Completed 79th Cameron Highlanders 1855 (lattore)

[blabsy]

Hi all,
I wanted to paint one of these for a very long time,off putting is the amount of cracking paint jobs there are of this,so me being me a need for twist on a classic.
Painted in all three mediums,and a campagn feel.( wind swept and interesting )!
pic's are not great sorry.
Hope you like it.
Best Regards
Paul

 

[DEL]

Paul
a great job, the beard is perfect and the kilt is beatifully painted as is the rest of the figure.
Regards
Derek

 

[gordy]

Very nice tonal harmony

 

[winston]

Really great job, I like too much the tartan.

 

[Edward]

Hi Paul, I remember seeing this at Euro - great work! Like the addition of the beard too.

 

[megroot]

Like the work you did on this classic.

marc

 

[DaveG]

Glad you finally got around to this one, because he looks great and love the beard and stache.

DG

 

[tonydawe]

Great work Paul. The beard is an excellent addition.

 

[blabsy]

Cheers Guys,
your all very kind,the mature look and the grime kind of works,the kilt took an age to do,then adding the grime all the hard work vanished,the sporran I found a mint picture on the net;
Thanks for your comments
Best Regards
Paul

 

[Blind Pew]

I look forward to seeing this in the flesh. What a classic figure, well rendered there mate. The beard is spot on and evokes the period.

 

[mil-mart]

Paul excellent painting and great work on the beard, very natural looking.

Cheers Ken

 

[blabsy]

Cheers Ken and Antony,
very kind and thanks for posting
Best Regards
Paul

 

[housecarl]

Lovely piece Paul, the addition of the beard adds to the windswept look.
Carl.