My latest delve into the historical figures was Ruruik, prince of Holmgard. I was given this miniature by my friend Jan Soukup and I decided to paint it right away in the middle of my other paintings. I`ve decided to limit myself on this miniature, using acrylics from Scale 75 and a limited palette, which would be maybe more grounded and feel natural. I used a lot of yellow oxide, pink flesh, white, black, burnt sienna umber and mainly raw umber, which I`ve fallen in love with completely. Such a lovely colour!
The painting is OK. There are things, which I like - the realistic feeling skin tone, which is not blended as much and the colour harmony, which I`ve somehow managed to support by the limited palette. However, there are things I do not like and maybe will change, if I`ll take it co some competitions - the nmm lacks contrast and is horrendous, on the sword. Needs a lot of corrections. Then the fur on the shoulders is sculpted horribly and painted as ass. I understand that it looks well on the sculpt, but it is not enjoyable to paint. And finally, the eyes. The are very small and I repainted them like 6 times and then finally said that I have to move on. So I did. Oh, and the piece was heavily inspired by Marc MAsclans` version of this miniature. Beautiful rough stuff and so different from other versions painted, which have less "modern feel to it".
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