So this project marked a somewhat return of mojo for me. I struggled through the summer and knew I wanted to paint this figure but I decided to start by building the first stages of the base first so as to gain some inspiration and motivation. I love building bases and the more comfortable and happy I got with this one so I became more inspired and happy to put brush to figure.

This wonderful sculpt by Latorre straight from the off looked like a post apocalyptic figure but I wanted to do something different, I wanted to give my own interpretation. Theres a sense of the tribal to this figure, whether its Maori or native Indian or whatever. So I decided I was going to place him into a very natural setting as some sort of protector of Mother Earth and the land he lives and depends on.

I wanted a muted, harmonious colour palette with references to the tribal aspect, the design on the shield is an adaptation of some native Indian painting.

The composition of the base is aimed to be balanced and to form triangles leading the viewer to the figure despite the rather complex groundwork (I was absolutely stoked that Mike Blank at Euro this past weekend, where it took Bronze, loved the composition as we all know how powerful his pieces are!). I added the leather strap and shield, the aim of the cold colour to the shield is to further bring out the focal point, the figure itself with the warmer skin tone.

I hope you like it, thanks for your time
Jay

  • Sergey PopovichenkoPLUS

    Great job! Excellent base! Good painting!

    • Jay Martin (Redrum)

      Hey thank you so much. Always an honour to hear your words....

  • Demitris

    I think you worked very hard on this and it shows, I know the base got questioned but for me the ground work just make him look more menacing as he is up high, overseeing.

    • Jay Martin (Redrum)

      Thanks mate! Can’t please everyone, but I’m happy with it and that’s not what counts!

  • Steve 'Captain' Cornish

    superb basing as always mate!, your most natural piece so far i think, it comes together really nicely.

  • Nils Holmbergh

    Great work, especially on the basing.

  • Magnus FagerbergPLUS

    Beautiful job, love it!

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  • Jaroslav_Matejcek

    Gold my friend! Great work!

  • Ernest

    one of your best projects

  • Marc MussatPLUS

    had the pleasure of seeing it live at the Euro ! gret composition , fig and base !

    • Jay Martin (Redrum)

      Very kind Marc, and always a pleasure to talk to you!

  • NateZhang

    superb，！

  • Kristian Simonsen

    Super work!

  • Denniz Hedin SaloPLUS

    Great job, nice skinones and spot on with the freehand on the shield. Keep i up!

  • luisgomezpradal

    Cool composition..your mojo is back stronger!

  • Olga Kropotova

    Superb! Great skin tones and basing! Bravo Jay!

  • Sławomir Borysowski - "Sławol"

    Oh yes! Gold. Cheers, Sławol

  • smallsoldier (Scott Pasishnek)

    That's another beauty. Great painting and composition!

  • Blast Model

    Very good painting

  • pstockley

    Nice scene!

  • David Batista

    Como sabes pintamos esta figura casi a la vez, realmente mi versión es una mierda.., te felicito. Oro.

  • kingbingo

    Nice base and nice Colorpainting. Gold for you