FIN: Song of the Satyrs

by Roman aka jar

Hey Jungle
and welcome to 2020!

Let's get the Massive Voodoo Jungle rolling on into this new decade.
What can be better than to start with some fresh new painted projects?

I am proud to present to you one of my recent paintjobs I finished in 2019:

Song of the Satyrs
Sculpt by Lucas Pina
painted in 2019



"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything."

– Plato




Let me introduce you to the members of the band
and their roles:

- Racoon

He is just playing the pan flute making everyone on the dancefloor shake their hips.

- Hamster

Time to throw your hands around as the little hamster is shaking up the place like a salt shaker. A little curious
and insecure if he is good with the rythm of the band. He is the newest member to the band. He hopes to be
accepted after his premiere.

- Frog

He is really an introvert. He is responsible to bring bass to the crowd. He focuses all his
energies to drop that bass at the right timing.

- Bird:

He is the lead singer. He is cute, but still quite the tyrann when it comes to forcing everyone to
fullfill his vision of a perfect perfomance.

- Ginger Satyr

He is just up to hit the strings at the right time to let everyone dream away.

- Grey Satyr

Supercalm guy.











You can find more photos via:
https://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/23735
https://www.romanlappat.com/miniatures/song-of-the-satyrs

This double bust is up for sale.
Feel invited to check back with the following link to see my PDF cataloge on projects I got on sale. Thank you for your support in my art, work and passion:
https://www.romanlappat.com/uploads/RomanLappat_MiniatureArt_2017.pdf

So far, always let the music in!
Keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes,
Roman
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Posted On 06 January 2020 at 7:50 AM

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

by Roman aka jar

Hello Jungle readers,

we wish you all a merry Christmas with your loved ones,
a time to calm down and relax and cherish time together.

We want to thank
you for enjoying the massive jungle, reading in here, commenting, visiting our tutorial section or reviews and for linking us up. Thank you!

First, we can prepare you for something big, coming at you in the new year:



Secondly, there is Music that fits perfectly to the holiday season ...



May your holidays filled with joy in your hearts!
Warm greetings from the jungle!

Roman,
in the name of the MV-Team


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Posted On 25 December 2019 at 6:16 PM

SBS: Batman Fan-Art on Canvas

by Roman aka jar

Hello Jungle, 

another step by step
 - and something alternative to miniature painting.

In 2019 I rediscovered my joy in painting on canvas once in a while as a pure hobby.
As I am a big Batman fan I really had the urge to paint a fan art for myself. Here are the steps to it - I hope you enjoy!


1. Basic Sketch in blue, second serious sketch in red (both markers)



2. Using black marker on top to really get serious now.



3. Slapping in acrylic color ...


4. Gotham City is burning ...


5. More definition in blue areas ...


6. Fire burns and lights up from below ... a very common miniature painting technique too.



7. Needed Highlights, used a white marker to bring them back ...



8. Everywhere, also starting with the Bat himself ... already saw that his legs would be too long if I make him stand on that roof.


Added gargoyles to the black area with pure white ...


Now it works ...


9. Tinted everything that was white in blue and placed more oranges ... not the fruits.


10. Using black to work out the dark areas again ...


11. Started to add bat swarms ...



12. Finalized black and dark areas, reworked oranges here and there and called it done after about 30 hours of painting work.

The Dark Knight
90x70 Canvas
Mixed Media





I hope you like it!
It now is part of my living room. Really happy about it!
What do you think?

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Posted On 18 December 2019 at 7:01 AM

Review: Private Coaching with Oliver

by Roman aka jar

Good Morning Jungle,

as I was teaching quite a lot in the last couple of months I got some reviews for you incoming through the next couple of weeks. This one is about a cool two day private coaching I did with Oliver, who visited me in the Massive Voodoo Studio ...



Thank you, Oliver for two beautiful days and your interesting topic. Thank you for your trust in my teachings since such a long time!

Let's hear Oliver's perspective on the Coaching:

"Dear readers,
I had the pleasure to visit a two day private Coaching with Roman and would like to give you a little insight into this great time and Romans talents not only as an artist but also as a human beeing.

But first let me give a brief introduction of myself.
My name is Oliver and I have visited my first class with Roman more than 5 years ago. Since then my life changed a lot. In my career I took over more and more responsibilities and at the same time I got married and now have a little daughter. As a consequence I had not held a brush for nearly two years. I booked this coaching in late spring and now was exactly the right time to enjoy it. I felt I was close to breaking down to the jobs stress, having been on the road more than 70 nights this year. But during this two days I got the chance to calm down and come back to inner peace.

For my project I had two ideas prepared.
The first one would have been fairly common with putting a great miniature into a dark forest with an intense light source on her. The other idea was a bit more special and I was very pleased that Roman agreed to guide me through the process in spite of the fact that he has never done or seen anything similar before.

In 2017 my wife and myself visited Sweden and we especially enjoyed our days in Visby on the island of Gotland. During this time I took a nice picture with an overview of parts of the town, contrasting the mideval structures, buildings from the 19th century as well as some 20th century houses.


