Completed The Raider - Nocturna Models bust

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Lucas Ferron

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I have recently started working on this lovely bust from Nocturna Models.
From a zenithal priming I added some skin tones with an airbrush (that were later painted over):
Raider01.jpg

I decided to go for a rusted NMM helmet and a warm-ish tone for the skin, so I chose green for the cloak to have something cold to balance the scheme.
I basecoated the skin, blocked the dar area of the eyes and also painted the eyeballs with a warm offwhite:
Raider02.jpg

I stippled some lights on the face and painted the green iris:
Raider03.jpg
I kept working on the face adding more lights and finished the eyes with the black pupil and the reflections:
Raider04.jpg

To help frame the face I painted the hair with a warm brown. I'm still not sure if i'll wash it to darken and go for a brown hair or if I'll go towards a golden-brown/blonde look.

Raider05.jpg

I sketched the lights for the NMM helmet and that's where I am right now. I still need to find a way to make these weird NMM lights work.

Rauder06.jpg

Looking at a better picture it looks like I need to crank the contrast on the skin by quite a bit.
Every time I'm painting I feel like I'm already too light, turns out I never am.

Raider07.jpg


I'll need to do the NMM, finish the hair/beard, touch up the face to make it more interesting and finish the cloth. So basically nothing is finished yet hahahah
 
Thanks folks!
Today was a complicated day. I kept on trying to make the random light sketch work but the shapes were all clunky.
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After a loooot of back and forth I decided to restart from scratch. I went with a different type of brushstrokes (lines instead of stippling) and made the shapes of the highlights more in line with the overall helmet shape.
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After adding some color I ended up with a rough sketch of the helmet. Now it's all about refinement and color variations
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There's a gif of the mini rotating
https://i.imgur.com/ECnKamF.gifv

At the end of the day I spent hours refining the paint job just to have to relating it... That happens...
 
Hi Lucas

Thanks for sharing the helmet journey ...it's getting there for sure

Would be interested in hearing what colours you like to use on the helmet

Happy benchtime

Nap

I'm using Lukas heavy body artist paint titanium white, Vallejo model color black, the scale75 paints for the azure steel kit and some other paints here and there to tint and glaze (kimera green, Lukas heavy body Naples yellow, a vermilion/wine color that was in my palette)
 
Hi Lucas

Great update pics on this piece , like the effects on the helmet now

Nice work on the hair and the flesh

Will you texture the cloth with paint effects ?

Look forward to the refinements

Hapoy benchtime

Nap
 
I'm considering the bust done. I added a bit of color to the face and softened some transitions.
All in all, it was a fun experience that taught me a lot.

Busto1.jpgBusto2.jpgBusto3.jpgBusto4.jpg

Cheers
 
Hi Lucas

Good to see a final update on this piece , showing very clever painting on all areas

Nice work on the clothing colour

Why not enter a piece into the class of yiur choice in our new FOTM

Happy benchtime

Thanks for sharing

Nap
 
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