Completed Marine de la Garde

[khollar]

One of my final pieces from 2020 - Stormtroopers’ 1/6 dust of a Marine de la Garde. This is another beautiful sculpt by Carl Reid. Highly recommended!

 

[misfit151]

Top notch job Kurt....happy new year..... Mike

 

[clrsgt]

First rate Kurt.

 

[Cannonball]

Super painting Kurt. Lovely work on the lace, a great addition to the display. Best wishes for the year ahead.

Neal

 

[KenBoyle]

Well done Kurt!

Cheers,
Ken

 

[Nap]

Hi Kurt

Happy New Year

Pleasure seeing your version ...saving the pics as a reference !

The lacework looks excellent ..what colours did you use ?

Nice work on the shako edging as well

You've done the sculpt much credit

Do think about entering a piece in one of the 3 classes in FOTM as well ..msg me if needed

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[Grod]

Nice job Kurt.
Gordon

 

[Tonton]

Will just endorse what others have said and, for me, the leather is real!

Jeff

 

[khollar]

Hi Kurt

Happy New Year

Pleasure seeing your version ...saving the pics as a reference !

The lacework looks excellent ..what colours did you use ?

Nice work on the shako edging as well

You've done the sculpt much credit

Do think about entering a piece in one of the 3 classes in FOTM as well ..msg me if needed

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks, Nap,

The orange shades that I used for the lace and trim are all combinations of Vallejo 911 Light Orange and Scalecolor Artist 22 Orange. The shadows are Scalecolor Artist 37 Red Ochre. For the highest highlights I added a bit of Reaper 09143 Yellowed Bone to the Light Orange.

I hope that is useful.

Kurt

 

[khollar]

Will just endorse what others have said and, for me, the leather is real!

Jeff

Thank you, Jeff. That is most appreciated.

For the black leather on the shako peak and the cross belts, I fist painted them with Vallejo Panzer Aces 337 Highlights German Black, which is a medium muddy brown shade.

I then painted thin coats of Vallejo 70.950 Matt Black over the top until I was happy with the look. This approach allows the brown to show through the black overcoat to whatever degree you’d like. Using light coats of the black gives you this glossy look with nothing added.

Then, I added scuffs and scrapes with a light fleshy brown shade, although I don’t recall which color I used at the time.

I’ve found this approach works well for black boots as well. Hope this is useful.

Kurt

 

[Nap]

Hi Kurt

Thanks very much for the mixes and also on the leather

Why not enter into your chosen class in the new FOTM as well ..detaiks in FOTM threads but msg me if needed

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Blind Pew]

Kurt, this is excellent.

 

[tock24]

Excellent painting - wish I had bought one when it came out! Inspirational!
BR
Ian

 

[Scott Sheltz]

Excellent paint work!

 

[khollar]

Excellent painting - wish I had bought one when it came out! Inspirational!
BR
Ian

If Stormtroopers releases it again, I would highly recommend it. It’s a very nice kit.

Kurt

 

[Stephan]

wow, wished my figures look like that, when the focus is so close.
I like that a lot, thanks for showing.

 

[khollar]

wow, wished my figures look like that, when the focus is so close.
I like that a lot, thanks for showing.

Thank you very much!
Kurt