while waiting for Terracotta Fi?ure

[cheng]

( :wave:here's hoping Geobra is watching )
these tomb figures were actually painted in realistic colours which faded over the centuries
....I cant bring myself to spray all these PM parts grey....and also because their armour is just printed (I'm not as skilful as Malone, to scuplt them ), so any spraying will cover these PM printed body armour.
any opinions?

[cowabounga]

Wonderful idea! I have so many of those torsos! I will make at least one like this for myself. 
A.

[BlackPearl2006]

What is Freddie Mercury doing there?

[conniefrere]

What is Freddie Mercury doing there?

 


@ Cheng, do't you think it would be great to have some more variations in their faces, besides the moustache, beards (mongol one) etc.

[Pynedor]

I see you're using the grey inner pieces! I plan on doing that too if I ever manage to successfully take apart some figures!

If I were you though, I wouldn't spray them either. Just pretend as if they were freshly painted and not faded yet. Then you can use them as living figures in your world also, instead of giant statues. If you really wanted to do that though, you could maybe get those clear base pieces for them and paint those. Then they would look more like statues than living people, especially if you put them in poses and never moved them.

Are you making a tomb?

[cheng]

Wonderful idea! I have so many of those torsos! I will make at least one like this for myself. 
A.

you have?! what did you do with all their legs? other than knights ?

[cheng]

@conniefrere, I will and I do try to have variation of chinese faces...even the terracotta statues had individualised faces

.....I wouldn't spray them either. Just pretend as if they were freshly painted and not faded yet. ..Are you making a tomb?

I think I'll rather make soldiers from the period these terracotta statues were made...I prefer to pose them fighting with horse/chariots etc...so no tomb

and thanks everyone!

[cowabounga]

you have?! what did you do with all their legs? other than knights ?

Other than knights? What do you mean? 

[Justindo]

What is Freddie Mercury doing there?

 

I didn't know they were originally painted, Cheng.  I guess it's rather like Western ancient statues.

[cheng]

me too Justindo,
as for the colours pigments, I think a bit of guess work was involved