Napoleon Bonaparte 90mm

[ghamilt1]

After a few months in the "almost finished" shelf, I finally made an end to this most excellent mounted version of Napoleon I from the talented people at Castle Miniatures. It's a pretty sizeable piece at 90mm, but the detail was exquisite. I tried a few new (to me) techniques, most notably painting the texture of the horses hair by doing each hair individually, kind of like pointillism. That did not take as long as I thought it would, although I'm not sure you can see the result in these pictures. Trust me, those hairs are there!

 

[Alex]

you can be proud of yourself ! very very nice ! and I can see the individual hairs

 

[Blind Pew]

Superb Paint job.

And that pesky 'almost done shelf' - so I'm not alone then!

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[Nap]

Hi there

That's one cracking piece of painting ...the horse works really well ...think you missed a hair in a nostril ...lol

Great technique on the horse

Lovely painting of Napoleon

...wasn't there a hare as well in the kit ? ..or am I thinking of another release...I get fo confused when I see legs ....lol

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

 

[ghamilt1]

Thanks everyone, appreciate your feedback. You are right Nap, Castle miniatures had two versions of this figure, the one with a hare illustrated a story of how the hare had startled Napoleon's horse as he began his ill-fated 1812 campaign in Russia, thus presenting a "bad omen". This one came out soon after.

 

[KenBoyle]

Fantastic work Glenn! A truly beautiful figure.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[Theodoros]

Impressive result on a great miniature. Thanks for sharing !

 

[user 5827]

Great Job

 

[hollebrandse]

Beautifull work!

 

[Borek]

Fantastic paintwork on this superb dynamic figure. Great job indeed, just beatiful shading!

Cheers Borek

 

[Tonton]

That’s one helluva job. Congratulations.

Jeff

 

[Alfonso Floren]

Muy bonita

 

[Cannonball]

Stunning finish to this project. Super paintwork all round. The horse is a real beauty.

Neal