WIP Officer of the Royal Ecossais Regiment,Circa 1740's

[MarquisMini]

Hello Planeteers,
I have been waiting quite sometime to get this figure, i am switching jobs and little time to work on my beloved miniatures but decided to take few hours to work on this likely Lad.
I have seen reviews on this figure from.Carrano, i believe there are few areas that have been critisized, Especially the head and face expression , i particularily did not like the original head and replaced it with a spare head of the no longer and dissapear JMD miniatures thst i jad on another figure that did not make it to the glorious stand of figures lol.
So, here we are, with a much nicer face and typical french snobby officer air.
This lad will with a Scottish noble officer in French Service of the Regiment Royal Ecossais around 1740/1750.
Cheers

 

[Viking Bob]

Daniel,
Nice to see you back and with another excellent looking figure, can't wait to see your magic on this one.

 

[maui]

The face seems good to me, I think only to touch up some detail to better highlight the expression of the face

 

[MarquisMini]

Daniel,
Nice to see you back and with another excellent looking figure, can't wait to see your magic on this one.

Thanks my friend

 

[MarquisMini]

The face seems good to me, I think only to touch up some detail to better highlight the expression of the face

Thanks Maui, the head /face was painted 8 years ago and will be repainted once i apply the primer.
Cheers

 

[MarquisMini]

I have added the side curls , turndown collar and lace on the coat ( left side for now).
I've got rid of the lace from the belt down on the vest as per the regiment regulation .

 

[Oda]

Back on the saddle for you Daniel!Jolly good to see you working again.Amaze us once more mate.
Oda.

 

[MarquisMini]

Back on the saddle for you Daniel!Jolly good to see you working again.Amaze us once more mate.
Oda.

Thanks Oda

 

[MarquisMini]

I've primed the figure as usual with Self Etching car primer, i am surprise on how good it adheres to this type of surface.
I layed the base color for the hat using a mix of scale 75 grafitte grey and vallejo German grey...

 

[arj]

That figure looks so much better with the head transplant.
Nice progress with the brush work.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Nap]

Hi Daniel

Great to have you posting your work as always good to see , like the replacement head and clean artwork on the flesh

As always your attention to the uniform details are interesting and shows your knowledge of the period

Looking forward to seeing the flag being painted with the folds

Following with interest

Thanks for sharing

Nap

PS Hope new job is going well

 

[Wings5797]

All looking very good Daniel.
Cheers
Keith

 

[MarquisMini]

That figure looks so much better with the head transplant.
Nice progress with the brush work.

Cheers,
Andrew

Thanks so much andrew
Cheers

 

[MarquisMini]

Hi Daniel

Great to have you posting your work as always good to see , like the replacement head and clean artwork on the flesh

As always your attention to the uniform details are interesting and shows your knowledge of the period

Looking forward to seeing the flag being painted with the folds

Following with interest

Thanks for sharing

Nap

PS Hope new job is going well

Thanks mate, Flag will be a challenge

 

[MarquisMini]

All looking very good Daniel.
Cheers
Keith

Glad to have you on board my friend

 

[MarquisMini]

I have layed the base cokor for the coat using scale 75 Abyssal blue.
The collar and cuffs are scale 75 Blood red, and the vest and troussers are vallejo game Gory red .

 

[Nap]

Hi Daniel

Even in base colours he looks good !!

Looking forward to seeing more on this one

Happy days

Nap

 

[Wings5797]

Wow Daniel, those subdued base colour tones, as Kev said, look realistic for a battle-weary Ensign.
He will be a real beauty if you can pull them onto the finished figure.
Keep up the superb work here Mate.
Cheers
Keith

 

[megroot]

That face is great.
Looking forward to t he next steps.

Marc

 

[MarquisMini]

Hi Daniel

Even in base colours he looks good !!

Looking forward to seeing more on this one

Happy days

Nap

Thanks mate!