed to do quite a lot of work to the pedestal of the sundial.
In the original box artwork, the pedestal is simply stone-coloured.  I decided to try to get a marble effect.
I think it is beginning to look like my mental image.  High gloss varnish should bring up the stone nicely.  Before then, the highlighting and detailing will need to be done.  Those will take some time...
Posted by Caliban at 15:28:00
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10 comments:

  1. Prufrock2 January 2012 at 15:43

    Lovely work, Paul.

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  2. DeanM2 January 2012 at 15:54

    Wow - impressive work so far; the clothing designs and the sundial are looking great. Dean

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  3. BigRedBat2 January 2012 at 16:53

    Looking very nice, Paul! Very different...

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  4. Caliban2 January 2012 at 17:01

    Thanks, guys, the comments are well appreciated. I kind of know how I want her to look in the end; getting there is proving to be a bit of a lengthy challenge!

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  5. Paul´s Bods2 January 2012 at 18:56

    All that plastic to cover!!! looking good.
    Cheers
    paul

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  6. Cyrus2 January 2012 at 19:23

    Looks excellent - they're a lot of work these bigger figures.

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  7. Willie Anderson2 January 2012 at 20:38

    Looks great Paul like the blue,very hard work on larger figures but moving along nicely!

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  8. peter4 January 2012 at 09:26

    You made a great progress on this figure. The clothing design comes out very well. Was that the hardest part to paint?

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  9. Caliban4 January 2012 at 17:59

    Hi Peter, the clothing was probably the most difficult part. I tried to scale up from my usual 25mm technique with highlighting, but it simply didn't look right on the larger figure. So I used two coats of heavy body artist's dark blue acrylic for the gown, to give it a rich texture. I'm pleased with how it looks, so I think I will leave it like that. The rest of the detailing is going to take a while...

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  10. peter11 January 2012 at 20:41

    Thank you for the answer! Looking forward to part 4!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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