Mercury Models 75mm Gladiator Murmillone

[Blind Pew]

Hello guys, I'm going to declare this one finished. Thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish. A good figure from a firm producing really good stuff. I hope you like, as always, any comment, queries etc. please always ask. Excuse the sad pictures. Also - I made the base as well, so even more satisfying. Thanks as ever
Anthony

 

[Tecumsea]

Very nicely done Anthony love the shield, very brave of you to take that on.

Keith

 

[Ferris]

Very cool piece of work! Bravo on the shield particularly.

Adrian

 

[MalcC]

Nicely done, the shield is impressive.

Malc

 

[Blind Pew]

Thanks as always for the kind words. I did enjoy that one, actually. It really was fun to do. In fact, I started with the shield, as that's where stuff is mostly likely to go wrong. Thankfully, it didn't.

 

[Redcap]

Excellent work and as others have said, the shield is especially impressive.
Gary

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Very nice work

Mobo

 

[Blind Pew]

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

 

[Richie]

Hi Anthony,
Great piece of work, I thought people deserved to see the shield
and the magnificent freehand work you did.
cheers
Richie

 

[Nap]

Hi Anthony

Lovely painting on a good figure , your better than me with all the flesh to do so well done

Richie beat me to it with the shield shows how well done the piece is by you


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Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing more and enjoying the hobby

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Merryweather]

Lovely job,sir!

 

[VerSacrum]

The painting of Neptune on the shield is beautiful

 

[marco14]

very lovely painting and figure ,It's nice to watch
I see you on facebook also
Mario

 

[NigelR]

Excellent work, and the shield is indeed fantastic. Well done!

 

[Blind Pew]

Thanks so much for the kind compliments. Much appreciated, guys.
If it helps anybody, here is a short SBS I did with the shield. It is fairly easy to follow. I start off in pencil, mapping out proportions (very important!) and where I want things to go. When happy, I firm this up in black. Then the colours come and I flesh things out. Always be critical and be ready to re-do stuff you're not happy with. Again, any questions, please do ask.

 

[VerSacrum]

Thanks so much for the kind compliments. Much appreciated, guys.
If it helps anybody, here is a short SBS I did with the shield. It is fairly easy to follow. I start off in pencil, mapping out proportions (very important!) and where I want things to go. When happy, I firm this up in black. Then the colours come and I flesh things out. Always be critical and be ready to re-do stuff you're not happy with. Again, any questions, please do ask.

I'm currently trying to tackle a 15th century pavise (way in over my head on this one), so your post is appreciated.

 

[Gooner Mike]

Beautiful work

 

[Blind Pew]

I'm currently trying to tackle a 15th century pavise (way in over my head on this one), so your post is appreciated.

Perhaps the single most important thing for me was this. I changed my mindset. I stopped thinking of it as 'difficult'. I decided to call it 'time-consuming.' I hope that makes sense and is helpful to you. Good luck and thanks !

 

[arj]

Very nicely painted Anthony.
That shield is something else; it's superb.
Very well done.

Cheers,
Andrew