Hello guys and have a nice new week.

I have been working on a new figure - actually the base of it !!! Because i was so much honored and enchanted to have this figure , that i immidiately decided to do some more effort on its base .

The figure is a Woodland Indian, in 75 mm that was sculpted from our own Auburn - Phil Walden. A great artist that i highly respect and be very honored that i can paint some of his masterpieces. It was inspired by a well known artwork of Robert Griffing names "Too Quiet"

This is the artwork of the painter :



Ant this is the sculpture that Phil did.:





. Saying no more for the figure as it speaks for herself... i proceed with some steps i did on the base which is 80% finished in these pictures.

The rest will be done once the figure is finished







Some pins used to make the basic lines and to have something that epoxy putty will be gripping on. I mostly use epoxy putty, plaster and 2 parts epoxy glue when making bases structures.

A back wall with plaster rocks is starting to form




the under half of the big rock is tried on

The over half of the bog rock is tried on .

And of course some first trial with the figure ! Nice view from up there




To be continued...........

So ...The basic structure is made and glued and primed before the ground work starts .


And then ....well i must apologise, but i have told before . when i am doing groundowork i loose sense of time and space, so no intermidiate pictures..sorry ..but i will try to show side by side all work , so in case any one likes it , i can give any answers and information ....












to becontinued....

Some close ups











ooopss we have got some company here !!!! LOL



And the hero







soon to be painted .........
I wish u have fun guys and girls

What can someone say about this groundwork??? Personally I'm left speechless. Amazing...

Bravo my friend Costas... you are a true groundwork Master.

Xenofon

WOW!

Beautiful, very, very nice, one of the best groundwork I have seen!

All the best
Per Olav

Looks great Costa!What camera are you using?(eides ton stauroforo tou Kosta k.?Gamhseta)

Thanks guys for the comments. Encouragement always boosts up inspiration as most of u know already !!! i Appreciate that.

Christos , i use an HP945 Photosmart 5.1 Mp kai ton crusader ton eixa dei apo ta skaria . Einai super

Costas,

What must i say. Words are not enough to say how great you made this base. Excellent.

Marc

AWESOME BASE, Costas !!!! This is going to be one of my all-time favourite vignettes on the "planet" when it is finally completed !! One question,if I may: Will you be blending in the figure's base to the groundwork once the figure's painted or are you going to separate the figure from the tiny piece of ground that he is on and pin him directly onto the vignette ? WELL DONE, my friend !!! Cheers !
Kenneth.

My fiend , Ken hi and thanks for commenting.

The lil base piece that serves the painting course for the figure, will be almost eliminated to minimum and then when adjust t he rest of it on the ground , will be accordingly blended with the rest of the ground so nothing will show .

Thanks for the quick reply,Costas; I'll definitely be looking forward to the completion of the vignette !! Cheers !
Kenneth.

Very nice ground work, compliments the figure.

Cheers
Roc.

beautiful groundwork, this is an aspect that can be forgotten about on the most perfectly painted figure. How did you do the water?

Thanks for commenting guys . water wasmade by 2 part clearepoxy resin and made the waving and formation with water effects on top.

Costas,
WOW
This is one of best groundwork jobs to date.
I printed your photos for future reference, hope you don't mind
Cheers,
A.

Hello Costas,

base and Figure are excellent work.

I´m looking forward to see this finished.

Cheers,
Markus

Hi Cobber,...
Im realy enjoying this mate especialy the sbs photos , ground work is truly great fun and an art in its self...keep it comming...

good stuff Phil.....

Hi Costas

Realy a great and awesome groundwork. And can't wait to see the figure
finished and placed on this great groundwork.
It's going to be a masterpiece.

Greetings Dick

That's some groundwork. It's nice to see a little extra effort put into the setting.~Gary

Thanks to all friends for their comments , and supporting. I wish the next base i make looks even better. Thanks