General Lasalle

[khollar]

Hussar General - Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle. A 200mm bust from Alexandros Miniatures. Painted in oils, inks and acrylics.

 

[Nap]

Hi Kurt

Great result , like the way the Lace and Flanders look , nice medals on him

Thanks for supporting this months FOTM

Thanks for the SBS and sharing both that and this thread

Look forward to the next

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Excellent job

Mobo

 

[Viking Bob]

Very nice painting, love the green, excellent.

 

[khollar]

Thanks, Nap, Mobo and Bob,
That is most appreciated.

Cheers,
Kurt

 

[taliesin2013]

Very fine work.
If it possibile tell us the process that you followed.

 

[khollar]

Very fine work.
If it possibile tell us the process that you followed.

Thanks for asking, Taliesin. I’ll be happy to share.
The two key components were a very good OOO Windsor & Newton brush, and a slow, patient approach.

That said, I start by painting the base uniform color between the lines of braid. I’ll paint a darker shade of that color under each line of braid to create a shadow and add some depth to it. I’ll come back later in the process and add a lighter shade to these strips in the upper chest area, and any areas that stand out and would catch more light.

I start painting the braid itself with a dark brown color (if you want actual colors, I can provide them). I then paint over it with my base gold shade, leaving a tiny strip of the brown showing at the top and bottom of the strip of braid. I then add a highlight strip of lighter gold across the top of each strip of braid, and the shadow line gown the middle with thinned brown. I’ll add additional highlights if there are folds or other areas where a section of braid catches additional light.

When I have all of this about the way I want it, I then come back and clean up any crooked lines or mistakes. The little tiny loops of braid were painstakingly painted with that good OOO brush. Some cleanup was required on those as well.

I hope that some of this makes sense and is useful. The shading and highlighting are important, but are overlooked by many painters.

 

[Nap]

Hi Kurt

Thanks for the explanation on the braid ....great timing as I have a Chasseur Officer's uniforms to paint

Hap

 

[khollar]

I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that these Alexandros busts are beautifully cast. The details of this braid were very clean and sharply defined, which certainly helps the painter.

Kurt

 

[taliesin2013]

Thanks.

 

[Sven]

Very nice work!

 

[Warren SMITH]

Amazing work

 

[khollar]

Thank you very much, Sven and Warren!

Kurt

 

[clrsgt]

Lost track of this one. It came out looking great Kurt.

 

[khollar]

Lost track of this one. It came out looking great Kurt.

Thank you very much, Mike. I appreciate those kind words.