smudger1960
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I thought i would follow on from my previous posting with another U-Boat subject,this is a bust of Erich Topp one of the famous U-Boat comanders from WW2,Topp was the 4th highest scoring U-boat ace in terms of tonnage sunk 192.599 tons resulting from 35 sinkings.
The bust is produced by Beneito and is cast in white metal and the scale is 180mm.
Upon assembling the piece i found some of the casting and sculpting to be quite poor,there was a lot of sink holes and pitting on the metal's surface which required filling with milliput,add to that the beard and hair area's wer'e not very well defined so i sculpted my own again with milliput.
As i have an interest in the u-boat history i could'nt resist having this one in my collection,aside from the few things i mentioned earlier the bust is pretty good although some care must be taken when joing the periscope to the bust.
Painting of the flesh area's was achieved using oils over acrylic basecoats,the beard and hair wer'e painted in different shades of brown acrylic and toned down with washes of GW sepia inks.
The denim blouse which was worn by all ranks on a u-boat i decided to paint in a shade of field grey,this was also finished in oils over acrylic basecoats.
Weathering was very important here as the conditions on the u-boat wer'e very poor and unhygenic,clothing would soon become soiled with dirt and grease and this would be very evident on the clothing as well as the hands and face in some cases,the type of weathering on this bust i wanted to show signs of grease/oil/dirt so i applied it sparingly to the blouse and hands.
weathering was also completed on the periscope with rust and watermarks evident as well as areas of metal showing through,the peaked cap was also weathered with some umber again to replicate the dirt/grease.
I decided to add the brest eagle above the right breast pocket as the blouse dosent have one,this i cose to paint on and highlight and shade accordingly to make it stand out a little,i'm sorry to say that i painted it a little bigger than it should have been but i have decided to leave it as it is now.
The bust has been about for some time now,i brought this in 2000 from Euro and had it in my loft,forgot i had it to be honest
,anyway for anyone interested it is still availble from Historexagents.com and retails for arroung £35.
I hope you enjoy this one and coments and critisism are always welcome.
Happy painting - Brian :lol:
The bust is produced by Beneito and is cast in white metal and the scale is 180mm.
Upon assembling the piece i found some of the casting and sculpting to be quite poor,there was a lot of sink holes and pitting on the metal's surface which required filling with milliput,add to that the beard and hair area's wer'e not very well defined so i sculpted my own again with milliput.
As i have an interest in the u-boat history i could'nt resist having this one in my collection,aside from the few things i mentioned earlier the bust is pretty good although some care must be taken when joing the periscope to the bust.
Painting of the flesh area's was achieved using oils over acrylic basecoats,the beard and hair wer'e painted in different shades of brown acrylic and toned down with washes of GW sepia inks.
The denim blouse which was worn by all ranks on a u-boat i decided to paint in a shade of field grey,this was also finished in oils over acrylic basecoats.
Weathering was very important here as the conditions on the u-boat wer'e very poor and unhygenic,clothing would soon become soiled with dirt and grease and this would be very evident on the clothing as well as the hands and face in some cases,the type of weathering on this bust i wanted to show signs of grease/oil/dirt so i applied it sparingly to the blouse and hands.
weathering was also completed on the periscope with rust and watermarks evident as well as areas of metal showing through,the peaked cap was also weathered with some umber again to replicate the dirt/grease.
I decided to add the brest eagle above the right breast pocket as the blouse dosent have one,this i cose to paint on and highlight and shade accordingly to make it stand out a little,i'm sorry to say that i painted it a little bigger than it should have been but i have decided to leave it as it is now.
The bust has been about for some time now,i brought this in 2000 from Euro and had it in my loft,forgot i had it to be honest
,anyway for anyone interested it is still availble from Historexagents.com and retails for arroung £35.I hope you enjoy this one and coments and critisism are always welcome.
Happy painting - Brian :lol:
