WIP Critique Maurice Corry 75mm 11th Hussar - Balaklava

[Colin_Fraser]

I am waiting for my Tommy's War figure to dry so I started this freebie from Moz. Great portrait of Trooper Pennington from Lady Butler's "The Return" depicting the survivors of the Light Brigade returning from the 'Valley of Death." Great sculpt. I am doing him in oils.

Colin

 

[housecarl]

Excellent start Colin.
It is a lovely little figure, the detail is unbelievable,
Carl.

 

[Aveleira]

Very good!! Nice painting and figure!

Pedro

 

[ChaosCossack]

Another excellent start... the face looks great and the dolman and braiding are spot on!
You're on a real binge right now, aren't you?

 

[MarquisMini]

Excelent start Colin, the expression on his face is great,colors are really nice.
I can see you've spent some time on the dolman too.
Keep up the good work.

 

[Edorta]

I like the figure and the work you´ve done so far. Very clean work on braids.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[bagelman1952]

Coming along really nicely

 

[rafaelega]

welldone. I have the same figure in my desk!. I will follow your progress

 

[tiberius57]

I like the figure and the work you´ve done so far. Very clean work on braids.

I totally agree!!!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[megroot]

Very nice work so far.
Looking forward to your next pictures.

Marc

 

[Helm]

Looks great keeping an eye on this

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Some more progress. I still need to highlight his yellow trim, add sabretache and scabbard, paint hands and sword. Also he needs blood on shirt and crossbelt per the Lady Butler painting. I painted his hussar belt cords the wrong colour so that needs fixing. I don't think it comes with the chin scales so those will need to be constructed from duro.

Horrible photography as per usual.

I figure I am about 70% done.

Colin

 

[Colin_Fraser]

A few slightly better photos. These are bit more reflective of the actual paint colours. My camera over exposes when used outside.

Colin

 

[DaveG]

Looking brilliant Colin. He could be lifted straight out of the Lady Butler painting. Such a great job on the face. Also really impressed with all that ornamentation on his uniform. Wish like heck I'd gotten one of these while he was up for offer. Excited to see you finish him now.

Dave-

 

[ChaosCossack]

Coming along famously Colin...
Great character in the face and the uniform looks great!
Can't wait to see the finished product... Maybe it'll show up at the next painting group

The other, other Colin

 

[Blind Pew]

Goood stuff here Colin, I too have this in the grey army. A beautiful piece you're doing there, the braiding is excellent.

 

[Edorta]

I like the colors, the fur of colback and face. I only see one thing that I don´t like. The blue of coat seems too glossy for me.
Is the finish of oils, I guess.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[bwildfong]

Great face, Colin and the braidwork is stunning!

Cheers,

Brian

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks all - yes he is in oils and the blue is glossy at the moment. I thought of using Dorlands early on but will instead use dullcoat spray before I do the metals. Its a really nice model to paint although a find brush is required for the dolman braids. Dave, if you wnat one watch the market place on PF or put out a call there. A copy was put there a few days ago but it sold quickly as I recall.

Colin

 

[Paul Kernan]

Seemed to remember reading that a dab of black into the blue mix takes the edge of the sheen/gloss.