Paris and Helen (1 Viewer)

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Following a closer examination of the two figures, it appears that Helen could be made taller in relation to Paris. So snip snip. I determined where the cuts should be made.
The before and after pictures.

 

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Back to the scene - Starting to add shadows to the background. I painted a dark shadow for the back doorway. A door frame was cut out, painted and will be glued to represent the back door.

I cut out another step leading to the pool. Another layer of cardboard pieces was added to form the pool. Green paint was used to represent the water.

Notice that more detail has been added to the sculpture stand.

 

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Sprayed the stand with flat white. Final details to be added and then this will be painted.

 

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I spent a very pleasant weekend working on this piece. Started painting the sculpture stand. Finalising the sculpting on Helen. More detailed painting was added to the screen.

I scored lines on the steps leading to the pool and added gloss varnish to the water. The interior was repainted. Shadows were painted.

The flooring was marked out.

 

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I painted and shaded the sculpture stand. The shaded stain runs into all the recesses and highlights the details (and flaws for correction). When dry, this will be dry brushed to highlight the details.

 

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Here's the stand after painting.

I added the final details to the Paris Helen figure - the chair leg, a foot rest and I extended Paris' foot.

 

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Now reworking the bed. Previously, I had sculpted the headstand as the wrong shape. So after studying the painting carefully, I've reshaped it considerably. Lots of putty and refiling. really dreadful work.

I then resculpted the drapery carefully as per the painting.

 

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The bed has been mostly resculpted.

 

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I've further painted the scene to be more atmospheric.

 

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Adding and correcting small details on Paris and Helen. The right leg, the chair and drapery. I'm also bulking out the back of the couple to create a solid feel.

 

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Starting to bring it all together.
Paris and Helen small details being corrected to the pair before final painting.
The bed is completed barring minor fringe details which will be added after it is fixed in place.

 

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I know some women are strange sometime ...
But flewing away with a skeleton boy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hahaha!. Mirof. You and me both. I take it you are built like me, too.

 

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I spent the weekend refining the painting and various pieces as I go along. The partition has been glued in place. Minor corrections to the fitting have been made.
The bed has been painted in oils. The figures are being painted.
This picture taken under strong sunlight shows the intended brightness with a LED light. Hence I try to paint in the shadows to create an atmospheric effect.

 

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Here are more stark shadows being added. I also added a satin varnish on the floor

 

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I've finally painted most of the statue stand and the bed frame with shading. The gold filigree relief was created by allowing the gold paint to semi harden and the apply this putty like material to the decorations.

 

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I glued the statue stand and bed into the diorama.

Now working on the figure pair. I substituted the left hand and arm. Will carve down the hand before painting it.

 

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I added the proposed frame to the box and noted how dark the interior was. I will have add some lights to the interior.

The second pic shows the interior of the box backed by layers of cardboard to push the diorama scene against the frame. I had previously allowed for some space to place an internal driver for the lights but found that this was not necessary. There are LED transformers with built in drivers which are very simple to use. The LED lights are attached to the tops. I always aecure these lights with additional glue (UHU). The cable was also secured with glue to keep it from shifting.

 

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I've begun work on the final and probably the trickiest of the accessory. This is the brazier in the back of the scene to the right of the painting. After thinking about the problem for a while, I looked around and found a suitable Historex pan. I glued on a suitably diametered plastic pen cover cut down to the right height. Putty was liberally squashed into the underside and levelled by pressing against a flat surface. Three thick wire strands were cut to the right length and manipulated into the shape I wanted. These were then attached to the underside of the item above thru pre-drilled holes.

 

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Back to the scene. I added water spouts to the pool. Spouts were made from brass tubing and the water was a bent fibre optic cable. These were superglued into place.


The water was then painted in more subtle shades and then varnished.


The last pic shows the proposed completed scene.