Unfortunately I don't have that much time to paint but I made some more progress on the pirate.

I fixed the other arm onto the body. The arm didn't fit that well but tried to make the best of it.
I painted the arm and added some more shadow to the whole jacket. For the sword it took me three times
before I was satisfied with the result. I still have to paint his right sock and to finish the base.

Thanks for looking, and all comments and critiques are welcome!!

Beautiful..........really outstanding blues and purple / grape colored waist jacket. Excellent shading overall. I like your version better than my own.

Great painting so far,compliments!!!!
christos

Marcel,
WoW,
Superb blending of colours.
Very nice figure indeed.
Cheers,
A.

Guy, thanks for the nice compliments, I’m flattered. I have to say that I used your "Dead Men Tell No Tales" as a guide to paint mine, and yours is really a beautiful piece of work.

Christos, Arthur thanks for the nice words!

Excellent Marcel,
Your not into hurry painting payes off.

Je ziet, dat meer schaduw de lichten ook naar voor brengt. Je hebt de vorm behouden en geaccentueerd. Dit wordt echt een showstopper.

marc

Dank je marc voor je compliment, ik heb al snel de neiging om te weinig contrast te creeren. Maar al doende leert men. Ik heb nog een aantal boeken over figuur schilderen aangeschaft, en dat helpt ook om mijn schilderwerk te verbeteren.

Marcel.

Finishing the Pirate

Finally the pirate is almost finished (99% done), I still have to do some last touch-ups after glueing the piece together, and maybe some more after the comments .

I've painted the base and put everything together. Hope you like it.
Comments are welcome, as always!

Marcel.

Beautiful painting Marcel. I love your flesh tones........and that blue coat is "Perfection"

Adorable work , and since the scale is bigger you are more to be admired !! Bravo

Very nice paintjob! Congratualtion!

Balázs

Beautiful smooth lights and shadows. Excellent work

Guy, Costas, Balázs and Robert thanks for your nice words, this figure was a pleasure to work on.

In the future I will paint some more pirates and probably try to make a beautiful vignette like the one of Guy.

Hi Marcel,you have done a beautiful painting and as Guy says nice flesh tones .But perhaps a small suggestion, i will shadow a little more where i set the 2 rings on the picture.What do you think about it ?
georges

fantastische kleuren !
welke mix gebruik je voor het gezicht

Georges you're right this could use some more shadowing, I will try to correct it. Thanks for looking.

Vergilius: Ik heb dezelfde kleuren gebruikt als Jaume Ortiz altijd gebruikt.
Alleen voor de laatste highlight heb ik een beetje Light Flesh toegevoegd.
Dit gezicht heeft zeer veel expressie en detail waardoor het (voor mij) gemakkelijker was om de juiste plaats van de schaduw en oplichting te bepalen.

- Base colour: Brown Sand 876
- Highlights: base + Basic Skintone 815
- Extreme Highlights: base + Basic Skintone 815 + Light Flesh 928 (zeer verdunt)
- Shadows: base + Burnt Cad.Red 814
- Extreme shadows :base + Burnt Cad.Red 814 + Black

Marcel.

Marcel,
I like every piece of it. Great work.

marc

I would love to see a vignette with your pirates Marcel. I know it would be beautiful as your 1st one is amazing. The vignette I did took about 2 years while working on other commission works and was an enjoyment to create.