1/10 Sioux Lakota bust

Russ · Jul 25, 2022

Hey, all -

This is the Black Dog brand 1/10 Sioux Lakota bust, item #B10018. A couple of notes:

As supplied, the lower necklace is incomplete. The box art shows it complete, but a couple of sections are missing from the sculpt, or at least from the molding. Simple matter to add with a little styrene rod.
The underside of the chin (not shown) is rough and really begs for some serious smoothing. However, you have to go looking for it; I discovered it accidentally when I turned the bust over while touching up some shadows (I've also found this condition on another bust).
The ear ornaments that come with the kit are shown on the boxart as turquoise, or at least turquoise-colored material. After an observation from another modeler, I checked around the internet and came to the conclusion that, though the period is not specified, the Sioux were unlikely to have had/used turquoise until later in the 20th century. I decided to add the earrings using "old-timey" HO-scale brake wheels (Kadee #440 18") painted gunmetal.
The roach on the rear was the best approximation I could come up with. Material-wise, it's a spare earring from the bust kit, with a short length of deep red thread.
Although shown on the box art, I elected not to apply any face paint, in part because I didn't trust the art.

Other than that, folks, let 'er rip! :^)

Nap · Jul 26, 2022

Hi Russ

Nice to see this finished after your V bench https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/sioux-lakota-bust-in-progress.474228/

Nice bit of rework on the piece , I think you've done a good overall paint , feathers look good , and you've rightly IMO not gone too light on the fleshwork

The fur also has come out well , personally I would push the highs but that's a personal thing

All credit to you for the full images ( removed duplicates for you ) , looking at mine like that scares me ! ..lol

Here's a smaller image