A wee bit of fine tuning and they'll be finished.
Brian.

Hi Brian....There both excellent, fantastic skin tones....lovely work....John.

Both out standing , brilliant painting on the barbarian . As above who 's bust is he?

Barrie 9Newbee).

lovely work, the barbarian is outstanding.

tony

The Eastern Viking is produced by Best Soldiers,and the smaller one by LAB-54.
El Greco stocks both of them,although i think they're waiting for the Eastern Viking to come back in stock
I've seen quite a few versions of the viking,which are really well done.

Impressive paintwork

Marc

A masterclass of textures Brian, very inspirational to see this level of work. Thanks for posting.

Neat to see these especially the Nubian Brian.
What did you use for his skin tones?

Happy New Year to you & yours mate!

Mike

Hi

Hi Mike
I undercoated the face with Humbrols Sand 93 and mixed lamp black,burnt sienna and burnt umber oils.Shading was done with pure black and the highlights were done by adding small quantities of flesh ochre.I more or less experimented with this flesh mix as i'd never used it before,so i used wet on dry techniques to enhance the contrast,but kept it subtle,as it would be so easy to overdo the contrast.I tend to be subtle with all my painting .It's not that i don't like the more OTT style that's about today ,it's just the style i adopted.
All the best Mike.

Thanks mate!
"Subtle" is you middle name & I love it

Both are beautifully painted bri

Nicely Done Brian

Very impressive stuff - I think they're both just stunning
Phil

Outstanding Sir Brian.

Paul.