Jean Bart by Model Cellar

[arj]

Just finished this 1/9 scale Model Cellar bust of Jean Bart (French privateer).
It depicts him during the last decade of the 17th Century.
It’s a superb sculpt by Pavol Ovečka (‘offo’ on PF).
Painting was mainly oils over enamels. The breastplate was painted in Humbrol Polished Steel Metalcote (No. 27003), and buffed-up. Gold printers ink (El Greco) was used for the metal gilding, and same mixed with Humbrol matt varnish for the gold lacing.



Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Nap]

Hi Andrew

Nice work there , like the flesh especially the red cheeks ...obviously likes the wine

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[arj]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for looking and your kind comment.
The red cheeks took a few applications of 'wet on dry' until I was reasonably happy with the result.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Edorta]

Great work Andrew, you did a nice face, hair and eyes.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[arj]

Great work Andrew, you did a nice face, hair and eyes.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

Eduardo, Mobo,

Thank you both for your kind comments.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Nice work, Andrew - I like the “high blood pressure” flesh tones, highlights on the wig, & metalwork on the breastplate.

 

[megroot]

Very good work Andrew.

marc

 

[ModelCellar]

Andrew,

Nice work ! You did a great job =). Hope you enjoyed the bust. Thanks for sharing

Paul

 

[OldTaff]

Another beauty,....he was no stranger to a pork pie !

 

[Cannonball]

Lovely job Andrew. Having tackled this one myself can only agree with your comments about Offo’s sculpt, it’s really great and the face so full of character.

Neal

 

[Evgeny Dravskikh]

Nice paintwork!

 

[arj]

Nice work, Andrew - I like the “high blood pressure” flesh tones, highlights on the wig, & metalwork on the breastplate.

Pleased you liked him Chris.
He was fun to paint.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Very good work Andrew.

marc

Thank you Marc.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Andrew,

Nice work ! You did a great job =). Hope you enjoyed the bust. Thanks for sharing

Paul

Thank you for looking and taking the time to comment Paul.
The bust was most certainly fun to paint.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Another beauty,....he was no stranger to a pork pie !

Thanks for your kind comment Alan.
W.r.t. the pie, it was probably downed with oodles of red wine.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Lovely job Andrew. Having tackled this one myself can only agree with your comments about Offo’s sculpt, it’s really great and the face so full of character.

Neal

I'm pleased you liked him Neal.
Your rendition was excellent,

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Nice paintwork!

Thank you Evgeny.

Cheers,
Andrew