A Matter of Honour - France 1700

[tiberius57]

Hi Dear Friends,
I just finished this piece called "A Matter of Honour - France 1700". A 75mm figure sculpted by Antonio Zapatero for CANGRANDE Miniatures. A real pleasure to work this display.
Hope you like it and as always your feedback is very much appreciated!
Cheers and here are the pictures.
Zeno

 

[bwildfong]

Elegant figure, elegantly painted my friend! Beautiful job on the metallics - your technique?
Superb groundwork as well.

Cheers,
Brian

 

[Huw63]

Elegant figure, elegantly painted my friend! Beautiful job on the metallics - your technique?
Superb groundwork as well.

Cheers,
Brian

I can think of no better summary of this work. I love it.

Cheers

Huw

 

[sd0324]

Great painting my friend! It is all very well done and I really favor the way you painted his wig.


Steve Deyo

 

[Joe55]

Beautifully done piece Zeno !

Joe

 

[ghamilt1]

Absolutely outstanding Zeno, a real masterclass in painting.

 

[megroot]

Excellent.

Marc

 

[Viking Bob]

Superb work Zeno, outstanding piece.
Regards

 

[Martin64]

Nice one - restricted (but convincing) groundwork this time and crisp painting as usual . Is he duelling? If yes, would it be ok to wear a cuirass for that occasion?
All the best,
Martin

 

[peedee]

Nice one....really nice.

Paul.

 

[Grod]

Some great painted figures being posted.

Gordon

 

[tiberius57]

Brian, Huw, Steve, Joe, Glen, Marc, Bob, Martin, Paul, Gordon and all that you liked the post THANK YOU for your great feedback! I'm glad that you like the display.

Brian: I assume that your question is about the cuirass. The figure is casted in metal so I took advantage and with a brass brush I polished the surface till it was smooth and shinny. With diluted oil paints (black + a little burnt umber) I applied a diluted layer all over. With a dry brush I removed the excess (You can do it with a little sponge too, by dabbing). I repeated the process till I was happy with the result. I let the oil to dry for a couple of days and I applied a very diluted layer of Tamiya X19 Smoke. This dries very fast. After, I applied few highlights over the rivets and edges. Finito. It's simple end effective.

Martin: " Is he duelling? If yes, would it be ok to wear a cuirass for that occasion?" - Not yet, my friend! It's the moment when the offence is delivered... this is the way how I saw it, hence the title. Yes, the duel followed a whole ritual and rules but in this case it is a pre duel moment. It's just made up by me and can go in any direction the viewer wants.

Cheers,
Zeno

 

[pmfs]

Not the best sculpture from Antonio, strange felling when I look for the face figure...Your talent as usual turn the ugly into beautiful.

Cheers,
Pedro.

 

[Borek]

Nice work. Clean and fine paint.

Cheers Borek

 

[John Bowery]

He stands out proudly.
Cheers
John

 

[Perseas]

Excellent work!
Congratulations!!!

 

[Mike Stevens]

Nice work on this one

 

[Marco22]

have followed you on FB ...
great painting for a lovely and very original fig !

 

[tiberius57]

Pedro, John, Perseas, Mike and Marc Thanks a lot for your feedback! It is very much appreciated!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Great job...and so quick. Excellent Zeno.