French Line Infantry Lieutenant 1870

[gioazz]

Ciao all,

I'm painting this amazing figure from Stefano Cannone.

Seems quite popular these days, also Ernest is painting one, and what a great result!!

Oils were still fresh when I made the photo, the lipstick effect is gone now..

I've also made a video tutorial on my blog.

Let me know what you think.

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[Meehan34]

looks good so far. What size is this figure?

 

[gioazz]

looks good so far. What size is this figure?

Hi Mike,

Thank for your comment.

Is a 75mm from Elite.

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[tonydawe]

Giovanni,

Lovely painting mate, I realy like your subtle transitions. Do you use a stipling technique with oils?? The reason I ask is that you appear to have stipled the base colour over the shadow colour on the face to harmonise the two colours and make them blend together. It's very effective and I'd appreciate it if you could explain your face painting technique in more detail please.

 

[gordy]

Giovanni, very nice! Great video tutorials too, and nice tunes

 

[sarouman]

Hi Giovvani
Painting very beautiful face, and to think last night looking at the blocks with your wonderful videos you've posted.
We expect the rest of dyeing and subsequent video!!

Alexandros

 

[Kisifer]

Great work so far and fantastic video. That's really helpful. Thanks.

Xenofon

 

[gioazz]

Giovanni,

Lovely painting mate, I realy like your subtle transitions. Do you use a stipling technique with oils?? The reason I ask is that you appear to have stipled the base colour over the shadow colour on the face to harmonise the two colours and make them blend together. It's very effective and I'd appreciate it if you could explain your face painting technique in more detail please.

Hi Tony,

What I do (and you can see on my blog) I pre shade with acrilycs the face, I then apply oils, usually blending the highlight tones into the shadows.

I mostly blend, but sometimes (deepends on what I see) I do stiple the colours, but mostly is shadow.

The trick here is the preshading, because the oil colours are transparent, you achieve a great resault without having to mess to much with the blanding, that can be kept to a minimum.

Hope this is clear

Giovanni

Giovanni, very nice! Great video tutorials too, and nice tunes

Thanks Gordy!

Hi Giovvani
Painting very beautiful face, and to think last night looking at the blocks with your wonderful videos you've posted.
We expect the rest of dyeing and subsequent video!!

Alexandros

Hi Alexandros,

It will take times for me to post the next video, but I promise to do it asap!

Any comments or question, please feel free to ask.

Ciao

Giovanni

Great work so far and fantastic video. That's really helpful. Thanks.

Xenofon

Hi Xenofon,

I'm glad you like the figure and the video.

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[SRP]

Looking VERY good Giovanni...can't wait to see it finished...

 

[gioazz]

Looking VERY good Giovanni...can't wait to see it finished...

Hi Steve,

Thanks so much my friend!

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[tissibzh]

applause Giovanni!
and your SBS on your blog are masterclass

 

[gioazz]

applause Giovanni!
and your SBS on your blog are masterclass

Thanks so much Christian!

Giovanni

 

[megroot]

This is a great video.
I liked him from the first minute you started this SBS.
Learned alot from it.

Marc

 

[gioazz]

This is a great video.
I liked him from the first minute you started this SBS.
Learned alot from it.

Marc

Ciao Marc,

Thank so much for your comments, I'm glad the video has been useful!

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[John Bowery]

Giovanni,
Great start to the figure and looks very good
Cheers
John

 

[gioazz]

Hi John,

Thanks so much!

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[Paul Kernan]

Giovanni

Many thanks for the oustanding videos. Not only is there a wealth of info - in oils, no less - but the production quality is first class. Definitely have to try some of the techniques.

Paul

 

[Kevin D.]

Hi Giovanni,

I sent you a short PM but thought I'd post here as well... I tried your pallete and technique (based on your blog videos) with very pleasing results on a 1/32 face last night. It still needs a small bit of tweaking but the overall effect was just excellent considering I avoid painting that scale because of my lack of success with those small faces.

Thanks,

Kevin D.

 

[gioazz]

Giovanni

Many thanks for the oustanding videos. Not only is there a wealth of info - in oils, no less - but the production quality is first class. Definitely have to try some of the techniques.

Paul

Hi Paul,

I'm glad you liked the video, and morevore that you find the quality good.

I bought the camcorder few weeks ago, I never used one and has been the first time I've used a video editing software as well!

What a painful job!

Ciao

Giovanni

Hi Giovanni,

I sent you a short PM but thought I'd post here as well... I tried your pallete and technique (based on your blog videos) with very pleasing results on a 1/32 face last night. It still needs a small bit of tweaking but the overall effect was just excellent considering I avoid painting that scale because of my lack of success with those small faces.

Thanks,

Kevin D.

Hi Kevin,

Thanks so much!!! You have no idea how happy I'm that you have actually used my video to paint a figure!

Please do post the pictures or send them to me, I'll add to my Blog (with your permission).

Ciao

Giovanni

 

[davidmitchell]

Nice work so far Giovanni, look forward to seeing the finished figure.


Cheers David