Buford and Reynolds’s

[Len K.]

This is another fantastic Tunison sculpture depicting General John Buford and General John Reynolds meeting at Gettysburg on 1 July 1863. It is the companion piece to the Pickett and Longstreet sculpture. Not quite as dramatic, but a nice little scene. It is approximately 200mm scale and is a mix of enamels and artist’s oils. I just did a complete repaint on the horse. The black oil paint I used was a cheap student grade that keep getting a white residue forming on it and I had a lot of historical inaccuracies on the saddle and tack that I fixed after coming across a picture of the actual items.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful done

Mobo

 

[Blind Pew]

Waaaay too big for me! This is superb stuff, mate. I can't paint 'that big' myself. This is really good. Tell me, do you scale up your brushes and use larger ones?

 

[Len K.]

I use sizes o5 to 6.

 

[Tecumsea]

Lovely work and I assume they are bronze or bronzed castings. Are these Tunison pieces still available in the States? They seem to pop up occasionally, but I have always assumed they were confined to History?

Keith

 

[Len K.]

Since Ron Tunison passed in 2013 they have become very collectible and hard to find. Occasionally an un damaged on will pop up on eBay at a ridiculous price.

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Nicely done. A worthy companion to Picket and Longstreet.
Rick

 

[MalcC]

Excellent work.

Malc

 

[Nap]

Hi Len

As always you've done a fine job on the sculpture , bringing out the details well

Question ...what's the original sculpt made of before the paint ?

Thanks for sharing

Looking forward to seeing more

Have fun at the bench

Nap

 

[Len K.]

It is a cold cast bronze, resin mixed with a bronze powder to look like a hot cast bronze. This is a picture of an unpainted View attachment 4814

 

[Briggsy]

Very nicely painted scene, must stand out given the size.

Cheers Simon

 

[Steve Ski]

I like your work, Len. Unexaggerated flesh tones and subtle paint work all over those uniforms and the Big Dog, Superb!


P.S. Given the subject matter, that's gotta be a fun paint in this scale, woof! I didn't know there were many options for Civil War era figures above 120mm.

 

[Len K.]

Thanks Steve. I sometimes get intimidated by the unbelievable work that I see on this forum, but I have settled into my own style that I am happy with. My photography could be better, the pieces look a lot better in person.