5th Bengal Cavalry 1910

[akaryu]

Second one finished this year, Major of the 5th Bengal cavalry bust, sculpture by Robert Lane and produced by Hawk Miniatures in their too short list of Indian Army busts. Painted in oils as usual. Thanks for looking and feel free to comment or criticize!


Pierre

 

[mick3272]

Very nice work Pierre. & I must agree with you it is a short list of IA. lets hope it gets bigger.
Mick

 

[Cannonball]

Lovely work Pierre. Not seen the list for Hawk Miniatures but I think there is a lack of coverage for this colourful arm of the British Indian Army in general.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

wonderful paintwork

mobo

 

[Nap]

Hi Pierre

A really nice piece of artwork , I like the detail stripes on the turban , great freehand on that and on the medal ribbons

As for the sculpt ...I wish someone would commision Rob Lane for another IA bust !

I have this piece at the side of my bench , and totally agree there's not enough IA pieces wether busts or full figures.

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[John Bowery]

Nicely done
Cheers
John

 

[Wayneb]

Colorful looking piece Pierre....Well done......

Wayne

 

[Hawk_Uk]

Hi Pierre,

Very nice rendition of our bust, as Nap says great work on the turban as well as the cross belt.

We may re-visit this subject again at some point as I do have a rather extensive reference library on the Indian army

Happy Modelling

 

[akaryu]

Thanks for the comments guys!

John, I'd love to see more IA busts coming from Hawk Miniatures, as I'm sure many here would too.

cheers,
Pierre

 

[elanlane13]

Pierre that has come out very well. I'd be only too happy to sculpt another IA subject if there is a commissioner out there

 

[Tecumsea]

Hi Pierre-really like this...how did you separate the Blue and Yellow on the turban to prevent a Green mix-did you use acrylics for one or both colours?

Keith

 

[akaryu]

Hello Keith!
Thanks, but no, I never use acrylics. The base of the turban was first undercoated in Humbrol and painted with a mixture of W&N Gold and Naples Yellow Dark and highlighted with Cadmium Yellow. This was left to dry for over a week. The Gold oil paint in the mix gives it a slight sparkle and a "tooth" due to the metal pigment particles. Having assured this coat as dry, I painted the stripes in Winsor Blue with a dab of white diluted in white spirit as usual. This dries very fast and after a few days I stippled some highlights where needed. So far there is no bleed through. I always use my oils quite diluted, preferring to shadow and highlight wet on dry, except for a basic indication of volumes. Sorry to sound as if I know what I'm doing, I just dabble microscopic quantities of paint on model soldiers and have a lot of fun doing so!
cheers,

Pierre

 

[Tecumsea]

Hi Pierre, the work on the turban is tremendous and as an oil painter myself l was curious as to how you stopped the two primary colours bleeding into each other. I would have approached it in the same way as you but was wondering if perhaps you had used mixed mediums.
Thanks for responding,
Best regards... Keith

 

[MCPWilk]

Very nicely done.

Mike