This picture has been on my mind since this vacation. I wanted to convert it into something special, using lessons I learned at Romans classes and create something purely unique. My idea was to put into a modern relief by building the structures and physically place them in front of each other.

As a first stept Roman helped me getting into a planning phase. How can we create the feeling of three dimensions in a flatter environment. He showed me theory about focal points and how 90° angles appear into projections. With this idea in mind he asked me to create a scetch on paper to identify which are the important parts of the picture and which can be simplified. In the end I found 4 layers I wanted to bring into the picture.

Before the class I scouted my old materials and found a nice little box that had roughly the size of an A4 sheet of paper. This was the perfect frame for the idea and determined the size of the creation.

The next step was to convert the scetch from paper to a first 3D image by using cork and cutting out the shapes of the buildings I wanted to use. This was followed by cutting the shapes out of thin wood in a more precise way to get a better painting base.




This is basically the level I had envisioned before we started working on that. But Roman had an idea to push me further. Why just paint the different angles if you have the freedom to build them up? And to emphasize the perspective even further use different levels of elevation for the different layers.




As a next step some help for the paint job later was applied. Windows and doors were glued onto the buildings and some putty was applied to create a rough surface was applied. For the building of the front layer also rain drains and roof tiles were added.



Now on the second day at roughly lunch time it was time to start applying color and bring life into the diorama. As usual I started with black and white priming



The following hours were used to apply more base colors and scetch the overall impression. As a final touch a lot of green flock was added to support the 3d feeling and cover up parts were I did not want to go into too much detail.



Some additional painting sessions at home followed were I enjoyed Romans quick support that comes with the coaching. As a last detail I added a little flag of Gotland and proudly present to you: 

Visby



In a retrospective
I cannot describe how happy I am that I was able to get this coaching. 
I was in a very dark spot and Roman did not only find some good advice to let me think about what is currently going on but also had a perfect feeling how much guidance I needed. I was unsecure and often asked what he thinks and on many occasions he just replied "you don't need me, trust your gut". I am already looking forward to the next opportunity to spend time with Roman to create something special, be it a private coaching or a work shop."

- Oliver




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If you want to learn from me
in your very own private coaching session, do not hesitate to contact me for further details via
jarhead---at---massivevoodoo---dot---com

2019 is closed in terms of private coaching and fully booked, plans for sessions in the first half of 2020 are in the making. I will be there for you and your personal growth as a painter!




You can find more information
about upcoming group workshops via this banner



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Posted On 16 December 2019 at 9:31 AM

Info: Workshop Updates!

by Roman aka jar

Hi Jungle people,

the roadmap for 2020 fills up and I am all excited about it! Thank you all for signing in!
Really looking forward to meet you for your personal hands on miniature painting level up with me!

Update on all seminars in this list and ...
one new workshop is now ready to be announced:


 Augsburg, Germany 
// 25th - 26th April 2020  2 day Skintone & Faces Masterclass
german language - 0/16 - Information PDF
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Roadmap 2020 overview   
- here are the dates and topics for 2020. Red are upcoming seminars,
green are the ones in the past. Check for the reviews on the green ones.
You can find so far enrolled student numbers behind the seminars.
All seminars in Augsburg will take place as soon as we got up to six students!

Actual planning on seminars in Augsburg, Madrid and New York for the first or seond half of 2020.
As soon as information is available it will be linked in here.

First half of 2020___________________________________
Bern, Switzerland - Info Mail soon!
// 31st January - 2nd February 2020  3 day Beginner Workshop
german language - 28/18 - Information PDF 
IMPORTANT: The price per student is not the one mentioned in the PDF,
due this is an international class with travel cost, room rent, etc.
Check back with the official announcement here!

Madrid, Spain - Signing up possible until 20th December
// 29th February 2020 1 day Speedpainting Masterclass
english language - 12/2 - Information PDF
more information!

Madrid, Spain - Signing up possible until 20th December
// 1st March 2020 1 day OSL Masterclass
english language - 12/3 - Information PDF
more information!


Augsburg, Germany
// 13rd March - 15th March 2020  3 day Beginner Workshop
german language - 24/26 - Information PDF

Augsburg, Germany
// 18th April 2020  1 day Speedpainting Masterclass
german language - 0/20 - Information PDF

Augsburg, Germany
// 19th April 2020  1 day Object Source Light Masterclass
german language - 1/16 - Information PDF

Augsburg, Germany
 // 25th - 26th April 2020  2 day Skintone & Faces Masterclass
german language - 0/20 - Information PDF

 St. Albans, UK
// 15th - 17th May 2020 3 day Advanced Workshop
english language - 18/0 - Information PDF (fee will vary due international seminar) to sign up, write an email to: journeymanminiatures---at---gmail---dot---com


If you have any questions or want to sign up please send a mail to Roman:
jarhead---at---massivevoodoo---dot---com


You can find this roadmap linked up
to the right navigation bar of Massive Voodoo :)
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Posted On 13 December 2019 at 1:00 PM

Musica

by Roman aka jar

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Posted On 07 December 2019 at 3:20 PM

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