Completed 1st Century Roman

[Shane]

Just finished this sculpt for a private collector.

 

[Tommi]

I like this a lot. Shame it was not a commercial piece as I think it would do well. One lucky collector

Cheers
Tommi

 

[Fantomas]

Hi Shane,
Great sculpture!

 

[roadking]

Wonderful!

 

[Nap]

Shane

That looks really good, what scale is it?

one very lucky collector for sure

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[ellie]

that's a great piece of work well done.

Ian

www.elliesminiatures.com

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Excellent sculpt!

 

[peedee]

That's a corker of a cracker of a character Shane.

Lucky client.

Paul.

 

[Paul Kernan]

As already stated too bad this is not a commercial piece. I'd buy one in split second

 

[Gellso]

Nice work there.
Gells

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Neat to see you still in action Shane

Really like the details in this like the shield laminations.

Thanks for sharing mate,

Mike

 

[Oda]

Amazing piece of work!

Oda.

 

[Chrisr]

Excellent piece of sculpting and a great subject. As Tommi says - one lucky collector.

Chris

 

[megroot]

Amazing sculptwork.
As Tommi said: it will do well on commercial base

Marc

 

[Old Pete]

I know the collecters name if you would like to know to he was gloating over on the Med-Rom forum

 

[Michaelminiatures]

Excellent sculpt Shane!

 

[Shane]

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

[vincenzo]

just.. wow!!

 

[Chris Ribchester]

That is a cracking piece of work.
Chris

 

[Caratacus]

OK, since the cat has been let out of the bag (I did post this on MedRom a couple of weeks ago) I might as well own up to the gloat. Come to think of it, if I wanted to keep this a deep dark secret, gloating over on MedRom was not a particularly sensible thing to have done. However, I was so pleased with the result that I could not resist it. This is the second bust that Shane has done for me (the first one, an Anniversary present from my late wife, was of a 2nd CBC Roman wearing a Montefortino helmet - 2nd Punic War period) and on the strength of that one, I decided to ask him to do another one for me. He is, indeed, a superb sculptor. I sent him the details and at each stage of the build, he sent me a photo to check that he was getting it right. The helmet is based on one which is on display at the British Museum. Now, of course, I have to paint the thing and try and match Shane's skill as a sculptor!

I agree (of course) with all the positive comments above. The whole point about a private commission, of course, is that it's a "one-off". I just wish that I had Shane's skills as a sculptor. As I don't I am more than happy to have him do one of these little chaps for me from time to time. In case you would like to appreciate Shane's work a little more, I am uploading a photo of the earlier commission I mentioned above. Don't concentrate on the painting, just admire Shane's ability!

Mike Thomas