I decided to try something different so I picked up Pegaso’s Mexican Gunfighter. I didn’t have the skill or patience to paint it as detailed as the box art. How do you paint those pinstripes on the vest or the decorations on the sombrero, man! It came out pretty good but the Vallejo acrylics made painting the face difficult. I might switch to artist oils for faces from now on. Anywho thanks for looking.
He looks quite the dandy in that red jacket, blue sash, and the bright sombrero. Nice job [y]
Thanks Stik. He is quite lavishly dressed. He’s got to be a fast draw and a good shot to back up that outfit! [:D]
Yeah, he looks great! Love the different colours!
BTW: Did you go the blending route or the layering route in painting the face? Layering works great with acrylic paints like Vallejo while blending works much better with oils. I gave up oils years ago and do all my figures by the layering style.
You can find piles of videos on YouTube to both techinques.
Thanks Gamera. Your figures are great BTW. I used the layering technique for the most part. I think my problem is to do a proper layering job you have to have a few shades of the same tone for the different highlights and lowlights, 3 shades of 3 colors lets say, and that requires precision mixing and formulas that also needs to include retarder usually. I might not be patient enough and the Vallejo’s dry too fast unless you use retarder. I’m not saying I did a bad job, I have done many figure faces with Vallejo & it’s sufficient, but I think I would like to try the blending technique with wetter longer drying oils for a face next time. I saw these new Wilder oils specifically for faces and I might try that or maybe I just need to be more patient! LOL. I’m going to study up on both teqniques a bit more via YouTube. Thanks for your input.
Ah, my apologies, I was thinking you were blending with the Vallejo.
What you’ve got looks really good to me, it’s just a matter of doing it over and over like anything else till you get the hang of it.
A tip I found years ago is to fill a small dropper type bottle with a mix of 50% water and 50% Future (which is basically just gloss clear acrylic) and a few drops of retarder. Put a little acrylic paint on your palette and paint from that. When it starts to thicken add a drop from the bottle and mix it up with a toothpick. You can keep it fluid and fresh for some time that way.
That’s a darn good idea. Makes it easy. I’m going to try it out. Much appreciated.
Thats a sharp figure!! Looks really nice.
Try Vallejo face set and grab a bottle of their glaze medium.
But you hav it looking really good as is!
That looks good to me. Great tech advice in here, BTW. Figure painting is what I need to work on.
Hey thanks guys. I did use the Vallejo face set actually. Its pretty good. I fixed the cord around the top of the sombrero. It didn’t look very good. I used a piece of thread instead. Now my bench is clean and get to start something new!
Oh man! Shades of Barbarrosa! (or Three Amigos!! [:D])
I like the subtle shading on the clothing. Sometimes it gets over done. I’ve been guilty of that myself.
OOh Boy !
That guy looks like my neighbor - Alexandro . Except he wouldn’t dare dress that way . He’s an explosives truck driver ! By the way his name is pronounced - Alley - Han - Dro and he is touchy about that . Other than than that he’s an okay guy .
I showed these pictures to him and he says there’s a Marimba Band called the Outlaws that have costumes like that ! He swears that it’s true !
Another Thought ;
I got to thinking about the double brace of Pistols . Can you try to imagine walking around with that much weight at your hips ? A Remington Or Colt pistol from that time was about four and a half pounds loaded ! Now imagine carrying around two , and all the rounds in the cartridge belts !
Now , they had to ride horses to get around . Imagine , if you will , the lower back pain those guys had . All Day ! No wonders most were bad tempered !
Nice job on the painting. I recently did two Enzo Ferrari figures in 1/18 scale and it was not easy so I understand the work to get a good result.
Nice job on that gunslinger. Pegaso Models always puts out some exquisite and extravagant figures. He looks like ‘one badass hombre’.
Thanks guys! Yes I agree. Pegaso has a lot of interesting, high quality and eclectic stuff. Whoever paints the figures they use on their box art is one hell of a talent. There’s no way I could match that. I wonder if they do a little photoshoping? Hmmm. I want to believe they do so I can feel better about my work [8-)]
Griffin,
Absolutely a wonderful job sir! Great job on the paint and details.