Here is my second one for this year, my rendition of a Legion-Para of the 1st BEP at Dien Bien Phu, an excellent bust by Philippe Parison, painted as usual in oils. Please enjoy and comments welcome!
Dien Bien Phu
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John Bowery
A Fixture
Nicely done and displayed.
Cheers
John
Cheers
John
Very nice work , presentation particularly sharp
..do share how you did the Camo effect?
Missed one of these on e bay recently!!
Nap
..do share how you did the Camo effect?
Missed one of these on e bay recently!!
Nap
megroot
A Fixture
very nice.
Marc
Marc
Thanks for the comments!
Camouflage was first painted with a mix of Nap Yellow/Yellow Ochre Light/White toned down with a spot of Raw Umber, thinly applied and basic highlights/ shadows with Naples Yellow and basic mix plus raw umber. After thoroughly dry the brown camo streaks were applied with thinned Burnt Sienna diluted with white spirit, painted on with a W&N No1 and feathered with a dry and worn Rosemary Series 98 No 0. When dry same process with the green streaks, a mix of W&N Olive Green and Oxide of Chromium. The pattern is well illustrated in Raymond Guyader's book on the Foreign Legion in Indochina and is of the 1947/1952 pattern, which precedes the lighter and more greenish pattern used in the Algerian war.
Cheers,
Piet
Camouflage was first painted with a mix of Nap Yellow/Yellow Ochre Light/White toned down with a spot of Raw Umber, thinly applied and basic highlights/ shadows with Naples Yellow and basic mix plus raw umber. After thoroughly dry the brown camo streaks were applied with thinned Burnt Sienna diluted with white spirit, painted on with a W&N No1 and feathered with a dry and worn Rosemary Series 98 No 0. When dry same process with the green streaks, a mix of W&N Olive Green and Oxide of Chromium. The pattern is well illustrated in Raymond Guyader's book on the Foreign Legion in Indochina and is of the 1947/1952 pattern, which precedes the lighter and more greenish pattern used in the Algerian war.
Cheers,
Piet
