First of all I would like to thank John Lea of United Empire Miniatures who gave me the opportunity to paint the boxart of this coming soon release. I do not consider myself a painter (I think this is the piece #12 I ever painted), and this is the first boxart I do for someone, so I am really excited. Hope to do not diminish this beautiful sculpt with my paint work.
The piece is an aprox. 1/9 scale bust of a masked Roman, a Roman Cavalryman in sports armor from the late 2nd century A.D. to be exact, sculpted by Shane Tarry. Here you can find the related thread.
As usual, the casting is impressive, in a word it is perfect, no bubbles, no mould lines, no imperfections at all. No cleaning required. You only need to cut the sprue, I wish the casting of my own pieces looks like this.
and this is the little gem, the mask
as you can see it is not a so big piece, which makes it easy handling and painting
and here the piece once primed
When still in Italy I was using a local product called 'cementite', a white primer with a very rough finish, the perfect basecoat. I cannot find the corresponding product here, so I used the Humbrol enamels, #34 (matt white) with some drop of #64 (matt grey). I found they are good enough, above all when using acrilics paints.
A very good primer is the Vallejo white aerosol, a small spray can, but I am unable to handle it correctly, I always end in a mess with a lot of paint hiding the finest details, so I prefer a brushable one.
Note that the little basement does not come with the kit. I love those beautiful wooden bases, but (do not laugh...) I am a very poor man so considering the current prices (up to 20 euros...) I decided to cast my own little base, to be painted as marble.
And here the final result, the Roman without the mask
The piece is an aprox. 1/9 scale bust of a masked Roman, a Roman Cavalryman in sports armor from the late 2nd century A.D. to be exact, sculpted by Shane Tarry. Here you can find the related thread.
As usual, the casting is impressive, in a word it is perfect, no bubbles, no mould lines, no imperfections at all. No cleaning required. You only need to cut the sprue, I wish the casting of my own pieces looks like this.
and this is the little gem, the mask
as you can see it is not a so big piece, which makes it easy handling and painting
and here the piece once primed
When still in Italy I was using a local product called 'cementite', a white primer with a very rough finish, the perfect basecoat. I cannot find the corresponding product here, so I used the Humbrol enamels, #34 (matt white) with some drop of #64 (matt grey). I found they are good enough, above all when using acrilics paints.
A very good primer is the Vallejo white aerosol, a small spray can, but I am unable to handle it correctly, I always end in a mess with a lot of paint hiding the finest details, so I prefer a brushable one.
Note that the little basement does not come with the kit. I love those beautiful wooden bases, but (do not laugh...) I am a very poor man so considering the current prices (up to 20 euros...) I decided to cast my own little base, to be painted as marble.
And here the final result, the Roman without the mask
