The idea was to represent Apollon as the sun (covered in gold), flying in space (stars on the base) and i made a freehand with planets on the cloak to make it resemble a solar system (but not exactly our solar system). The sphere on his belly is a neutron star powering up his sword, various leds on the armour and the chariot.
I also wanted to make a tribute to my teacher and biggest friend in the painting (and cooking) world, Francesco Farabi, by painting something he loves so much: stars and planets.
The inspiration on how to paint some NMM golden parts, came from some Banshee works: the Colossus and the Ghost Rider.
https://kimeramodels.com/product/apollo/
Gianluca "Branzu" Buttigliero
Masterpiece Riccardo! GOLD!!!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Grazie di cuore :)
Luke 'atacam' Wilson
The photos are great, but having the honour of being able to see this in person too, was amazing. My favourite piece for a long time. Cant say enough stuff about this and what is goign on and how you have played with colours and temperatures to take you on a journey across the model. Gold.
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
You make me blush with your comment. You know i struggled really a lot with this one, and having my work recognized makes me really happy.
Michel
One of the best painting i’ve ever seen!!!!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thank you! :)
Alessandro "Alastar" Marinone
Stupendo!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
:) Grazie Cara :D
Marc MussatPLUS
fantastic ! no words ...I am not a fantasy painter… but this one is a pure masterpiece !
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thank you very much :)
Jason Zhou
Gorgeous paint job. The color scheme and all the different elements you incorporate into this model work together very well and that’s just amazing!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
I’m very flattered by your words, thank you!
Paolo-Di-Poce
one of the best pieces of MSS 2018
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Grazie caro :)
Alessandro Depaoli
Bellissimo!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Grazie ^^
Martin Vermeulen (Nighthawk)
Gorgeous piece!!! (Seen at SMC live) Great tonal use of primary colours all over, I love it!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
thank you, it was really hard to make it work with all the 3 primaries and that kind of saturation. :)
Clive Jackson
Truly amazing! Gold of course!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thank you!
Jens Riber Poulsen
A rocketpowered god on a chariot, whats not to like. The pictures here are a bit dark, but I saw it at this years Monte San Savino, amazing peice.
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thanks, taking pictures of this piece was a nightmare really… this is the best we could do (i needed a lot of help to photograph it).
Karsten -Elaphus- Poepping
Fantastic work !!!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thanks! :)
JGREEN
How did this get silver at MSS??? Gold all day!
Jason
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thank you :) MSS is the hardest competition out there, so it makes sense to me ^_^
Krzysztof "REDAV" Kobalczyk
I love it Riccardo. I think that for such a relatively short time that you developed your painting you made big progress and I’m very impressed with this. I love all the cool and warm color transitions and the general composition of contrast and using it to focus on some cool elements of this miniature. Heep up the good work and it will be a pleasure to watch.
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
wow, i’m speechless right now. ;_;
A.Demidov
Gold!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thank you
John Margiotta "BloodASmedium"PLUS
Quite frankly unsurpassed!!!!!!! One hell of a nmm paintjob. So convincing it looks like real metal!!! Gold
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thanks John :) I’m very happy that you like it! (Your vote weirdly didn’t register btw)
Olmo Castrillo
Awesome. Original and intense colours, really beautiful. Congratulations!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
^_^ happy to hear that
Roman LappatPLUS
What a crazy sculpt and a crazy paintjob!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
wowowow :) i’m really glad that you appreciate it, a lot of work went into this model, from concept to the final paint. Alberto Acquaviva really did an outstanding job, as he made both the concept and the sculpting for Kimera Models.
Jakob VPLUS
Amazing!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thank! :)
Laurent Aubry aka Pisco
Brilliant piece ! So much touch of light !
This kind of work inspires me !
Thank you
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Comments like this keeps me motivated, thank you!
George Tsougkouzidis
absolutly great work !!
Riccardo "RA" Agostini
Thank you very much :)
Bran
Sei un grande pittore, felice di averti trovato su Putty & Paint.