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Lansquenet 70 mm - Elite miniatures. - Finished -Pics

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by Major_Goose, Jan 30, 2007.

  1. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Hello Guys .

    Some times we see nice figures on the internet, and we are impressed , but then fr a long time we dont see them painted either on shows or on the net , for no specific reason.

    So i was moved to paint one of these. The Elite miniatures 70 mm Lansquenet.

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    My inspiration and motivation to paint this was Pepe Gallardo's excellent painting (i confess that he is one of the 2-3 painters, i am fully inspired from ).

    So i paint it .

    The figure is nice as sculpting, but ........there was a problem at least on my copy , but i guess on most or all castings.

    The left side mold line run across the middle of the cheek of the guys face, on his nech , and shoulder till down to the feet. The problem is that the face part is deep and difficult to remove with out making any damage to the sculpting. i used every tool and method i knew for this purpose but took me 3 evenings to clean it before i primed.

    Then priming showed a ghost trace of the line , even if it was not visible withthe eye. So i stripped and redone the cleaning , and finally made it !!!!!

    Its painted with Valejo acrylics, few oils and few printers inks.

    i just hope you like it. I tried to give an artistic paint tone , not so technical , but maybe a bit more romantic. I dont know if i made it ...but i tried !!!!


    have fun guys

    costas

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  2. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
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    Thanks

    Costas
  3. Ulrich A Fixture

    Country:
    Germany
    Hi Costas

    Great painting and a wonderful groundwork. What do you use for it? That looks natural.

    Ulrich
  4. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Ulrich Hi and thanks . You said it . I use natural plants that i dry and preserve. Moss from humid areas, small tree branch parts , small peebles from the fields and stuff like that .

    Keep Safe
  5. MAB Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Italy
    Hi My Friend
    Beautiful PaintJob in total one good work.Bravo
    Saluti MAB:D
  6. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Thanks a lot Mau .
    After this your Pegaso Sanita Commander will be the next !!!!

    This was the warm up !!!!!

    Keep Safe and kisses to beautiful Mascaluccia !
  7. ArturM Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Poland
    Great painting, Costas. Well done!

    Best regards
    Artur
  8. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    thanks a lot Arthur. Was a figure to enjoy !!!
  9. Christos Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Beautiful painting my friend(great fleshtones)!!!!
    my compliments
    All the best christos
  10. beczy Member

    Country:
    Hungary
    Good job Costas. The groundwork is fantastic as usual.

    Best wishes

    Béla
  11. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Thanks a lot Christos and Bela . i really felt better finsihing this one . I hope the next one will be even better !!!!!!
  12. Kisifer Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    My friend Costas that's a great piece of painting of yours. I really like the colorful pallete and the realistic groundwork.

    Xenofon
  13. vergilius New Member

    Country:
    Belgium
    great job.
    You inspire others!
  14. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Thanks a lot Xenofon and Vergillius. Trying to improve even a little bit with every figure , is really hard, but thats the only way i like to keep painting in the future.
  15. caramba Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Poland
    Costas as always very good work!

    greetings
    Marcin
  16. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Marcin thanks a lot for your compliments my friend

    keep Safe


    Costas
  17. Sambaman Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    One of your best pieces so far Costas! Very nice and straighforward and the ground work is a nice simple compliment to the figure. I would have liked to see the barrel of the gun drilled out, but a very minor point. Great stuff!

    Jay H.
    OKC
  18. garyjd Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Costas, Nice paintjob. Fortunately you were able to note the mold line before moving on to painting the figure.~Gary
  19. Major_Goose Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Thanks a lot guys for your points. Appreciated
  20. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Costas,

    That is sure a great figure. I ignore this figure because the hobbybank was empty at that moment. But when i see it i really like to have one. Sure Pepe is also a favorit of mine.
    I must admit you did a great job on this.
    Marc

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