I had seen some previews of the sculpt by Lucas Pina on the Spira Mirabilis facebook page and immediately knew I had to get one as soon as it was available… I loved both the subject, style and actual sculpt. It also looked like the cast was great too, so when I saw that it was out early at the world model expo it was one of the first things I bought!

If you’ve been following Stockholm Warpaint over on our http://www.facebook.com/stockholmwarpaintfacebook page you might have seen this bust already… I posted an album with the finished bust against a dark grey background a while back.

This 1/12 scale little guy was a complete joy to paint and I actually took my time on this one and took proper pictures of every painting-step for a tutorial that is on it’s way! For the time being however here’s the finished bust!

I’ve painted a couple slightly larger pieces recently and it’s a lot of fun being able to add more detail than you normal would be able to when painting smaller stuff. The freehand pattern and texture on his shirt and belt are examples of this, as well as the aged skin with all the liver spots etc..

It took about 20 hours to finish this one (but that’s including all the extra time it took photographing all the steps and stuff…)

Thanks for checking this out! For more stuff from me and my friends visit http://www.stockholmwarpaint.comwww.stockholmwarpaint.com

  • Alex ✍

    I really like the texture on the skin! Best

  • John Margiotta "BloodASmedium"PLUS

    Dude your killing the bust scene..have you found a knew love for busts.

    • Max Faleij

      haha thanks dude, these are actually a couple months old just haven't gotten around to posting them here.. been mostly GW stuff the past months, got a good 5 or 6 pieces that are finished but not photo'd yet.. :)

  • Kyle "Mr Lee" Cruickshank

    Fantastic work here! Great work! Love the texture on the skin there! Saved for future reference!

  • Roman LappatPLUS

    You are definatly turning into one of my favourite painters with those skills!

  • Thomas Wasch

    This dwarf looks so amazing. Definitly one of the best skin works i have seen so far

  • Matt CexwishPLUS

    Easily the coolest version of this incredible sculpt... Your different spots on the skin make this look extremely realistic and interesting... Gold again! :D