Luz - New York - codename "Dat Ass" :D

Hi,

Finally I managed to make some photos of my last project. This one was my entry in this years Hussar competition. I managed to get a honorable mention and I'm very happy because this year there ware many mind blowing works and the overall level was very high.

I have learned much with this project and I wanted to thank Bohun for his opinion on this one because he gave me much to think about and he pointed me some things that I need to improve. I recommend painting bigger scale models :D. So tell me how do you like this miniature and if you have some suggestions feel free to comment.

RED

Luz - New York - WIP 1.4

Hello,

I think this will be mu last WIP post with this model because I'm getting to the end. Last night I painted some Metallic parts and I must say that I haven't painted with metallics for ages and I don't have much experience in this mater. I wanted to paint with them as with NMM and I hope it looks good. Here you have some photos of my model.

 

I think today I will manage to finish her. Things to do for today are:
- painting her hair,

- some details ala medallions on her cape,
- some cleaning of places that I'm not happy with :D.

So keep you fingers crossed and tell my what dou you think about this one and my approach painting with metallic paints.

RED

Luz - New York - WIP 1.3

Hi,

It's me RED and I wanted to show you how my project looks like now. After the last update I decided to remake those leather parts that I didn't like and I wanted to add some more light to them. The effects you cans see for your selves. I hope you like where this project is going :P

I must work on her eyes to ad them more shine because now they are to dark. With this project the more I look on those photos the more things I find that need to be redone :P. Do you have similar problems ?? :D

RED

Luz - New York - WIP 1.2

Hi,

I have had some more time to paint and I made some progress with my project. Here you have some photos.

As you can see there is sill much work to be done but I'm happy with my progress. I try to do my best with this model and I want to paint it in my style but I hope it will be something different. I like this scale because it has some challenges and I'm learning much on this miniature. Ok back to work :P.

RED

Luz - New York - WIP 1.0

Hi,
Today I want to show you my progress on a model that I wanted to paint for this year's Hussar competition. About a year ago I have bought Nocturna models figure called Luz New York. Its a model based on Luis Royo's artworks. I am a big fan of him and when I saw this one I could not resist to buy and paint this miniature.
I wanted to paint it so it will be as close to Royo's artworks. Here you can see some artworks. 

And now for my miniature.

At this point I finished her black cape and I have started working on her skin. There is much work to do on this miniature but I have much fun painting her and experimenting. I want her to be painted in a realistic style and this is something new for me. So what do you think ?? Any comments are welcome as always.

Luz New York - Review

Hi,

Some time ago I bought a new model from Nocturna models. It is a new line of models based on artworks from Luis and Romulo Royo. Im a big fan of their artworks and when I saw this model I could not resist buying it :D

First of all this is a 1/12 - 70 mm resin model kit representing a character named Luz. The kit I sealed in a metal box with is very nice and consists of 7 resin pieces (including base) and a certificate.

The casting quality is very good and the details are very subtle and there ware almost no mold lines. This is my second contact with resin and the first was GW's failcast but here the resin is very good and there are no air bobbles so a big plus for that. The parts fit overlay good but not ideal. I know that I must use some green stuff to mask the links between parts but the cape and the head will be a different story, lucky nothing a cant handle. 

Here you can see some photos of the assembled model using bluetac.

I think this is a grate model and I'm positively surprised with the quality of this model. I will keep an eye on future Nocturna models because I can say their models are very good.

I think this model will be a true test for my painting skills and It wont be easy to paint. I hope to paint her this year maybe on a polish painting competition but time will tel. Now my son is a priority in my life and I have small amounts of time to paint but lets hope this will change :D.

RED