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(I know the tag is "Completed" but it's still a work in progress so I hope there is no problem in continuing to post in this thread instead of beginning a new thread with a different tag)

Hello all, the sculpting and moulding phases of the figure have been completed. Now for the painting. I primed in enamel and began painting the armour with a mixture of Winsor & Newton gold ink and burnt umber acrylic paint. There is still the shading/highlighting to be done as well as some...

Thank you Nap & Jhonn! The bust is 10 cm high so I would think about 1/5. Elia :)

Thanks, Kevin. :)

Hello all, following Nap's and Rich's suggestion (thanks guys!) I decided to sculpt my first bust. I chose a 18th century French civilian in order to try something different and because the clothes, hair etc. seem like a bit of a challenge. The image is from the Galerie des modes et costumes...

Good idea, Rich - thanks for the suggestion. All the best, Elia :)

Stating the obvious here but expressive faces are probably the most difficult things to sculpt. For me the challenge is to make each face different, not so much the male/female aspect. Yes, Violette Szabo was a FANY. Their official website (www.fany.org.uk) has information on them and many...

Photos and suggestions much appreciated, Nap! All the best, Elia :)

I thought Sainbury's ad was in bad taste.

Thank you for your kind words, Rich! I have sculpted many heads of various sizes as exercises (pictured is a life-size head I did last year in water based clay) and a couple of portraits. It's always a challenge to make them look different and to give them character, especially in small scale...

Thank you, Nap. I finished the figure a while ago but I waited until October to mould it - my sculpture teacher helped me with it as usual. I also moulded and cast the Spartan hoplite so right now I'm working on both of them and hopefully I'll have more to show on PF soon. I've never done a...

Hello everyone, I finally finished the figure. I moulded and cast it (the body and head in one piece and the hands separately). Now it's time to assemble & paint it. I'll post pictures as I go along. All the best, Elia :)

Outstanding! (y) All the best, Elia :)

Dear Rich, thank you for your kind words and for sharing your wonderful work! What is the scale? Is it sculpted in putty? I would love to see a painted version of your relief - do you have one? Not that I'm in any way an expert - I don't follow the miniatures market very closely - but I'm...

Thank you, Maco! BTW, I loved your 1755 American foot soldier (y). All the best, Elia

Dear Roy, the figure's height is about 20 cm. Dear Dan, thanks for the thumbs up! All the best, Elia :)

Thank you, Colin. I hope to finish it this weekend. All the best, Elia

Hello all, this is my latest project, a FANY of the First World War. Following last year's Highlander I wanted to create a female figure but I didn't want to do the obvious nurse/VAD. The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, a voluntary corps, was established in 1907 and its volunteers were mostly...

Thank you, Gary. Indeed, the pose is inspired by the kouroi of the period and the costume/armour is from the vase. All the best, Elia :) p.s. I'm an archaeologist by training (and by temperament), if anyone's wondering! ;)

Thank you for your feedback, Martin. This is my second scratchbuilt mini - usually my stuff is bigger and less detailed. I'm sculpting a couple of other figures which I hope to post soon here. All the best, Elia :)