14 November 2012

Kong's WIP thoughts - November #02

posted by roman, jarhead, kong




Hello to another thoughts from the Kong,

talking about WIPs, looking into the mirror, looking into the future of finished projects someday. I can talk bullyshit, yes. Let's start straight away with what I am up to these days.

 

Mainly we are working on finishing the books a lot of our supporters will recieve from our Indiegogo Campaign. The day all those many parcels will be delivered to our studio scares me already as we have to take them up without an elevator, yeaha!! What scares me most is still the signing a lot of books process. I am starting to dream about it already. Many thanks for all the support and the nice comments to all who are a part of this already.

If you are not a part of it yet - I can really recommand you to think twice. Help us to recieve another stretch goal and make the book content grow up 20%. For example - as a Monkey Tamer - donating 35,00 USD you will recieve:

- 100 page Figure Art Book Din A4 (maybe 120 pages soon!)
- Documentary Book Din A4
- Stickers, a bookmark and maybe more soon!

You'll have a lot of different options to support us there. We heard rumors about one person already thinking about a Jungle Cave Visit oO ...


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Ok, WIPs now. I'll show you what I am up to. Yesterday Raffa and I did spent a day of painting in the studio and what a great painting day it was. Sometimes we sat together, nothing to talk for hours and just painted and enjoyed music. Thanks to my bibab!

I am working on a truely big project again and the base is finally primed. Maybe some constant readers know what this will be. The epic battleground of Bellerophon on Pegasus getting it on with theChimera.


I smell mice ...

I was able to finish 2 projects yesterday, mostly. Just finished, nothing too fency but a joy to finish them up. I will deliver better photos sooner or later as these are kind of confusing due the lightning from the camera and the lamps of the cabinet. I am thinking about putting in about one more hour in each of the figures as I want to stretch the skin hihglights on the left ones muscles even higher by its contrast. On the right one I am thinking about giving the armoury parts some final glazes of grey to bring it all together and put away the focus on the strong edge highlights. Will do I guess.


Raffa started a big rat yesterday ... ahh mice! Uhm, nice!

Cabinet view.

blah! Even more mice!

Keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes
Roman
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13 comments:

  1. MrLeeNovember 14, 2012 at 1:20 PM

    Nice work as always. And I hope many others support your book project as well! Will post up something about it tomorrow, hope you don't mind that I used some of your photos from the Indiegogo page to show it off and drive the point home better!

    And let's go and cross that 25k line eh!

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  2. Roman aka jarNovember 14, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    M R Lee, you are welcome to do so, Mister. Many thanks!

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  3. SiggiNovember 14, 2012 at 2:45 PM

    The man with the bionics, is it a conversion of the Figone mini? Looks gooood^^
    Huge nice rat :D

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  4. Joe CoolNovember 14, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    What's that picture with the stipe in the jar ?
    Is that some kind of conservation process, so it does not rot later on ?

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  5. TimNovember 14, 2012 at 4:30 PM

    Hey Roman, I just signed up for your class at Adepticon on Friday night. Looking forward to meeting you in person.
    Tim

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  6. PhilNovember 14, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    Holy! What a base! This will be a piece where 'epic' as description truly fits.

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  7. Alex McCutcheonNovember 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM

    What's the rat figure?

    Also, who's spine is in the jar....

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  8. TuffskullNovember 14, 2012 at 5:32 PM

    Epic base. Just yesterday I thought about it, that we never saw more progress of it! he Rat is cool. Tell Raffa, that he can claim a provision from maelstrom because I will order one now! ;)

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  9. Roman aka jarNovember 15, 2012 at 12:38 PM

    @Siggi
    This one is one of the early sculpts of Allan Carrasco, which will be sold again by http://www.minisocles.fr/

    @Joe Cool
    These are mice bones which I did put into brushcleaner to destroy the smell of rotting death ... blah!

    @Tim
    Me too :)

    @Phil
    Holy Epic, hugh? In fact I am really looking forward to getting this project further as I know the potential about its epicness ;)

    @Alex
    Ex-Maelstrom Games is the rat figure from ... Spine in the jar? Check Joe Cool's answer I gave to him.

    @Tuffskull
    :)



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  10. MrLeeNovember 15, 2012 at 12:44 PM

    Glad to help on such a great project Roman..

    You can check the article here -

    http://mrleespaintingemporium.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/massive-voodoo-art-book-and-painting.html

    Cheers

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  11. grefvenNovember 15, 2012 at 3:42 PM

    If you wanna sell more copies and really make good money, you should consider adding the Happy Monk as an optional buy-in at certain pledge-level.

    I am sure that a majority would also pledge for the special Happy Monk, which surely would bring another $10-15,000 or so! That together with that such an option could also bring people that would pledge for your art book, could maybe bring another $5-10,000!

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  12. MatiNovember 15, 2012 at 8:25 PM

    Whoa that base is going to be awesome! Bring it on cpt. kong!

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  13. fig78November 16, 2012 at 8:46 PM

    the huge base is so nice !!!!
    and I know one of the mini ;)

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