Here are some tips from Ryder Gaddis, one of our very excellent painters, about how he pulled off the flames on the Fire Demon. I have put up the images with both the black and the white background he sent to us when he was finished. I think each background shows off the model in a different and unique way.
“The demon was, I believe, the most challenging figure I’ve painted to date, what with all the surface area in the nooks and crannies and ocl reflecting every which way within the limbs.”
“Here’s a shot I took of the demon after I primed him. I primed him black, then masked the body and sprayed the top flames white. After that, I went back and misted the other flames and surrounding areas. With Dupli-Color primer you can do this because it’s so thin. With a black base (my usual method) the flames would not have been as vibrant, no matter how many coats of white you put on top!”
You can see more of Ryder’s excellent work at http://nullhorizon.com
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Interesting… thanks
it will be useful, I think
Ryder Gaddis,
An excellent job on a complex figure! I will certainly employ your painting method, as the flames leaping from the body give the impression of being violently hot.
I think a nice touch would have been some smoke rising from around the taloned foot touching the ground. Perhaps this could be achieved by using grey thread that has been frayed or cotton soaked in grey paint, dried, and pulled with a heavy dose of a flat spray to keep them stiff?
Robert Paschen
Thanks Robert, good luck with trying the effect. Great idea about smoke curls–I’d like to see how that would turn out. I’ll consider it for a future fig!
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