Completed Another Chindit bust…

[Canoehead]

Looking good with the shirt, fading, stains and sweat, going to be a busy shirt to paint.

Cheers Simon

Thanks, Simon - there’s a huge area to work on so lots of room to add details and wear. Now, to strike the balance between detail and over-detailed…

Cheers

 

[marco14]

your painting is always so nice to see,always beautiful and special,love it

Mario

 

[Nap]

Hi Brian

Good start on the shirt .....will work well with your aimed effect

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Canoehead]

Second round of highlights and shadows on the uniform.

Shadows were mixed from W&N Raw Umber + Sap Green + Black worked into the existing shadows wet-on-wet. Highlights mixed from Black + White + Sap Green, again applied wet-on-wet. I also used the highlight to add some general bleaching to the uniform:





Green oils take a long time to dry so I’ll leave the uniform for a while before doing a third round of highlights/shadows/tweaks.

On to the slouch hat next - cheers

 

[Briggsy]

The shirt is just a out there, great colour you won't need much more work on it at all. The hats going to be interesting.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Hi Brian

That shirt looks good and that's before any tweaks !

Ok forward to the headwear

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MalcC]

Coming on a treat.

Malc

 

[Canoehead]

Thanks again folks for the kind comments on the progress so far.

Opening moves on the slouch hat. The brim is a deceptively large amount of flat surface. To keep it from looking monotonous, I added a few random blotches of Burnt Umber roughly around the edge of the brim that were blended into the base colour (Burnt Umber + Naples Yellow):



After blending:




I’ll play around with some more weathering after this basic effect dries.

Cheers and thanks for looking in.

 

[Nap]

Hi Brian

Nice use of the Burnt Umber there Sir

Look forward to seeing more on this hat

Have fun at the bench

Nap

 

[Canoehead]

A bit more work on the slouch hat - blended in some dabs of Raw Umber and Burnt Umber and painted the puggree:





I’ll have a go at the King’s Liverpool Regiment badge and the other metal fittings on the hat in a bit. Will also continue to tinker with the weathering on the slouch as well.

Permanently attached the hat to the head - here’s where things sit at present:





Webbing gear up next - cheers.

 

[Nap]

Hi Brian

This has really pulled together so well , the additions like the beard work well

Clever painting of the uniform and the headwear , they work well together

Are you adding any chest hair ?

Look forward to seeing the webbing ...no doubt textures will feature

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Canoehead]

Are you adding any chest hair ?

Nap

Thanks Nap for the encouraging comments - appreciate it.

I’m mulling doing a bit of chest hair but think it’ll be discreet.

Cheers,
Brian

 

[Steve Ski]

This is really shaping up, Brian, excellent!

 

[Canoehead]

This is really shaping up, Brian, excellent!

Thanks Ski - kind of you as always.

 

[MalcC]

The weathering on the hat is perfect.

Malc

 

[Briggsy]

Really come along nicely the hat is brilliant on its own and looks great all together.

Cheers Simon

 

[Canoehead]

The weathering on the hat is perfect.

Malc

Really come along nicely the hat is brilliant on its own and looks great all together.

Cheers Simon

Thanks, gents - much appreciated!

 

[Canoehead]

Stage 1 on the webbing: base coats and basic highlights and shadows on the Bren pouches and shoulder straps. I varied the colour combinations for khaki on each piece to keep them from looking too monotonous:




Once the base coats set up a bit, the next step will be trying to simulate the coarse canvas texture of these pieces.

 

[Rob]

Wonderful work, he is going to be a real showcase piece.

 

[Briggsy]

He really is stunning, the webbing looks very good, seriously good painting.

Cheers Simon