Byzantine Standard Bearer

[Macca G]

G'day all, my latest work, Pegaso's 75mm Byzantine standard bearer 13th-14th Century. Painted in acrylics with oil and ink washes on the armour and other metals. This is my first crack at painting scrollwork freehand and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I did a fair bit of practice first, by sitting down with a pencil and sketchpad and a few books on Early Christian/ Byzantine art including a great book on the Book of Kells I found at a second hand shop, then spent a few hours drawing out various designs before summoning enough courage to put paint to brush.

 

[Nicolaos]

Warm congrats, I love the metallics, the face and the freehand work I think is great.
Cheers,
Nicolae

 

[swralph]

Very nice paintwork all round.

 

[DaddyO]

That's a beaut mate - lovely soft blends and the face is terrific

Cheers
Paul

 

[Blind Pew]

And we're glad you did pluck up that courage - and given us such a treat. A top figure.

 

[megroot]

Excellent work

Marc

 

[arj]

That made me stop in my tracks.
What a superb bit of painting!

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Jeff T]

Excellent work Graham!

Great work all round, and in particular the freehand.


Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[franceso sbarile]

The effort is worth to the results. Well done Macca, very well done !!
Cheers
Francesco

 

[NickM]

Beaut figure, Graham! Lovely painting, and that freehand is particularly impressive.

 

[Perseas]

Magnificent brushwork!
Congratulations!!!

 

[DancingShaman]

I like the helmet. Nice job mate.

 

[Ybrossculpts]

Hi Graham,
That's a beautiful piece of work mate, it certainly does justice the details of this figure, well done!
Regards
Chris.

 

[Dekiman]

Great all around.

 

[clrsgt]

Excellent brushwork. Very well done. If this is your first attempt at scroll work, you have done extremely well. I wish my feeble attempts looked as good.