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Hello again and many thanks for your kind words :) ! They are a great motivation for my projects in the future and I an sure, this won't be the last big bust I will paint. Thanks again! To Jim Patrick: For the fleshtones I used my common mix of 876 brown sand for the base with more and more...

Hello, here are some photoes of my last project. It was my first attempt to paint such a big big miniature. Please don't be too harsh with me! It was painted with acrylics from the vallejo range and Printers Ink for the metal parts. Regards Frank :)

Hello, anybody out there who has one of these very nice busts and dont want it anymore? I would be very happy to buy it. I am looking for: Ft. Duquesne: Bastard d'Orleans-Bust Historicity: Collacio Beccadelli-Bust Plowshare Armory: Tingit Warrior-Bust And for a friend: Ft- Duquesne: Bartolomeo...

Hello Jay, if it is this miniature you must know that the orignal Obelix from the comic book is diffent to the the figure from El viejo dragon. The Obelix from el viejo dragon shows Gerard Depardieu, a french actor, in the film Asterix & Obelix. But aside of that the figure is very nice and...

Very nice, very nice! Frank

@captnenglish: Indeed this is the best crusader miniature on the market. @dan: I forgot to answer yesterday. Mea culpa! The photos were shot with two lamps as lightning sources from my offive, that's all. No flash and with the marco function of my digicam. The link to the manufacturer is here...

Thanks, for your friendly words about this little knight! Regards Frank

Hello, my second figure today. This one is the bust of a German knight: Günter von Schwarzburg ca 1350. To paint this bust brought a lot of difficulties to me. First the lots of diffenrent metal-parts, then the peacock-feathers (that never painted before) and last the heraldic lion on the...

Thanks for the kind words from all of you. @Luca: Yes it should be a Hospitaller. The yellow fish on the shield is inspired from a Plate in the Osprey elite-book about the crusades. There is a picture of it with the fish and a white cross above the fish. -I am not sure if this plate is...

Hello, I really like this great guy! Great work. Regards Frank

Thanks Marc, Ups, you're right. I forgot to dust the shield! I wil hurry to correct it. Thanks for your help! Frank

Hello, here are the Photos of my last project: the painting of a dirty and tired crusader knight in the holy land. The figure is from a little german label called Frank Miniatures and is sculpted from Alan Ball. The size is 75mm. It's painted in arcyl and Printers Ink and i tried to make him...

Hello Marc, i really like your Germanic! Great paintjob and great base! Frank

Thanks Marc for the kind words. And: it's soooo easy to paint such an armor. All you have to to is to polish the metall parts and then paint 3 to 4 thin layer of the gunze-colour. You will get a fine shaded blue-steel coulour of the metall. The rest is easy: silver Printers Ink for the edges...

Thanks Roger, the manufacturer is Golden Helmet, a small German label Golden Helmet and the scale is 90mm. I think Red Lancers is the american distributor of this firm. Regards Frank

Yeah! Frank

Hello, this is one of my last projects. The metal parts were painted with Gunze's blue smoke and Prinbters Ink. All the Rest with vallejo acrylics. The base should show muddy and wet underground and is my first try with modellwater from woodland scenics. If you have any comments or...

Hi Jaime, i did my best with my little digital-camera, but I couldnt get closer or the photo will be bad. Hope this one helps a little bit. Regards Frank

Thanks Guy for your friendly words! The ancients celts are one of my favorite subjects, too.! Maybe my next project is a celt in 90mm form Shane Terry. I think the time is right for him. Frank

Thanks for the friendly comments about my little etruscan. Luca, you are right, the boy is a little bit too fat. you can compare with the original: http://www.maravot.com/Etruscan_mural_augur.gif I will try my very best to show you some new figures from my workbench! Frank