Andrea Hussar Bust

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I would love to sat that I have got some work done on the bust. But work plus bad cold plus inability to mix a half way decent flesh colour means nothing done. :(
 
I have stripped the horrible flesh attempts off and redone the enamel undercoat. I have used Bill Horans mix for this. I have also pre shaded the shadow areas as per the excellent piece by Lou Masses in a recent Historical Miniatures. Hopefully I will get some fleash done this weekend and make a proper attempt at it.
 
John, have you made a decision yet on the regiment? Is it going to be the 5th or another one?
(Could it be that the box art picture shows a hussar of the 9th regiment?)

Well, I guess it's a tough choice... I can imagine that you'd wish you could have five busts to paint different regiments. :lol:
 
John,

The colour for the 3rd was "gris argentin" if I'm correct... seems one of those rather vague colour descriptions like "aurore" and "capucine".... what kind of grey would that be?
 
Hello,

Gris argentin translates as "Silver Grey". By what I have seen, I would describe it as a light-medium grey with a slight blue tinge. Is is lighter that Gris-de-fer, that is "Iron Grey".

Regarding these peculiar colour names, I believe they were common at those times, and would not sound odd then, as they sound to us now. Some of them probably were very much theoretical and hard to distinguish, specially after some fading - take, for instance, orange, aurore and capucine, all three tonal variations of orange, and all three employed as facing colour by several Chasseurs à Cheval regiments.

BTW, if you have on hand the movie "The Duellists", D'Hubert, the character Keith Carradine interprets, is an officer in the 3ème Hussards.

HTH,

Dani
 
OK I admit I am a bit slow on this one. I WILL get some MEANINGFUL work done on it this weekend. This means getting some flesh painted and getting it right.
Be patient Robin, I saw something at the local market today and bought it for you. It is something that you have told me you wanted for a long time now . It is very heavy and will be posted tomorrow .
 
I have finally got a base flesh coat on the bust that I am happy with. I will start putting in the shadows and highlights today. The guy does look very strange without his moustache attached!.
 

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The flesh tones are looking good John. I know they will look even better as you get the bordering areas painted too.

guy
 
I agree with Guy, John...what a great flesh base...I can't wait to see how he comes to life with the highlights and shading...
Top job my brother! (y)
All the best


Patrick
 
Well here we go folks, I have laid in a bit more paint on the bust. i am trying to get the light source as being the right hand side of the face. Please post some comments on what you think.
 

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I like what you have done so far. I like the sideways glance. I think the eyes could benefit from some more definition. You could outline the upper lid with a dark brown color, and the lower lid with something like Mars Orange.
 

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