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Flat Figures Painters Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hannibal on January 27, 2025, 09:53:11 AM

Title: Peleset warrior made prisoner 1200BC
Post by: Hannibal on January 27, 2025, 09:53:11 AM

I purchased a small set of a second hand few painted People of the Sea, population of the bronze period around 1200 BC, that interacted witth Aegypt;  They are edited by Wolfgang Hafer, and not painted to top high standards, but unpainting them shall give me access to flats casted several decades ago, when moulds were still new and in better conditions than today, I would guess.

This first is a soldier sitting, probably made prisoner by the egyptian army of the Pharao, and waiting for a status on his life !
Quiet simple, and the purpose was to give the best volume effect by painting a flat surface, using lights and shadows..

(https://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/19/31/59/25/sv04a-12.jpg)
I took pictures on a clear beige background, piece of cardboard bent to eliminate horizon, and also on a black background, a piece of black velvet to maximize colours when the cells of the camera are not distrurbed by over-exposure of a clear background, darkening the close subject by underexposing it;

In addition, I converted the picture into black and white values, to emphaésize the three dimensionnal effect of the painting, without being distracted by the colours.
Painting is done over several days, with oil, to let the painting dry and mix with underlayers, requiring regular adjustùments of the tones, until stabilisation occurs on drying.

I let you judge the effect and best way to present the characters.
Your comments or critics are welcome, to further improve.....

The flat is edited by Wolfgang Hafer, drawing and engraving by Otto Werner under designation SV4a. It has a height of 20 mm.

(https://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/19/31/59/25/dsc01127.jpg)

Title: Re: Peleset warrior made prisoner 1200BC
Post by: John Alberts on January 27, 2025, 10:12:15 AM

Your paint work is very good and the flat turned out very well.  Impressive approach

Title: Re: Peleset warrior made prisoner 1200BC
Post by: Hannibal on January 27, 2025, 11:07:34 AM

Thanks John!

Title: Re: Peleset warrior made prisoner 1200BC
Post by: johnr on January 27, 2025, 02:50:09 PM

Love the idea of looking at the figure in black and white, nicely painted.

Title: Re: Peleset warrior made prisoner 1200BC
Post by: snagy on January 28, 2025, 12:54:24 AM

The improvement of the paintwork makes the figure MUCH better!
I found also interesting the description of the photo-making process and of its background reasons!
Thank you, Michel!!!
Sandor

Title: Re: Peleset warrior made prisoner 1200BC
Post by: Hannibal on January 28, 2025, 09:29:29 AM

Thanks to both of you !!