WIP Critique Aquila bust, Nuts Planet 1/9th scale

[smudger1960]

Brilliant, quality painting in the skin tones.
Smudger, you could rotate whilst holding flat if it's a tablet or something your using.
Karl

Thanks Karl,that's worked a treat mate

 

[smudger1960]

It's looking good tony !

 

[Tommi]

Exceptional painting. Really like the skin tones and the eyes are spot on.
Cheers
Tommi

 

[tonydawe]

Thank you once again guys, I really do appreciate all the positive comments.

I've been tweaking the skin tones a little bit and just adding a few extra washes of oils over to blend the highlights. Most of this will be obscured once the helmet cheek guards are glued in place, but I know its there.

My aim is to paint the hood and cloak like an oil skin. Not quite sure how to do that, but that's the fun of taking on a new challenge. If it all turns to bollocks, then I'll have to try something else

 

[davidmitchell]

Stunning work on the face Tony.

Cheers David

 

[Ferris]

Fantastic face Tony! The light skin colour really works.

Cheers
Adrian

 

[Funky50]

Just doing this one myself so really interested in this....have to say for me this is the bust of the year from the ones I've bought the sculpting is simply stunning.......great job so far Tony love the whiskers....Kevin

 

[brian]

Cracking face Tony,could you speed it up a bit as i'm looking forward to seeing him progress? Your almost as slow as me!!!!!!
Brian

 

[SLR]

excellent painting Tony ! I 'm going to follow your work because i ve this bust to paint.

 

[cimeterre de figurines]

Great job on the face, like the choice of nuances
Looking forward the next step of your nice painted job!
Cheers
Xavier

 

[tonydawe]

Thanks again for all your comments guys. There seem to quite a few Planeteers who are currently painting this bust or planning to do so. It really a beautifully sculpted and engineered bust.

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Face looks suitably pale and weathered, the cloak seems to be heading in the right direction for weathering and campaigning in the elements, oilskin should be a suitable challenge!!

Cheers

 

[tonydawe]

Thanks for your comments Jamie,

Spent a lot of time this weekend working on this bust. Had a huge day and night on Saturday - 4 hours at the club on Saturday afternoon followed by a pizza and Monty Python night with some of the boys from the modelling club, where we model away to the sounds of Life of Brian and Monty Python and The Holy Grail and then say "Ni" to each other all night. Very silly and great fun.

Anyway, here are the latest pics. Apologise for the crappy quality but it just easier for me to use the iPhone. The Eagle is not finished yet, I've just base coated it and applied an oil wash to give the cloth some texture.

 

[smudger1960]

Super work tony,loved this SBS,congratulations mate

 

[NickM]

Coming along nicely mate, awesome bust!

 

[tonydawe]

Thanks Brian, I appreciate your comments mate.

Hi Nick, looking forward to catching up with you and Ben tomorrow mate. Sadly, I don't think this bust will be ready in time for WASMEx, so I've put him on the back burner for the moment while I touch up a few of my more "competition ready" pieces.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

This is really taking shape now Tony, great flesh tones and the eyes are super , looks like a couple of tricky decisions re the choice of colour for the tunic ,White ,red .green or black .
Im on the scout for a new bust to paint and this is looking like a strong contender.