Completed Mandan

[Christos]

Hi all,
This is my latest work. The Mandan bust from Post Militaire, painted with acrylics as usual.
Regards
Chris

 

[Jeff T]

Wow!... Just gorgeous work there Christos!

Absolutetly beautiful paint all round, but that red coat is awesome.


Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[Kisifer]

Superb painting on a classic bust. Bravo my friend.

Xenofon

 

[ellie]

Very Nice indeed,

ian

 

[Nap]

Wonderful work Christos ..really like the uniform colour what mix did you use?

A great sculpt as well and subject

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Edward]

Beautiful painting as always Christos.

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Excellent work - the gold in particular is toned down nicely and has a real feel to it.

-Rich

 

[Trex]

My hat is off to you Christos for your work on this!
I'd swear that cigar is real...

 

[swralph]

Lovely painting

 

[smudger1960]

Simply beautiful brushwork,I love the whole thing but the red coat looks great,congratulations christos

 

[MCPWilk]

Superbly done. Every time I see this bust, I wonder why a British officer's head was/is not available. The pose and face would also do for an aristocratic officer!

Mike

 

[davidmitchell]

Superb painting on this Christos,very subtle but rich colours.

Cheers David

 

[megroot]

Excellent work all around. The red is awesome.

Marc

 

[JGREEN]

Nice! The red is well done and that is a lovely shade of yellow. The gold, though, is just outstanding. Would you mind sharing your technique/colors used?

Jason

 

[Christos]

Thanks a lot for your comments!!!
Red:
I used several colors for the base but I don't recall the exact mix. I think it is not so important, I just look for a rich dark color.
The colors I used are Vallejo's Hull red, cavalry brown, vermillion, a little green and Jo Sonja Indian red. For the lights just vermillion and some bright orange and sunny skin tone for the last steps,very controlled and dilluted. Shadows with hull red and indian red.Some filters were placed for more interest, with vermillion, scarlet and indian red.
A photo of my base color (it is maybe a little darker than the photo)

For the gold threads and epaulettes, I used flat brown, old gold and burnt umber.Lights with old gold, golden yellow and glossy white.Controlled washes were placed with browns and black.
For the true metallic parts (buttons and horsesoe on the epaulettes) I used printes inks and oils.

 

[Christos]

All the parts were primed with acrylic Black

 

[grafit]

Perfect!

 

[John Bowery]

He is fabulous looking.
Cheers
John

 

[samson]

Great work liking this the end of the cigar looks great