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zaterdag 21 januari 2012

A Green Samurai (before)

This is a figure I’ve painted for a duel on Benno’s Figures Forum. The challenge was to paint one single standing samurai from Zvezda, the same pose, four pictures. It was the first samurai I ever painted. So it was a real challenge for me.
I also had the question I’ve painted him green. It had to do with the period I’ve painted him. It was around Christmas so it looked suitable to me to give him that color. But I knew before the duel started I had no chance to win it. When you have a look at the duel itself, you can see it here, you will see what I mean. My opponents samurai is much better painted, with a lot more attention to the details. That’s the reason why I wrote “before” in this post. The plan is to paint the little details so he would look much better as now.
So consider this post as one out of two. To be continued!
Here are the pictures.




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22 opmerkingen:

  1. For the period he's perfect, Daimyo's didn't spend much on outfitting their samurai especially if he's a mean fecker......

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  2. Very nice. Praying Mantis style...Hiiii...yaa!!

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  3. I liked him and voted for him :-D
    I´ve ordered the Dervish bods..but apparently they aren´t in stock anywhere at the moment! :-/
    Cheers
    paul

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    1. Hey Paul. So you were the one who voted for me. Thanks mate!
      I've ordered the Dervish to, but no reply on my order so far.

      Greetings
      Peter
      http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  4. Well I've got to say that I rather like the green; very fresh and clean. Top work Sir!

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  5. [kidding mode] It was a very good entry in the duel, but your duellist was too strong!
    Maybe you could add him some Christmas Tree ... [/kidding mode]
    Seriously, it's a nice figure! I've one that I begun to paint but not finished...

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    1. I used the Christmas tree somewhere else, you know that :-D

      Finish the one you're painting. I want to see it!

      Greetings
      Peter
      http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  6. He looks good; they came up with all sorts of devices and color schemes. Don't see why this green one wouldn't have been possible. Dean

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    1. That was my thought to Dean. Why always red, blue and black? I'm going for green :-)

      Greetings
      Peter
      http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  7. hoi Peter, looking nice I hope you;ll win. I still have loads of Zvezda's samurai lying around for a future project

    cheers Sander

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  8. A real nice painted figure. Looking great.
    Regards
    Lonewolf

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  9. Great looking figure mate.

    Cheers Rich.

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  10. I like the green, different than the usual you see. Look forward to the 'after' pictures

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    1. Soon Mike, soon ;-)

      Greetings
      Peter
      http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  11. Very nice indeed, a lovely shade of green!!!

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  12. Deze vind ik echt zeer mooi geschilderd peter en een zeer goede kleur keuze je werk word mooier en mooier...

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    1. Nu laat je mij blozen Danny. Bedankt!

      Groetjes
      Peter
      http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  13. THank you all for the kind words guys. I'll do my best on the "after" figure, but that will be something for the future!

    Sorry if you don't get many replies on your blogs, but I have some problems with white screens. I think the program on my desktop is getting to old and blogger doesn't like it. But I'm working on it ;-)

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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