Completed 30th Regt. the Alma - Crimea 1854 a try at 54mm

[Marco22]

hi
If you havn't noticed, I mostly paint 75mm fig.

So it was a good challenge for me to give it a try at this famous Latorre Fig - a 54 mm.
I know it has been seen quite a lot before !

Painted completely with oils.
I had some problems with the bue (a repeat pb with blue ) which kept having some shinning with it. I solved the problem adding some Indigo blue which dries with a better flat finish.

comments welcome !

thanks for watching

Marc

 

[Funky50]

Very nice ......love the blue..a colour I always struggle with.....great work

 

[ometz]

You hit a home run with that job. Nice.

 

[ometz]

You hit a home run with that job. Nice.

 

[Aveleira]

Beautifully done!!!

Regards
Pedro

 

[Mike Stevens]

One of my favorite figues. Well done

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Marc - you should clearly paint more 54's....you are excellent at it!

Colin

 

[smudger1960]

Great work Marco on this classic little figure,I really like the blues and reds,thanks for posting

 

[megroot]

Great work.
As far as avoiding shining of the blue I work as follow.
On a indexcard I put a blob of the blue oilpaint. Let it soak out the oil for about 15 minutes and put it then on my palette.
After the paintingsession the figure goes into a drybox (wooden box of 30x30x30 cm with a 60 W lightbulb).
The next morning the blue is as flat as you wanted.

Marc

 

[BESPJL]

Very good job Marc.

Now lets have some more

 

[Marco22]

thanks guys !!!
your comments are much apprciated

Marc

 

[Stephan]

Thanks for the tip with the blue, I always have problems with blue.

 

[Blind Pew]

Marc , your troubles were worth it - this is super.
Blue oil paint is every painter's nightmare.
Inigo is a good way round, it does dry more matte that any other .
I use Vallejo Dark Prussia Blue as a bse coat, then add Indigo over that, highlighting with Titianium white...

 

[John Bowery]

Marc,
Nicely done.
Cheers
John

 

[blabsy]

Nice work!
That reminds me I have this kit,now you've inspired me I'll have to paint it.....
Best Regards
Paul
www.paulblaber1.moonfruit.com

 

[Babelfish]

Great job Marco. The braiding in that scale can't be easy but you've pulled it off.

For medium blues similar to that, I use MIG Abteilung 502 "faded navy blue" straight out of the tube to shade whatever acrylic blue base I've used. It dries dead flat every time.

- Steve

 

[NickM]

That level of painting would be stunning on a 75mm. The fact this is 54mm makes it even more impressive!
Great work, Marco

 

[michael bang]

Baeutiul paint job.. Thank you for posting

 

[tiberius57]

Wow! A beautiful 54. Great job! Love it!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[Jeff T]

Beautiful work!


Cheer's,
Jeff.