23 November 2011

Joy of basing

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

Aloa, jungle friends ...

It is about time to getting my cleaned workspace ready for ... uhm, yes some work finally :D

I was used to work with 3 lamps by Ikea with daylamp bulbs but somehow it felt after getting older that my eyes need some more light power. Battlefield-Berlin offered a solution as they have a very cool perfect Hobby Lamp to get my workspace ready for some action with good light again. I got to say that lamp isn't cheap - in fact all my 3 Ikea Lamps cost the same together, but there is a difference after assembling it to my workspace- here you can see my usual light I was used to work with:


Unpacking the new lamp:



And my workspace with the new lamp - hell yeah - I am looking forward to many hours on my workspace again and my old eyes will celebrate this magnificant light power. The Ikea Lamps are switched off in this photo - I guess you can see the same difference like I do - it really feels better as the daylight is a lot clearer than it was before.






Some more Danny Macaskill for keeping this post flavoured with a fine video and wonderful music again:




I was talking about working again after finishing the video cuts of Monte San Savino - I have prepared my next projects - the Goblin Spearman by RBG will be painted, based and prepared Allan Carrasco's Rhinotaure to paint it on the upcoming painting class for demonstration and explanation and there is also a little thinking old men getting some colour soon ... here you go - straight out of the process as usual - but with better light :)







Keep on happy painting all around the world!
Best Wishes

9 comments:

  1. What company is releasing the Rhino? I have been searching for him ever since I saw the green sculpture.

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  2. The Rhino is sculpted by Allan Carrasco:
    http://www.allancarrasco.net/en/welcome/index.html

    There is no company that sells it. I would suggest that you write directly to Allan via mail.

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  3. Der Typ in dem Vid hats ja echt drauf ! :-)
    Ist das graue auf dem Sockel Milliput ?
    Lister

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  4. @Lister
    Please remember that this is an international blog - language mixes are maybe hard for others to read.

    In this case it is not Milliput - it is Magic Sculp. For basing there is not much difference between those two, for sure there is in sculpting.

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  5. Now I know what I want for christmas! :D Thank you Roman!

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  6. Im try find the lamp in the spanish marquet.. but is very dificult.. :(

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  7. Roman,
    Thanks for the info about the lamp. Could you tell me a bit more - like the temperature of light (we've been using 4000K for some time, and it's hard to find anything in the 5000-5600K range here) or the type of lightbulb there. At Battlefield Berlin's site I saw it's a fluorescent lamp, but I am not sure if we would be able to find replacement bulbs here or would we have to buy them abroad via the internet again.
    You know, a lot of the difference a lamp makes is in the bulb, so I am really curious.

    Thanks lots and keep enjoying what you do!
    Mahon

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  8. @Ayalejo + Mahon
    I first saw this lamp at my painting class in Munich from 2 participants and I found out Battlefield Berlin got them in stock, but not many as far as I knew. It ain't easy to get them. I have searched too and as far as I know they are coming from the UK.

    I am not sure if I am the perfect guy talking about technical stuff :D - but I try:

    Ok, I seem to stupid - I don't get much information from the lamps box ... I try again next week as I am pretty busy at the moment with too many things and got to leave tomorrow for a painting class ... please be patient and if somebody finds out by himself, please don't hesitate to share your information with us here!

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  9. @Ayalejo try diotronic.com, search for item code VTLAMP6 (or go to one of their shops, if there is one in your city). It looks a lot similar to this one. Their main business is electronics, but they are a good and cheap source tools like tiny pliers, files or clamps.

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