WIP GREEK BRONZE

PaulW · Jan 28, 2025

This is my first figure post. I have been working on the armour of this Mycenaean heavy infantry man.
I have wet blended bronze, gold and silver over a copper base. The figure has an awful lot of texture on the armour, I assume to produce the beaten treatment in the armourers forging process.
I'm quite happy with it and have thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Your thoughts will be appreciated.

Landrotten Highlander · Jan 28, 2025

For a moment I thought I was looking at a photograph of a real armour in some museum photo-room

Briggsy · Jan 28, 2025

Beautiful use of metallics, very impressive. Out of interest what scale is it?

Cheers Simon

PaulW · Jan 28, 2025

Landrotten Highlander said:
For a moment I thought I was looking at a photograph of a real armour in some museum photo-room

Thank you. I was going to try none metallic, but thought I had best stay with what I know.

PaulW · Jan 28, 2025

Briggsy said:
Beautiful use of metallics, very impressive. Out of interest what scale is it?

Cheers Simon

Thanking you kindly. I always had difficulty with metallics, but I'm happy with this one.
He's a 3D print in 75mm from El Greco.

Malkie · Jan 29, 2025

This is something very different and a little intriguing, brilliant use of metallics.

Malkie

Nap · Jan 29, 2025

Hi Paul

Great to see what your working on , interesting subject to choose and definately one for armour painters

I agree with LH looks like a museum piece .....nice work so far ...are you stippling to surface

Be interested in seeing what metallics your using

This might be of interest
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mycenaean-warrior-from-altores-studio.78750/

Look forward to seeing more

Have fun @ the bench

Nap

Here’s a museum original piece

PaulW · Jan 29, 2025

Malkie said:
This is something very different and a little intriguing, brilliant use of metallics.

Malkie

Thank you. I thought exactly the same about this subject.

PaulW · Jan 29, 2025

Nap said:
Hi Paul

Great to see what your working on , interesting subject to choose and definately one for armour painters

I agree with LH looks like a museum piece .....nice work so far ...are you stippling to surface

Be interested in seeing what metallics your using

This might be of interest
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mycenaean-warrior-from-altores-studio.78750/

Look forward to seeing more

Have fun @ the bench

Nap

Here’s a museum original piece
View attachment 704723

Thank you Nap.
It is an unusual subject. To be honest it isn't one I'd normally go for, but for my first piece I wanted to push my comfort-zone.
Thank you for the link, that is a beautiful figure and is wonderfully animated. Unfortunately, their site is for sale?

I'm wet blending on the figure itself using two brushes, one new and one old.
The paints used are from Scale 75.

MalcC · Jan 29, 2025

Landrotten Highlander said:
For a moment I thought I was looking at a photograph of a real armour in some museum photo-room

ditto.

Very nice work.

Malc

Stephen B · Jan 29, 2025

It would be difficult for an infantryman to move very far in this armour. I suspect whoever wore it would have been fighting from a chariot.

Nap · Jan 30, 2025

Stephen B said:
It would be difficult for an infantryman to move very far in this armour. I suspect whoever wore it would have been fighting from a chariot.

Indeed Stephen ,

These might be of interest to folk

https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mycenaean-chariot-xv-c-b-c.118305/

https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mycenaean-chariot.281389/

Nap

Oda · Jan 30, 2025

Very recently there were some experimental tests here in Greece in a multi-discipinary approach where an exact replica of the Dendra armour was used.The suit of armour was constructed after careful measurments of the original by armourer Katsikis Demitrios (Hellenic Armours on FB). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301494
The results may surprise you.

Oda.

PaulW · Jan 30, 2025

MalcC said:
ditto.

Very nice work.

Malc

Thank you Malc.

PaulW · Jan 30, 2025

Stephen B said:
It would be difficult for an infantryman to move very far in this armour. I suspect whoever wore it would have been fighting from a chariot.

It was primarily use for a chariot mounted warrior. There is evidence that fighting on foot could be sustained wearing this type of armour.

PaulW · Jan 30, 2025

Oda said:
Very recently there were some experimental tests here in Greece in a multi-discipinary approach where an exact replica of the Dendra armour was used.The suit of armour was constructed after careful measurments of the original by armourer Katsikis Demitrios (Hellenic Armours on FB). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301494
The results may surprise you.

Oda.

This is very interesting. Experimental archaeology is always the best way to product results on historical items.

Steve27 · Feb 4, 2025

Hi Paul,
I have this figure in the stash and am looking forward to the paint. Which shield did you opt for? I think I went for one that looked like it is clad with leather or cloth maybe. Not sure of any historical references for these.
Cheers Steve

...Great bronze finish BTW.

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