Josef Poniatowski (Alexandros bust)

[arj]

This is my first for 2018.
It’s Jósef Poniatowski by Alexandros Miniatures (scale 1:10).
Painting is mainly oils over enamels and printers inks for the metals.
I also experimented with a mix of printers ink and Humbrol matt varnish for the ‘metallic’ embroidery.



Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Nap]

Hi Andrew

Very clean artwork , that lacework must have been interesting

Good to see you posting

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[phil_h]

Nice work Andrew. A nice way to start the year off!
Phil

 

[KenBoyle]

Beautiful work Andrew!

Cheers,
Ken

 

[swralph]

Excellent paintwork Andrew.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

excellent work and beautiful paintwork

mobo

 

[megroot]

very nice

Marc

 

[akaryu]

Excellent paintjob!

Pierre

 

[arj]

Hi Andrew

Very clean artwork , that lacework must have been interesting

Good to see you posting

Thanks for sharing

Nap

Thanks for looking and commenting Kevin.
The printers inks (from El Greco) are excellent, but a tad shiny.
Mixing them with the Humbrol matt varnish worked very well, but the paint does tend to become 'heavy', requiring regular thinning with turps.
However, you do get the chance to clean-up if you go wrong, unlike with acrylics.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Nice work Andrew. A nice way to start the year off!
Phil

Beautiful work Andrew!

Cheers,
Ken

Phil, Ken,
Many thanks for your kind comments.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Excellent paintwork Andrew.

excellent work and beautiful paintwork

mobo

Ralph, Mobo,
Thank you very much for your kind comments.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[billyturnip]

Very nice indeed Andrew.

 

[arj]

very nice

Marc

Excellent paintjob!

Pierre

Marc, Pierre,
Many thanks for your kind comments.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Very nice indeed Andrew.
Much nicer than those rusty old cars.

Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment Roger.
I must admit though, I'm a tad puzzled by you reference to 'rusty old cars'.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[billyturnip]

Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment Roger.
I must admit though, I'm a tad puzzled by you reference to 'rusty old cars'.

Cheers,
Andrew

Lol just deleted that comment, I was thinking of someone else, sorry.

 

[clrsgt]

Very well done indeed. The lacework looks to be a nightmare to do.

 

[santi fernandez]

A fine painting in a nice bust, congratulations.

 

[Viking Bob]

The eyes have it for me , very very good, nice colour too. The whole bust is very well done.

 

[JonH]

Yes indeedy the eyes but I also really like the hair and pelt.
Jon.

 

[arj]

Very well done indeed. The lacework looks to be a nightmare to do.

Many thanks for the kind comment Michael.
The lacework is not particularly difficult. The superb sculpting by 'Ebroin' seems to guide the brush.
As I mentioned to 'Nap', using printers ink and Humbrol matt varnish mix made it relatively easy to lift-off inadvertent smudges.

Cheers,
Andrew