Der Schreiben Auf Der Wand... (pics added!)

[Peter the painter]

Hi guys,

My expression headsculpt with the pained look on his face was very well recieved and it got me thinking about doing some others.

Here's a little shoot I put together to show off the head I just altered to look like a corpse. Remember the dreadful Hannes Diehl headsculpt? I said I was going to try and make it look presentable and this is the best I could come up with.

(The original offending headsculpt)


So here's my new life-like corpse head... anthough a corpse doesn't look life-like... and its a 1/6th head, which was never alive in the first place so technically it can't be a corpse... anyway!

Here it is lol:

























All comments appreciated,

Cheers,
Peter.

[amaral]

Hi,
I like it very much! You turned Dragon’s worst head sculpt into a very expressive dead head. Great work. The garments look too clean, though, but this is just nitpicking.

ZP

[Sourdoh]

Powerful! Well done.

[Peter the painter]

Originally Posted by amaral";p=&quot

Hi,
I like it very much! You turned Dragon’s worst head sculpt into a very expressive dead head. Great work. The garments look too clean, though, but this is just nitpicking.

ZP

Cheers guys,

I agree that the clothes on the figures are too clean but unfortunately it was raining when I took my shoot so I was unable to cover them in dust and dirt because by the time I was finished their uniforms were soaked through.

Peter.

[amaral]

Hi,
I have attenuated a bit the Palmenmuster smocks with a wash. I will take a picture of mine and show it later. I believe it looks more 44-45 for such an old smock pattern.

Anyway, I really liked the head change. I dislike Diehl’s head with a passion, but you really revamped it. Could you tell a bit about your method to change it? Thank you.

ZP

[amaral]

Hi,
This is a Palmenmuster smock attenuated with two washing machine full cycles and a wash of Taupe, Burnt Sienna, and Red. I am displaying it on one of my WIP figures for my summer big project.

The original smock is from DML Hans Meisser.



Cordially,
ZP

[Peter the painter]

Really love the effect on the smock!

Love the old faded and worn look it has.

As for the head sculpt, I removed the entire bottom jaw with a model knife and re built his mouth and chin. I also re-modelled the eyes. I made them wider to give them a slightly bulging look.

Cheers,
Peter.

[amaral]

Hi,
Thank you. You tweaked the eyebrows, too, didn't you? What material do you use for these add-ons? Thanks.

ZP

[johnro6659]

All in all a great looking dio. That DML headsculpt was probably the worse one ever made and you really did polish that turd into a gem. As far as the clean look of the unis in the Vintage look photos it doesn't show.

I was surprised not to see one of your hand painted backgrounds!

[Peter the painter]

I did slightly change his eyebrows yes, I cut them off and resculpted them with miliput. (Beware, it eatch your hands after prolonged use)

and johnro, I did plan on doing another background for this one, but just decided to hand paint the sign on the wall instead :P lol.

Cheers,
Peter.