Peter Day
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My next is this well known bust by Carl Reid for Mitches, depicting an officer of the Iron Brigade, ACW. I've seen a couple of excellent treatments of this one on PF and they are a tough act to follow. I do find this sculptor's work challenging to paint, so again, no promises.
The kit contains 10 parts, and it required quite a bit of sanding and filler to knock it into shape - big casting blocks where the arms join etc etc.
So, the face:
A very typical Reid face with lots of lines and angles and bags of character. Other peopled have left the cheeks shaved, but I found that there was a lot of texture there that looked like stubble, hence my interpretation of the beard. I've gone for another redhead, as the colour goes well with the yellowish skin tones.