WIP ECW - Officer of the King's Lifeguard of Foot - 1643 Sarnia Miniatures

Graham · Mar 22, 2018

Made a false start on this yesterday so it spent a while in the Dettol...... Got off to a better start today though blocking in the face and his wonderfully understated hat

. Needs work lol

phil_h · Mar 22, 2018

That's a nice start on the face Graham - and yes, I think the hat may be a tad on the small side

Regards,
Phil

Graham · Mar 22, 2018

phil_h said:
That's a nice start on the face Graham - and yes, I think the hat may be a tad on the small side
Regards,
Phil

Cheers Phil

lespauljames · Mar 22, 2018

What hat? I dont see one lol! Nice work on the flesh so far graham ! Nice period of history too.

Graham · Mar 22, 2018

lespauljames said:
What hat? I dont see one lol! Nice work on the flesh so far graham ! Nice period of history too.

Thanks Paul. If ever my daughter gets married, my missus will want to borrow that hat.......

Nap · Mar 22, 2018

Hi Graham

Nice start on the fleshwork ....what colours are you going for ..as per box art ?

I see you have Robs "Cricket" figure in the background as well

Happy painting

Nap

Phater · Mar 22, 2018

Good start, Graham. Don't fret starting over. The bust I'm working on right now just got stripped before it got past the primer stage.

Tom

Graham · Mar 23, 2018

napoleonpeart said:
Hi Graham

Nice start on the fleshwork ....what colours are you going for ..as per box art ?

I see you have Robs "Cricket" figure in the background as well

Happy painting

Nap

Yes, I did think box art scheme for him. I have done a quick google and, for this one, the blue with red sash looks good to me. Well spotted, yep ‘Anyone for Cricket’ is on its way lol.

Graham · Mar 23, 2018

Phater said:
Good start, Graham. Don't fret starting over. The bust I'm working on right now just got stripped before it got past the primer stage.

Tom

Cheers Tom, believe me, stripping figures is something I am well practiced at lol.

Graham · Mar 24, 2018

Bit more oil paint blending on the face then I decided to (very) roughly block in the colours with artists acrylic which has a slightly glossy finish.

The eyes don’t look too bad in the flesh but they are very untidy looking in the pics so I will re visit them later.

Graham · Mar 26, 2018

More progress. Blended the face a bit more and started the highlight and shading on the clothes and hair.

Did the freehand around the slashes in the jacket as per box art but the guy who did the box art can paint, I can’t...... will live with it for a while but I really don’t think it is neat enough. I do have an option to paint over the freehand and get rid of it so all is not lost.

Got the metalwork done apart from picking out the rivets and the red sash is highlighted and shaded.

Starting to take shape now but still a way to go.

Geoff Charman · Mar 26, 2018

Looking good Graham, I have problems with eyes in pics compared with in the "flesh"., Hope the light box I ordered will fix it.

Geoff

Graham · Mar 26, 2018

Geoff Charman said:
Looking good Graham, I have problems with eyes in pics compared with in the "flesh"., Hope the light box I ordered will fix it.

Geoff

Thanks Geoff, be interested to see how you get on with the light box. I think the problem with the eyes on mine is that the photo is much bigger than the real thing, it's all a matter of scale and what you can get away with. Once (if) I learn to paint them properly, it won't be an issue

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