Ioannis Makriyannis - YS Masterpieces

[phil_h]

Hello everybody...

I finally finished this great 200mm bust from YS Masterpieces. It's part of their 1821 line of busts representing heroes (and some villains) of the Greek War of Independence. This is number 3 in a series of 5 that I have decided to do as a goal for this year. I love this sculpt (the face is very expressive) and had a great time painting it. The lacework/embroidery got a little tedious, but it's well worth the effort.

There is a WIP thread here that has a little bit of info on the skin tone palette used.

Please feel free to question/comment...

Regards,
Phil

 

[billyturnip]

That turned out great Phil, really like what you did with the lacework. I think I need to paint this one myself.
Which one's next?

 

[swralph]

Excellent painting Phil.
The freehand work is especially mentionable.

 

[megroot]

Great job.

Marc

 

[Borek]

Amazing result mate, it's great paint!!!

Cheers Borek

 

[Wayneb]

Very,Very Nice....Very pleasing to the eye.....somewhere along the way here I wish I would have got it right..Braiding..Embroidery...lacework..?or whatever.

Wayne
P.S.......I think I will call this guy "Lotta Weapons".

 

[John Bowery]

Very bright and great work.
Cheers
John

 

[phil_h]

That turned out great Phil, really like what you did with the lacework. I think I need to paint this one myself.
Which one's next?

Thank you so much Roger! The next one in the series will be this guy - Athanasios Diakos:

The good news is that he has nowhere near the amount of embroidery/lacework that Makriyannis has; the bad news is that to make up for that, there is an incredible amount of freehand on the box art (again, by Cartacci) that I love, so I will have to go ahead and deal with all that...

Since I've been alternating every other project between a random figure and one of these busts, I won't get to him until I finish the project that I just started today. (Guan Yu - an amazing 90mm Chinese general from Alexandros Models).

Regards,
Phil

 

[phil_h]

Excellent painting Phil.
The freehand work is especially mentionable.

Thank you Ralph; glad you like him. The freehand patterns were fun to do, and as I mentioned in my response to Roger, the next bust I do in this series will be almost entirely covered in much more elaborate freehands...wish me luck!!

Regards,
Phil

 

[phil_h]

Great job.

Marc

Thank you very much Marc.

Regards,
Phil

 

[phil_h]

Amazing result mate, it's great paint!!!

Cheers Borek

Thank a lot Borek, much appreciated!

Regards,
Phil

 

[phil_h]

Very,Very Nice....Very pleasing to the eye.....somewhere along the way here I wish I would have got it right..Braiding..Embroidery...lacework..?or whatever.

Wayne
P.S.......I think I will call this guy "Lotta Weapons".

Thanks for the kind words Wayne. Fortunately, this guy by far has the most of that braiding/embroidery/whatever in the entire series; I'm glad to have knocked it out. However, the next bust in the series (as mentioned above) has his own set of issues
Oh, and if you think this guy has a "Lotta Weapons", wait till you see the next guy (in this series)!
Regards,
Phil

 

[phil_h]

Very bright and great work.
Cheers
John

Thank you very much John

Regards,
Phil

 

[Wayneb]

...LOL...WOW.....you're right......I should have saved that comment...I must look again........Thanks for the laugh....that made my night.

Wayne

 

[Barrie Harris]

Great work all round . Look forward to the next one .
Base sets it off well

Barrie (Newbee)

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Wow beautiiful painting,a fantastic peace

 

[Chris Ribchester]

Very nice work .

Chris

 

[phil_h]

Great work all round . Look forward to the next one .
Base sets it off well

Barrie (Newbee)

Thanks a lot Barrie!

Regards,
Phil

 

[phil_h]

Wow beautiiful painting,a fantastic peace

Thanks for the very kind words

Regards,
Phil

 

[phil_h]

Very nice work .

Chris

Thank you very much Chris

Regards,
Phil