Don Fadrique de Toledo 1629 Labayen 54mm

[Edorta]

Hi to all, this is a figure sculpted by Ramon Labayen, he only casted a pair copies for a couple of friends. The inspiration for the character, comes from a painting by Felix Castelo, titled recovery of the island of San Cristobal, 1629.
I painted the cuirass using colors, not metal paints.
All comments welcome.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Edorta]

This is the painting conserved in El Prado, Madrid.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[peedee]

Nice.
paul.

 

[arj]

A nice and very individual piece.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Chris Ribchester]

Very fine painting on a small figure.

 

[OldTaff]

Very effective and masterful

Alan

 

[Edorta]

Thank you very much to all for comment and take a look.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Huw63]

Delightful work - especially the armour using colours rather than metallics paints in the style of the old masters.

Cheers

Huw

 

[fermatgom]

A true classic. Una joya.

 

[vincenzo]

nice nice piece!!

 

[Edorta]

Thank you very much to all. Certainly it was a no commercial figure, and he only casted a couple using the gravity casting method in a rectangular silicone mould.
The method to paint metals using colors is a simulation using a mixture of dark brown and dark blue and white, from darken tones to light, using a lot of water in the transitions.
The guy from Nocturna Models is a master using this technique, I used this model as reference.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[vincenzo]

non metal metal way! looks great!

 

[Diegoff]

Una pieza curiosa de verdad.

 

[Edorta]

Thanks to all. Here I show another version I painted before, with the original base and different color in breeches.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[fabrizio19691969]

bellissimo

 

[user 5827]

Great paint job Eduardo, really good... Found a bit disproportinal the left arm and hand, as well the legs

 

[Oda]

Awesome!

Oda.

 

[Edorta]

Thank you very much, debrito, fabrizio and Oda.
Debrito, you are right about some disproportions between the arms, but I think the legs are ok, this kind of breeches give an optical effect of short legs because of its breadth.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia