Completed Critique Battle ready

[Meehan34]

This is the new bust from Young. It is a great bust and a really easy paint. All the textures in the tunic are a blast to paint. I made the nose guard removable so I can look at his face and painted his shield to look more rudimentary like an ancient painted it. The face is probably the same as the LRDG bust but Young did a nice job of switching it up to be just different enough. I made the pictures huge in blow up mode so you can get a close look at him. I hope you likey.

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Hi Mike

its great, the face, the gambeson, the shield, great !

Hendryk

 

[Mariner]

Awesome job, Mike...great creativity, especially the shield
Mary

 

[Sambaman]

Damn Meehan, have you done anything but paint this in the last few days? It's only been out like less than a week!!!!!

Nice work!

Jay H.

 

[Meehan34]

Thanks gents & lady for the comments. Jay, you are correct about the painting. With all the time off for the holiday I put loads of time in on this guy. It was great fun. Oh and Jay, welcome back to Oklahoma sir!

 

[ChaosCossack]

Wow... fantastic job, when the shading/ highlighting isn't overdone I find it gives a more natural effect on the final product.
Bravo!!!
Colin

 

[Nap]

Mike ,
Great work , love the clothing and the axe , especially the wood effect , the shield is a great bit of design amnd painting ..really effective as are the leather starps ...do share how you achieved the wood and leather

...just wish I could paint as fast as you .............always a pleasure seeing your work .

Nap

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Nice work Mike
Great tones, it does look like a nice quick one to do,a few have moaned about the mail but it looks good on your figure.

Does this helmut have to be leather or can it be all steel as well.

Cheers Ron

 

[housecarl]

Great fast paint job Mike. Love the shield design.
Carl.

 

[Ferris]

Nice work Mike!

You really churn them out, don't you!?

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Guy]

Excellent painting Mike. The face and shield are fantastic. I have this one in the works but am a much slower painter.

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Nice work Mike & you've captured an interesting wry smile on him that I hadn't noticed before.

 

[Meehan34]

Thanks for the comments fellas. I wouldn't consider myself a fast painter, more of a marathon painter. I got him on Wednesday and spent 3-4hrs on him after work, same thing on Thursday with 5hrs work on Friday. Now marathon time, Sunday I put in around 12hrs straight on him and 10hrs on Monday. So that is roughly 33+ hours spent on him. It is so much easier to get a lot done when you just start jamming on a figure for a long single sitting. Coulpe this with the speed of using acrylics and a hairdryer and you appear to be a fast painter. The paint is just flowing off the brush right now and I figure I better take advantage of it while I have it.

Thanks Kiwi, I like that little smurk he has going too.

 

[pmfs]

Nice work Mike.
Love the shield!

 

[John Bowery]

Mike,
Great job and excellent shield. You are a dynamo churning these out.
Cheers
John

 

[Reddo]

Excellent. Love the shield and padded armour detail.

 

[Azgaron]

Excellent paint job Mike! Looks great!

Cheers,

Håkan

 

[Andrew Craft]

Great work Mike, good call on the detachable nose piece it's a shame to hide a well painted face. Your choice of neuteral tones works perfectly for the period.

 

[megroot]

Really nice paintjob Mike.
The shielddesign is outstanding.

marc

 

[1969]

Excellent job Mike, 33 hours well spent

Steve