Elmer Ellsworth (ACW)

[Bailey]

I'm just about finished with this 75mm ACW figure of Elmer Ellsworth from FER Miniatures. I painted this as a gift for me dad who is a Civil War history buff and the one who originally got me into miniature painting. ACW Zouaves were one of things he used to love to paint, so Ellsworth seemed like an ideal piece for him.

Painted in acrylic. One of the new things I'm working on with this figure is painting cast shadows. Just the second piece I've tried it on, so I'm still learning. But I'm relatively happy with the result.

I also thought it was interesting to look back at the last piece I did for him, especially since it was such a similar subject. I posted that one back in May of 2012, so there's 10 years of additional practice painting.

 

[Ferris]

Excellent!

Good to see you back here.

 

[Giwe]

Hi, thats definitly a masterpiece! I like it a lot when there is a Story behind a figure, your dad will love it i think. You did an amazing progress over the last years. One to be proud of.
Greetings, Stephan

 

[sd0324]

I'm going to say that sometimes we all try to emulate beautiful box art, you have really painted something that looks like Fernando Ruiz himself would do. Really well done!


Steve

 

[Oda]

Very well indeed.You have made excellent progress through the years.

Oda.

 

[akaryu]

Excellent work!

Pierre

 

[Cannonball]

Lovely piece and sure your dad will be well pleased. Like the richness of the red on his cap and sash and lovely skin tones.

Neal

 

[Nap]

Excellent!

Good to see you back here.

Absolutely agree there

Love the whole figure and what a incredible difference from the previous similar subject

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Thanks for sharing

Always good to see your artwork , look forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[-=König=-]

Excellent paintwork!

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Fantastic paintwork

Mobo

 

[Edorta]

Very fine work, well done.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[arj]

Very, very nice work David.

Cheers,
Andrew