Elan13 'Can you hear me mother?'

[Graham]

Managed to get one of these Rob Lane 1/12 busts at Figure World. I have been drawn to this figure which pays homage to the nasty character, Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill, in Sharpe's books and played by the late Pete Postlethwaite in the TV series. A very good likeness it is too.

Painted in mainly Scale75 acrylics but I did do a bit of blending with oils on the face. Not sure I did a very good job but he looks OK in the cabinet awaiting a base. These really nice small bust that Rob sculpts are a real pleasure to paint, cannot recommend them enough.

Eyes are Archer decals, I cannot paint eyes at this scale yet, with a gloss varnish. This is a tad too glossy making pictures a bit tricky but again, it looks good enough in the flesh.

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Graham. Great work. You have captured and maintained 'Hakeswills', character. .. Well done.

Mark

 

[mick3272]

Very nice Graham the eye's have it

mick

 

[megroot]

nice work.

marc

 

[Viking Bob]

Well done Graham, Well painted.
Bob

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Graham! This piece is a great advertisement for those who struggle with the 'eye' element. It work's, and helps others.

For the 'Puritans',.. I have but a simple message.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...&mid=5087344E7BE806AC57355087344E7BE806AC5735


It's modelling, not a religion.

Mark.

 

[Nap]

Graham,


This looks great well done for finishing this , like the uniform colour , you captured the face well.....

Really must do mine now!!...in a long line waiting!

I normally satin black the back and under areas with mine ,seems to bring the painting out more


Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Graham]

Thanks guys, the pictures make the painting a lot harsher than it looks in real life. Just wish I could capture it better, the desk lamps are too hard a light. Time for a little light box manufacturing methinks.

 

[Graham]

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I normally satin black the back and under areas with mine ,seems to bring the painting out more

Nap

HA! You beat me to a question I forgot to ask. I was going to ask to what degree the black back should be. Do you do the arm stumps as well as the recessed back parts?

Thanks again for your support

 

[MalcC]

Nice work Graham.

I would agree with Nap and paint the recess's and stumps black.

Malc

 

[peedee]

Not only is it really well done again graham, but you are in serious danger of developing a
Nice clean crisp style of your own now. I would never have known you used the eye decals.

I really liked this when rob released it at figure world a couple of years ago and never got one.
Methinks I should have done!

Looking forward to your next offering,

Paul

 

[Graham]

It was at a bargain deal at this years FW Paul, you missed out on a steal!

 

[captfue]

Great paint work..always liked Hickswell

 

[Ybrossculpts]

Good job Graham, coming along nicely mate.

 

[arj]

A nice piece of painting Graham.
The eyes look fine. Did the decal application present any problems?

Andrew

 

[Graham]

I have to be honest, they are a tad fiddly but it's like anything else, you get the hang of it eventually. If I could make as good a job with paint I would but all I would have ended up with on this would be dots. May not be an artist solution but I am no artist so I have no issues using them when I couldn't do better myself such as on these smaller scales.

 

[garyhiggins]

Really good job Graham, the eyes look great, and I agree with Nap about the undersides. The black sort of frames it. .
Best wishes, Gary.

 

[elanlane13]

I like what you have done with this Graham and I'm glad you enjoyed painting him. Thank you for sharing it.

 

[swralph]

Nice work Graham. your painting is coming along well.

 

[Graham]

Thanks Ralph, appreciated