33rd Foot at Waterloo, 1815

[Canoehead]

Hi all - latest bust just finished; a soldier of the 33rd (1st Yorkshire West Riding, now the Duke of Wellington’s Regt.) at the Battle of Waterloo. It’s in 1/9 from Mitches Military Models, painted up in oils and acrylics; I copped a trick from James Rice and used a sponge to try adding some some woolly texture to the tunic and blanket roll. I made the stalk of rye grass in his mouth from sprue with fine gravel superglued to the end for the seedhead.

 

[housecarl]

Excellent piece, love the texture.

 

[arj]

Very nice work Brian.
Textured areas look spot-on.
Natural sponges always work well, particularly for a crackled effect on leather.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Briggsy]

Very nice piece, always room for a Yorkshire lad, especially West Riding.

Cheers Simon

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Wonderful work

Mobo

 

[MalcC]

Fabulous work.

Malc

 

[Blind Pew]

Canoe, this is excellent. I'm unlikely to do one as I don't do busts, but if I did I'd use this as my reference as I'm unlikely to find a better one. Just superb.

 

[Dr Force]

Outstanding

 

[Egg]

Stunning!

 

[Tommy Atkins]

Wow! That is a superb bit of the old painting. I really like it. Regards Pete

 

[frog]

Outstanding work love the blanket roll very impressive

 

[MattMcK.]

Great reds!

 

[Steve Ski]

Fine job, Brian, textures are looking real good, too!

 

[clubcat]

Wonderful piece all round, well done.
Melanie

 

[Nap]

Wonderful piece all round, well done.
Melanie

Can only agree there Mel .......so lifelike and a pleasure to see Brian’s artwork especially in 1/9th

Nap

 

[Canoehead]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments - much appreciated.