17th Light Dragoon (Ellies Miniatures)

[arj]

A while back I bought a set of three AWI busts from Ellies Miniatures' and this is the final one on the bench. I kept it till last since it was my favourite of the three.
It's a superb sculpt by 'offo' of an officer of the 17th Light Dragoons (scale 1/10).
Painting is the usual mix of enamels, oils, acrylics and printers inks.
Hope you like it.



Finally, here he is with the other two:-



Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Bournouna]

Excellent painting, especially the face.

Joel

 

[arj]

Thank you for your kind comment Joel.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[mick3272]

This is one of the nicest of this particular bust I have seen
I like it
Mick

 

[arj]

Pleased you liked him Mick.
Thanks for taking the time to look and comment.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Mike S.]

I like your painting style for these larger scale figures/busts Andrew. There is a painted bisque porcelain quality to it.

 

[swralph]

Very nicely painted Andrew.

 

[bagelman1952]

Very nice

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful work , nice paintwork

Mobo

 

[phil_h]

Lovely work Andrew, and that's quite an impressive trio!
Phil

 

[Nap]

Hi Andrew

Good to see you are painting , thought you had been quiet !

Love the finish on this ...one of my favourites from Ellies , your lacework looks great

All 3 together look really nice ...big pic ....for me !

Wish we could see some more from ACW period from Ellies

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[arj]

I like your painting style for these larger scale figures/busts Andrew. There is a painted bisque porcelain quality to it.

Thank you for your kind comment Mike.
I'm very pleased you liked him.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Very nicely painted Andrew.

Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment Ralph,

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Very nice

Thanks for taking the time to comment Ken.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Beautiful work , nice paintwork

Mobo

Thank you for your kind comments Mobo.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Lovely work Andrew, and that's quite an impressive trio!
Phil

Pleased you liked him (& them) Phil.
It was a fun bust to paint.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Hi Andrew

Good to see you are painting , thought you had been quiet !

Love the finish on this ...one of my favourites from Ellies , your lacework looks great

All 3 together look really nice ...big pic ....for me !

Wish we could see some more from ACW period from Ellies

Thanks for sharing

Nap

Pleased you liked him Kev.
The lacework is my mix of silver printers ink (El Greco) mixed with Humbrol matt varnish (which I tried out with the Poniatowski bust).
It seems to work well and gives a suitably matt(ish) finish for lacework. I also used it for the epaulettes.
This can then be added to with touches of pure printers ink for local enhancement, where necessary.
Yes, I'm still painting. I have a Guadalcanal bust nearly finished and a couple of figures in the prep stage.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[megroot]

beautifull

Marc

 

[Viking Bob]

Thats a great trio Andrew, very nice painting.

 

[arj]

beautifull

Marc

Thank you Marc.

Cheers,
Andrew