Wednesday 10 February 2016

From SeanS - "Psycho Sam" Oldhammer 2015 figure (5 points)

I'm drafting this early in case I somehow fail to finish and photograph any other figures.

"Psycho Sam" is a figure that was commissioned for the Oldhammer 2015 events that happened, coincidentally, last year.



The color scheme I chose is a riff off of the Plexus Ranger uniform from the Howard Chaykin comic American Flagg. The idea is he will be a leader/member of a group of cop types that "enforce" the laws of Borborygmus Prime.

I deviated from my normal process in that I did not slather the figure in my grunge wash. In fact the only wash on him was a darker blue on his pants. If I had thought about it I would have layered up from that color, but I forgot I had it.

The other thing is my sort of NMM on his gun. I wanted to differentiate it from the black leather so I used Charcoal with Zinc highlights on the edges. I need to work out a little better how to spot gloss varnish the metallics, his facial piercings and ear rings look like I might have accidentally hit them with the matte varnish. They're supposed to be gold.

I used the same flash photo set up, I spent a bit of time dialing in Shutter Speed, Aperture and Flash strength to get it. I'm still not sure if it isn't a little under exposed. I left it without any post processing this time, other than cropping and resizing for the blog.

I intend to use him for Rogue Trader games, but if he's not Sci-Fi enough to count in the duel, that's fine by me.

May your brushes keep their points.

Now thats way to cool Sean. A really colourful piece too. Yes i agree a bit of spot gloss would help things pop - i use an old enamel gloss paint - its reasonably thick and does not run , just apply with a brush reserved for enamels. 

31 comments:

  1. Very cool figure, he appears to be channelling Billy Idol

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    1. Thanks Martin, now that you mention it I do see a strong Billy Idol vibe.

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    2. thats who it was - it was bugging me...

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  2. very much a trip down memory lane, thanks for that!

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  3. Very nice, love the flag pads

    Ian

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  4. That's one cool character Sean - great painting! :)

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  5. It has a very necromunda feel. What a fantastic figure and very nicely painted.

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    1. Thanks Clint, yes Necromunda does seem to be a strong influence.

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    1. Thanks French Jester, Mohawk for the win.

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  7. You did a nice job with those skin tones Sean, very smooth transitions. Also I like the way you did the denim.

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    1. Thank you Anne. I think the denim turned out pretty well but the way I did it was more of an accident than intentional.

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  8. You did a fabulous job on this Sean. I really like the skin and shoulder pads. For the NMM on his weapon I'd suggest a final highlight of bright white to touch off the edges of the receiver, trigger guard and barrel opening. I've found that if you can get this final highlight in it will not require any gloss finish.

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    1. Thanks Curt, I knew a two color NMM wasn't quite right but wasn't sure how to approach it.

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  9. The denim is the star of that piece. It's always difficult to get right. Great work.

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    1. Thanks Iannick, it did turn out nicely although it was a bit of a happy accident.

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  10. With a REBEL yell... Great work on this colourful dude. cheers

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  11. What a great figure! Nice work!

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    1. Thanks Barks, I think this Copplestone guy may have a future in the biz. ;)

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  12. Ah-ha! I always knew Uncle Sam was a Ramones Fan! ;)
    He looks very nice, Sean. I woulda thought you were going for 80's acid wash jeans without your comet of wanting to work it up from the wash! He looks very nice as is! ;)

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    1. Thanks DB. "Sitting here in Queens, eating refried beans!"

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