Kekso wrote:I'm still amazed with your clean painting style.... and yes, I will repeat that few more times.
Wiking wrote:The opposite of my work.
Calm person, clear lines of paint, no action.
Thanks so much, Kekso and Wiking, you know, the author's identifying mark.
Peter wrote:Good to see a real "Santi" (= Saint) again!
Keep them coming my friend!
That's a very good pun, Peter. Yes, they will keep coming, but at low speed.
Bessiere wrote:I like your approach to this project in saving certain things for last. The most critical parts should always have the priority of time
Cheers,
Bessiere
To be honest, Bessiere, the figures I find the most difficult to paint are the halberdiers of the Swiss Guard, with their complex uniform of coloured stripes. If the priority was to leave the most complicated figures for last, you can be sure that these would have been the last ones, hahaha.
And here you have the complete representation of the College of Cardinals that will appear in the diorama. First a couple of pictures with the figures in a row, in front and rear view, and then two more in the procession form in which they will finally appear.
With the help of the following picture I can illustrate the current state of the diorama.
The six figures framed in red are the cardinals shown in this post. The figure in green is the Pope's assistant monsignor, already finished and shown in a previous post. And the figures framed in blue are the three members of the Swiss Guard also finished and shown (from left to right, sergeant, corporal and halberdier). The figure in yellow is the last halberdier that I have already started, and the three remaining figures are, from left to right also, the Swiss Guard officer, the Pope and the cross-bearer, which will come in succession.
Thank you for your patience and support, my friends.
Santi.