Cossac Dancer

[billyturnip]

Great attention to detail Martin, the wood is looking very good.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thank you, Roger!

Cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

86. Day, February 19, 2015

When I started my computer today, tomorrow, I had these beautiful photos by Markus in my mailbox ...:


















Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaah - thats it !!!



I myself have just painted the metal parts of the rifle, again with ...



So it has become - and the trigger looks like a small tab ...:







The muzzle is shown "open" ...



... and at the very end got the piston plate still two screws. The screws I put a small dot of undiluted silver is (so be it plastic) and "wash" it then with a very thin black ...:

 

[Nap]

Martin,


Wonder sculpt there ..great companion for the dancer as well ...

The weapon looks amazing ..you eye for details is incredible

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thx Nap!!!

Meanwhile, I have even finded out what is the Name of his "living template", the street musician in Kiev: Ostap Kindrachuk

Cheers

 

[lancelot]

Can it be that the hands are too big?

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Hi Thomas!

In my opinion not...

Markus had answered to the same question in another forum:

"Hands already fit - are also measured correctly. I think this is due to the images and the angle because I always easy fotographiere from below."

Cheers

 

[ChaosCossack]

Everything looks great Martin. Really like the musician.

I wonder if he's a relation to Orest Kindrachuk that played hockey for the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970s? Lol

I hope to see you start on the new cossack very soon

Colin

 

[theBaron]

...I wonder if he's a relation to Orest Kindrachuk that played hockey for the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970s? Lol...

Could be, if you go back far enough.

 

[theBaron]

Very clever, adding the screws for the base plate, Martin, very good eye for details!

Prost!
Brad

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Brad - I call them "Dirk Ewert-Screws", for my fried Dirk gave me last year the advice for them...

Cheers

 

[MarquisMini]

I wish i could paint a musket like you did, a real stunner Martin.
Keep up the great work my friend

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Mate!!!

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87. Day, February 20, 2015

So - I decided to bring some alcohol into the game.

Our friend is dancing wild already, with a bottle in his hand ...



... which was sculpted after a matching original of 17th-century ...:



But only ONE bottle with Vodka seemed to me for TWO Cossacks partying too little!

So I now have a few bottles FIMO kneaded - and just removed from the oven ...:





Not of course like peas in a pod, but they have fortunately not - - Those things are not alike - due to my handwork - like oeas in a pod, but in the 17th century it was just the same, how this foto Shows...:

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Addendum:

The bottles I've shown you above are just wandered into the garbage.

For that I've made three new ones

- The size correspondents now better to the bottle that keeps our Cossack in his hand,
- The form comes closer to the original form and
-They are worked generally more fine.

 

[ChaosCossack]

Second set of bottles looks much better. If I remember right, there's always a battalion of dead bottles at a proper cossack party.

Well done

Colin

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Only a batallion of dead bottles? An army...!

Cheers

 

[Joe55]

I continue to be impressed with your accomplishments every step of the way. Not to mention Markus's excellent sculpts.

Joe

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thank you, Joe!

And I will tell Markus.

Cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

89. Day, February 23, 2015

The week starts nice because the final pictures from Markus are here! The Singing Cossack is ready!















Wonderful sculpt!!!

Before I use the brush on him, Markus still has to refine the fittings and then molding the boy and casting.
This takes a little, so I today go onto with my small parts.

The three self-modeled bottles were primed ...



... and with



... underpainted...:

 

[Martin Antonenko]

89th Day, February 24, 2015

Just painted the first litte bottle woith oils...: