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Leonidas sculpt
Thank God, it´s…Holiday. Having had a nice two-week trip with my family, I finally grabbed the opportunity to let off some creative steam then; but although I brought some paints, minis and sculpting devices with me, i couldn´t really bring my beloved Dremel tool (my wife would have killed me) resulting in some interesting challenges: I normally absolutely rely on the thing for sculpting as far as “Magic sculpt” is concerned, So I tried to persevere and try some “real” sculpting. As a handgrip I wanted to use a photofilm box (you know, I am THAT old, I still have some of those pre-electronic camera thingies such as FUJI-films and the like…) But then I thought, damn, this would make a good plinth for a bust as well. Being a HUGE fan of “300” and all things classical greek, what better bust could there be done than of brave Leonidas, King of Sparta? The sculpting without a dremel tool was quite a challenge for me, but taught me some new tricks as well; as an aside I rediscovered green stuff with all its obvious advantages and disadvantages, but only late in the process of sculpting Leonidas. If only… But alas, I did a dwarf with green stuff after that, which I am going to post shortly, too… Leonidas´ helmet got a dremel workup after returning home, though. As for painting, I used dark brown undercoat (another first for me) and worked every colour from the same brown tone to match the moody coloring of the film, while at the same time trying to reach a “natural” finish. As the Mini is not quite so mini, I had to watch my accents closely, constantly trying not to go over the top but avoiding a dull paintjob simultaneously. As in the film, the striking red helps to offset the almost monochrome rest and I returned after some consideration to metallic paints for the helmet and bits. I will post two versions, pic no. 164756 has some “work in progress” – shots added. As always, any comments are greatly appreciated, many thanks beforehand for your time Happy Painting!
Posted: 29 Jul 2007
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