WIP Black Eagle's Life Guard 1815 Bust

[Geoff Charman]

Another one I have been wanting to paint for some time, Black Eagle's Life Guard 1815, sold by Hawk Miniatures and sculpted by Rob Lane, I think it is 1/12th scale.



After cleaning it up and washing and priming him I started with his face and hair using Artist's oils then blocked in the base colours for the rest of the head using Vallejo acrylics.



Now I shall block in the base colours for the body part of the bust.

 

[Borek]

This is a very nice bust in terms of color, beautiful contrast of the helmet with the uniform. Nice start Geof, just keep going

Cheers Borek

 

[Nap]

Hi Geoff

What have I told you about this ....I have bought another pair of running shoes to keep up with you !! ...mind you I do look good in Lycra...lol

Thus is a 1/12th bust, that's also a Imperial Guard Pioneer and a Saxon Viirassier I believe in the series ..go on you know you want to look

Anyway Mr C ....as always a fine start , looking forward to seeing the helmet come alive , Robs put some great details on it

Following ...but running out of breath ...

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Geoff Charman]

This is a very nice bust in terms of color, beautiful contrast of the helmet with the uniform. Nice start Geof, just keep going

Cheers Borek

Many thanks Borek, I love the scarlet uniforms and how can you ever refuse to do a helmet with so much detail.

 

[Geoff Charman]

Hi Geoff

What have I told you about this ....I have bought another pair of running shoes to keep up with you !! ...mind you I do look good in Lycra...lol

Thus is a 1/12th bust, that's also a Imperial Guard Pioneer and a Saxon Viirassier I believe in the series ..go on you know you want to look

Anyway Mr C ....as always a fine start , looking forward to seeing the helmet come alive , Robs put some great details on it

Following ...but running out of breath ...

Happy benchtime

Nap

LOL, I must look out for those.

I have just given the helmet a Citadel wash to show up the detail and give the detail some depth before messing about with some base paint and the Pearl Medium.

Now stop all this running, think of your age mate

 

[Geoff Charman]

Blocked in the body, shadow detail added before the base red was applied,



Gave the helmet a Citadel wash to give depth to the lovely detail, I shall now play with the base colour mixed with Pearl Medium to give a metal effect

 

[KenBoyle]

Looking fantastic Geoff! Love the colors.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[Viking Bob]

You sure are moving at light speed, no wonder Nap's out of breath. Excellent so far, keep up the good work.

 

[Tommy Atkins]

Very nice Geoff! Always good to see some British cavalry. Regards Pete

 

[smudger1960]

another lovely piece from you geoff

 

[clrsgt]

Great job so far Geoff. Love the scarlet coat.

 

[Grod]

Nice work Geoff.
Gordon

 

[elanlane13]

Looking great Geoff.

 

[Nap]

You sure are moving at light speed, no wonder Nap's out of breath. Excellent so far, keep up the good work.

Cherrs Bob ...on my 2ndpair of spikes as well

Young Mr C is moving fast , he just had to get the scarlet on ...bless him...going to look good

As for me ...I managed to finish off 2 busts !

Gap it benchtime to all

Nap

PS ..I hear the Tank Museum are building a new hanger so Geoff can display his stuff on the 16/17 Feb .....I will certainly be visiting tge Tamk Musem Modelers stand

 

[Geoff Charman]

Cherrs Bob ...on my 2ndpair of spikes as well

Young Mr C is moving fast , he just had to get the scarlet on ...bless him...going to look good

As for me ...I managed to finish off 2 busts !

Gap it benchtime to all

Nap

PS ..I hear the Tank Museum are building a new hanger so Geoff can display his stuff on the 16/17 Feb .....I will certainly be visiting tge Tamk Musem Modelers stand

Many thanks mate but I will not be going to the TM to exhibit again, just decided to call it a day there, I had 11 years but now find it has become a chore. I still intend to do Bugle if I can and you will have me.

 

[Geoff Charman]

Looking fantastic Geoff! Love the colors.

Cheers,
Ken

You sure are moving at light speed, no wonder Nap's out of breath. Excellent so far, keep up the good work.

Very nice Geoff! Always good to see some British cavalry. Regards Pete

another lovely piece from you geoff

Great job so far Geoff. Love the scarlet coat.

Nice work Geoff.
Gordon

Looking great Geoff.

Many thanks Guys, I really appreciate your comments, and agree Pete, just wish there was more of them.

 

[Nap]

Many thanks mate but I will not be going to the TM to exhibit again, just decided to call it a day there, I had 11 years but now find it has become a chore. I still intend to do Bugle if I can and you will have me.

That's a shame mate ..who am I going to talk to ! But I fully understand and know what you mean ...I would be very sad if you didn't come to BC ...space booked on the PF table of course

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Geoff Charman]

That's a shame mate ..who am I going to talk to ! But I fully understand and know what you mean ...I would be very sad if you didn't come to BC ...space booked on the PF table of course

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks mate.

 

[Geoff Charman]

Not much done today, more red of the plume and the metalwork on the helmet painted to look more like metal using the pearl medium and the base colour.



This will be left to dry and then will do any touching up. The pics dont really do it justice, looks much better in the flesh.

 

[Nap]

Geoff

I have been looking at mine ( still gray!! ) ...the details on the helmet is really good and you have done a equally good job on yours ..nice work

Look forward to seeing this close up in BC this year ( 24th November )

Happy benchtime

Nap