British Archaeologists

[dominic]

Hi guys, here's my team of British archaeologists ready to unlock the secrets of the tomb of Tutankhamun:



More pics here:

http://www.napnuts.com/gallery_britarchae.htm

[Plynkes]

Sweet. I assume they are anticipating some bother along the way. Your average archeological expedition wouldn't, I feel, have been quite so armed to the teeth, or indeed have a military escort.

Just funnin' with ya. Great stuff.

[PeteMurray]

Yes, but your average British archeological expedition comes with a small army, just in case one find oneself in a position to expand the Empire a bit.

[Morten]

Nice shadows on the shirt  

[Howard Whitehouse]

If he was a real, serious archaeologist, he'd have some dynamite close to hand.

Everyone knows that.

[revford]

They look great.

I'm still waiting to hear if Vanessa is going to get rescued from the Mummy.  :-}=

[Driscoles]

Very cool Dominic !
Björn

[Argonor]

Interesting technique, stunning result - I bet they look even greater from a distance (as in: from normal perspective over the gaming table  :wink: ).

You just layer the pure colours on, right? (no mixing or blending, I mean?)

[dominic]

Thanks for the comments guys!

@Argonor - the basic colours are straight out of the bottle.  But for the highlights and shadows I mix in some white and black accordingly.

[Argonor]

OK, you start with the basic colour, then add black to paint in the shading? (As opposed to paint the shading colour all over the area, as most painting guides tell you to do?) I ask, because I'm not very versed in the art of the layering technique, having done most painting with washes and drybrushes hitherto....

[dominic]

Yeah, the proper method is to paint the shading colour first, then highlight upwards.  

But I find it is easier to paint the base colour first, then shadow and highlight from there.  Cheating, but it turns out alright.

[Howard Whitehouse]

I learned to paint 54mms in the 1970s, and the technique was always to paint up the 'standard' shade, then shade with a deeper tone and highlight with a brighter. I think it may very well still be how those painters work.

These days I use the deepest tone as my base, and build up from there with a combination of drybrushing (a technique that is sometimes unfairly maligned) and brush strokes. I'm not spending hours on a figure - H

[Argonor]

I'm not spending hours on a figure - H

I used over an hour on the flesh alone of an (albino) German archaeologist just the other night... and I'm still not quite satisfied. I have to mix in more water in my paints!!