Hornet head experiment

This head comes from Hornet's HH23 set, and is an experiment in applying blood to a bandage. So far only the blood has been highlighted and shadowed, and my idea is to show a fairly freshly dressed wound. Skintones will be fairly light, considering the soldier has lost blood and is in shock. Hair will be the regulation blond.


Here's the next step. Blonde hair has been added with mixed of 141 English Uniform, 011 Lemon Yellow, 010 Light Yellow and 149 Chocolate Brown. The bandage has been defined with thin washes of 170 Glossy Black. More to follow...




Having started the next step of the painting, I made several cock ups and decided to restart. So on with a layer of Model Air 034 Sandy Brown and a fresh attempt at a decent head paint. I will be following the instructions of the Vallejomeister himself, Jaume Ortiz. His forum and article can be found in the following links:

Forum

http://www.network54.com/Forum/412233/

Head painting article

http://www.planetfigure.com/articles/jaume_face_eng.pdf

Both heads are from the HH23 set and I decided to use two so that I don't waste too much paint if I get a decent colour mix.


Here's Siegfried and Roy with their bandages applied with Model Color 004 Off White. The exposure is intentionally dark to show the shape of the bandages without any glare.