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Flat Figures Painters Forum => Gallery => Topic started by: snagy on October 19, 2020, 05:46:06 AM

Title: Sir John Chandos
Post by: snagy on October 19, 2020, 05:46:06 AM

Last week's work.
Sandor


(http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/gallery/17/2574-191020054228.jpeg)

Title: Re: Sir John Chandos
Post by: Joerg on October 19, 2020, 07:19:41 AM

Nice !

Title: Re: Sir John Chandos
Post by: Ed Humphreys on October 19, 2020, 07:37:43 AM

A week! It would take me a month to paint one side, and then not to this high standard
Ed

Title: Re: Sir John Chandos
Post by: Hannibal on October 19, 2020, 08:23:10 AM

Super life and active, and nice effort for the two side.


Here is the version from Western Miniatures I painted two years ago...


(https://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/19/31/59/25/dsc00623.jpg)

Title: Re: Sir John Chandos
Post by: Vitruve on November 05, 2020, 06:11:55 AM

very nice job

Title: Re: Sir John Chandos
Post by: snagy on November 06, 2020, 12:21:09 AM

Michel,
this Western Miniatures Chandos figure is also interesting: its appearance is quite fabled/ fairytale-like.
Its character is basically different from the figure I painted.
You paintwork is also very fine: I like the light-shadow effects.
Well done!
Sandor

Title: Re: Sir John Chandos
Post by: Hannibal on November 06, 2020, 04:41:56 AM

Hi Sandor,


I was very happy to discover our character, and your painting:
1. The representation of the coat of arms on the horse and on the knight is really identical between us
2. Your flat is quiet more dynamic than the static posture of Western
3. Your handling of light is also very nice, and more real than mine: you have indirect light from the back too, like in the open space, while mine is too dark on the back, suggesting the knight is standing up in a closed space or room, or in the night.  This is being improved since to give also a light from the back, like the lightening of the egg !






It would perhaps be interesting to initiate a small challenge in painting the same figure by several of us, surely the figure of the BFFS from Nick would be an excellent opportunity ................!!!






But we could do it also for another flat, why not a knight on horse, to cumulate the knight, the metal, the armories, hands-free painting, light and shadows and the horse .... or an elephant.  But all participants should get the same flat, to be strictly comparable.