legend 1/9 cossack colonel bust

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gothicgeek

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hello again :)

after loosing my OS a few days ago i've been a bit fraught getting everything back up and running, so i have been working on this fellow and managed to get some pics taken and transfered to Photoshoppe today!

as ever comments, crits and any help are most welcome

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Dang it Mark, your flesh work is outstanding. Great start. I love seeing some of the kits I sold be painted up instead of hanging out in my closet.
 
The flesh tones are very clean and smooth.

Thanks Tony! i'm not entirly satisfied with how it came out and i'm still having some trouble getting the really smooth transitions i see others ( on here :) ) acheiving, but onwards and upwards :)

I love seeing some of the kits I sold be painted up instead of hanging out in my closet.

Hi Rob! and thanks... i'm still to chicken to tackle the huge whittman half figure but i got all the work done preping it and it's here on my bench, so soon ;)

I love it! Any recipe for the skin tones? I also have this bust in my stash. Some day it start it...

Thanks Pekka! i use mostly GW paints for skin but have used some AV acrylics for the first time on this :) my usual recipe is dwarf flesh with dark flesh shadows and elf flesh high lights, prussian blue for eye sockets and beard, brown rose for some reds and GW blood red for ears and tip of the nose

Nice work Mark on the fleshtones. The eyes look very good as well.

Cheers David

Thanks David! i painted out the origional eyes and repainted these ones after i had about finished the face :(

Excellent fleshcolors.

Marc

Thanks Marc :)


Some progress......

finished the hat and just the badges to do. I'm leaving the hair and tash alone now, i was trying to acheive an older guys blond look, not too sure it worked, he looks about 30 ish... oh well :)

started doing the insignia......

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Just out of interest is this based on an actual person?

Roger.

Hi Roger! and thanks :)

Yes, the bust seems to be based on Colonel Ivan Kovonov. there are a few pics of the fellow and the likeness is close but a touch young looking

Kovono is shown wearing THE GRAND ORDER & THE ORDER OF THE CROWN OF KING ZVONIMIR a croatian decoration and i'm making an assumption that the decoration next to the iron cross is a German cross.

info on both decorations can be found on the most exellent

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com

also google books have a review of Cossacks in the German army, 1941-1945
By Samuel J. Newland


Mark
 
Thanks for the background info, very interesting.

Roger.

a pleasure Roger, i always learn something new with each historical subject! and thanks :)
It looks really good so far, Mark.

Many thanks :)

Mark,
good progression so far
Interesting to see how you seemed to do some undercoat work for layers, before adding more tonal variety on the jacket.

Thanks for sharing

cheers

Jamie! thanks and i seem to always do a rough version of the shading ( still learning so i'm probably making work for myself :) )

dayum Mark, sweet work

Many thanks Rob :)

progress of sorts........

working the transitions on the tunic,slow but worth the effort i think

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as always the final stages get more and more subtle ( and seem to take the longest :) )
 
Thanks Richard...... :)

Almost finished, some minor tweaking on the tunic and sort the buttons..... i keep looking at that german cross on the pics and i know it could probably be better but.....it could get alot worse! LOL

less words more pictures........

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