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Daniel
Serrano.
When I started to paint miniatures
figures (I started seriously in
1994), I could never imagine that
some time later I’ll had to write my
own store. It’s funny but quite
embarrassing, so let’s go…
My
name is Mássimo Pasquali, I was born
in 1971 in Bologne, where I live
today. My life has changed since
October because I got married after
a 13 years relationship so my life
changed for better since then.
I
work in Politics communications so I
don’t have the time I would like to
paint, what I try to do daily but
not as much as I would like.
As
I said, I dedicated myself to
miniature painting since 1994
although I had some experience with
kits some years ago. I started
painting vehicles and airplanes but
I loved to put them in dioramas or
vignettes. I still have a lot of
them that I keep with love.
As
I started in High School I left the
hobby for a year but a friend of
mine introduced me again the passion
for it so we joined in early ’90 the
model society in Bologne “I Gobbi
Maledetti”. After a year I was its
president. Being there was a great
experience for me and for the hobby
because it helped me to find my way
and my place in the hobby,
increasing my technical capacities
and, of course, meeting very good
friends. It was there where I met
the formerly known Andrea Tessarini
and other associates that showed me
first the techniques, other painted
figures, so real and beautiful… that
was love at first sight. At that
point I decided to start learning
and painting.
At
the beginning I used acrylics,
enamels, oils… trying to emulate
(with poor success) those figures I
saw in magazines or in shows. In the
second show I assisted I got the
second award that became my starting
line to improve day by day.
Another date I remember most was in
September 1996 where I had success
with Andrea Tessarini and a couple
of friends in the Euromilitaire show
at Folkestone. That place was a
meeting point with some masters as
Bill Horan, Derek Hansen, Martin
Livingstone, Adrian Bay, Jesus
Gamarra and many others. For me it
was like a dream to visit England
and meet those guys and watch their
works in live, after watching them
in pictures and magazines (like the
Verlinden one). I couldn’t sleep
that night because I saw Bill
Horan’s last work in live.
Nowadays I can say that I’ve
assisted to a lot of shows, maybe
more important than the
Euromilitaire but the feelings I had
in Folkestone were unique and very
rich because attending de
demonstrations I resolved a lot of
doubts that I had with oils, a
technique that I’ve been using since
then.
Going to shows in Italy and outside
made me grow personally and as a
hobby fan. I have to thank Fabio
Nunnari who helped me to meet other
guys. Most of them foreigners.
Another very important person for me
has been Gianfranco Speranza, who I
have to thank because of those hours
spent at the phone trying to explain
me his techniques, color theory and
giving me advices. I’ve spent very
good moments with him and Diego
Ruina ,Pietro Balloni, Andrea
Tessarini , Luca Baldino, Daviz Díez
, the Cannone brothers and a lot of
other ones with who I’ve spent great
times in Italy and the whole world,
with moments that I’ll remember
always.
A
show that I enjoy very much is Saint
Vincent’s, one of the best events in
the last years, with a great
attention and where I saw the work
of some of the best ones in the
hobby. Since 1997, when I joined for
the first time, I’ve never missed
any edition, making there new
friends.
I
don’t have a preferred scale. I love
History and I love to depict it
through miniatures. Even I don’t
have problems with any scale, I
rather paint more 54mm and busts
because I’m very slow painting.
But if I had to choose one, I’ll
pick 70mm, they are not too big and
you can have a great detail like in
the old 54mm ones.
I
couldn’t remark a favourite
manufacturer above all but I have to
say that because of the friendship
and collaboration with members of
Pegaso Models, I lay the balance to
Pegaso, one of the bests at the
moment with Elite, Latorre, Art
Girona and the close and stainless
Metal Modeles. I have to confess my
weakness to Poste Militaire’s
pieces, sculpted by Mike Good, Derek
Hansen and Julian Hullis, I collect
them all and sooner or later I’ll
paint them all.
After all these years, going to
shows, I’ve met a lot of people who
have had a great influence in my
painting style. I’ve mentioned some
of them but I can’t forget David
Lane and Hardy Tempest in England,
Mike Blank in Sweden, Michael Seitz
in Germany, Philippe Parrison &
Daniel Ipperti en Francia , Mariano
Numitone y Nello Rivieccio en
Italia.
I
have a lot of friends in Spain who I
admire, Pepe Gallardo, Luis Esteban
Laguardia , Jose Hernandez, but
three of them have had a lot of
influence in my painting, Raul
Latorre, Rodrigo Hernandez Chacon
and Juan Carlos Ávila, I’ve been
studying their work for years trying
to imitate them. All of them plus
Mike Blank and Gianfranco Speranza
have been the ones whose influence
is bigger in my painting during the
last years.
I’ve been honoured with a lot of
awards. I remember with joy my first
award in Folkestone, a highly
commended in 1998, the gold medals
in Calenzano, Ingolstadt, Atene,
Lione, Girona, Siviglia, Milano,
California and others. One of them
in Kolkestone in 2003, in the World
Expo, Le Petit Soldat or Boston,
with the masters I admire since the
beginning!!
But better than medals, the best
award has been the harm of all the
masters and my known style, where
I’ve found my own path in this world
of scale figures.
I
consider myself lucky as I’ve lived
two ages in the world of miniatures,
when I started to paint most of the
today techniques didn’t exist and
the quality of the figures was far
below as the paint. Today there are
no limits.
Those days you couldn’t find
articles or step by step techniques
that you can find today. Today you
can see everything about latest
shows and Masters due to the
communication but those past years
it was really hard to know what
painting techniques did the masters
use (as an example of that, we
didn’t know the Vallejo or Andrea
paints).
It
was really hard to improve but today
it’s easier and fast but we’ve lost
the magic of watching a new figure
for the first time. The
demonstrations and techniques of the
masters can be reachable by everyone
thanks to magazines, internet… and
some of the modellers can think that
the articles are repetitive. I think
we are losing that emotion in
discovering new techniques or
figures and it can be bad for the
hobby.
My
finish line in this beautiful
activity, that I would like to do
forever, is to keep feeling emotion
and having fun painting these
marvellous miniatures, trying to
update them to these days and
keeping loving this exceptional art
form like the first day.
Greetings and Thank you.
Massimo
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