General James Wolfe

[whdamon]

Some photos of a bust from the past (Fort D) that I had finished for MFCA. It is of General James Wolfe at Quebec in 1759. It is a fine piece of sculpture, done by Jon Cheeseman from England (havn't heard from him in quite a while....is he still in the world of figures??).

I was pleased to gain a Bronze at MFCA with this piece, which was quite an accomplishment when one considers the quality of the work else where in the hall.

He is mostly done in Acrylics with selected artist oil washes here and there (Hat & Coat mostly) A great piece and one I am proud to place in my French and Indian War Collection.

Walt Damon

 

[diosytexas]

hi walt. very nice. i love the colour of the coat/waistcoat. will you say what colour mix you used. well done. dave.

 

[theseeker]

Brilliant eyes!

 

[MarquisMini]

Very nice Walt!.I like the color of the coat and the hat looks awesome.
Regards.

 

[Sambaman]

Nice work Walt. This guy is quite a character, he has almost a cartoon like appearance in profile. Nice job on him!

Jay H.
OKC

 

[whdamon]

Dio
I used the basic red from the Valejo line of acrylics, with one of their darker greens to shadow. (I find dark green is a good shadown color for red). I may go over the shadow with a red wash 5 or 10 times to get it where I want it. See attached photo of Wolfe at an early stage in the process where I was blocking out the shadows. I build up from here with a great number of washes. At times I may touch up a shallow shadow with a very lite wash of Mars Black artist oils. (Mars black is one of my favorite oils...I use it extensively as a wash). To highlite I lay down WHITE, and then 5 or more washes of red over that, going back over it many times until i get it to the color of red i am looking for.

Walt Damon

 

[unknown01]

Your work is an excellent work！
Very beautiful.
I think oil paint is very effective.
The facial expression is also wonderful.

 

[megroot]

Very nice painted figure.

marc

 

[Guy]

Excellent painting Walt. Looking forward to the finished piece.

 

[vergilius]

excellent bust

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Very nice work, Walt.

 

[Tommi]

Very nice expression on the face and the painting is good on the skin tones, not ever seen this one until today
Tommi

 

[Marcel]

Great paintwork on this bust Walt!

 

[Bad91Fellow]

Looks really nice. I agree with Jay H. that he looks a liitle bit cartoon like, but i like it! i just opened the newspaper today and there was a pic of a Danish soldier in Afghanistan. He was very tall and if I would sculpt him like he appeared in the newspaper everyone would say that he's anatomically incorrect because he would have a head that seems to be too small.
So fight against the perfect anatomy in miniature!

Lennart

 

[blabsy]

Hi Walt,
nice work,its a pleasure to paint.
Jon gave me one of the early castings and this one ,I painted this one,as Jon said he made an error with the waist coat,on the first one.
Jon quit sculpting and painting figures,bit of a shame!
He and I fish together now days,he keeps his hand in by painting model cars!
Best Regards
Paul Blaber

 

[Roc]

Very nice Walt, thanks for sharing.

Cheers
Roc

 

[whdamon]

Thanks to all for the comments....as far as his profile, i believe Jon sculpted it pretty accurately (IE: he did have the look of a cartoon figure--for real)
Paul............thanks for the update on Jon...I always liked his work, and had many drinks with him in the bar at the Chicago show. Ask him if he still has his "cheesehead" atire, (huge foam cheese wedge that the locals from Wisconson (sp) seems to enjoy wearing on their head) and remembers wearing the fool thing while getting blotto. I think Kreston Peckham may have given him the cheesehead.Sure seemed appropriate at the time.
Walt Damon

 

[captnenglish]

Walt,
Really nice paint job and a well deserved bronze. It's a shame this bust is OOP, as I had always planned on painting one and never got my hands on a copy.

 

[John Bowery]

Walt,
Great looking piece and very effective.
Cheers
John