Finished

Erik Leijdens
Another beautiful made figure Kees! Is it from a movie?

Christian Bruer
Very nice paintwork.

Rui S
Nice, what kind of paints did you use?

arne vd burg
Very nice paintwork Kees

Kees Kleijwegt
Thanks mates.
Rui, I used the Andrea flesh paint set for the skin tones and Vallejo for everything else. Except for the gold, for that I used Gunze metal color gold.

Kees Kleijwegt
Erik, indeed it's from a movie. Master and Commander - far side of the world.
But trying to get the skintones right and to create likeness with a real person at the same time is a bridge too far for now. Captain 'Lucky' Jack is played by Russell Crowe.

Erik Leijdens
Ah nice I already tought I recognized him from some movie but I couldn't place him 👍

Rui S
Hi Kees, Thx for the info.
Did you primed the figure first?

Ulf Petersen
Well done, Kees!👍 The likeness with the real person depends much more on the sculptor's work than on the painting - just have a look at my Ripley...

Kees Kleijwegt
@Rui: I primed with the grey primer from Zero Paints, one of my favorite brands of paint. Next time I will try the black and white priming method
@Ulf: Thanks mate, I guess you're right about the sculpting. But the "sad" thing is the model really had some resemblance with mr. Crowe. That likeness is now buried under my painting! 🙂🙂