Completed Napoleonic British Heavy Dragoon Bust

[CGQ]

nice work！安兄新年快乐！！

 

[Anson CHEN]

Wow, that's very nice indeed!
Beautiful skin tones. Would it be rude to ask, what formulae you used for the skin tones, did you use Vallejo? I'm fairly new to acrylics and though I'm starting to grasp the techniques I struggle with colour formulae.
Thanks for sharing
Regards Karl.

For the base colour,I use Brown sand 876;Basic Skintone 815 is mixed into it for the highlights,and Burnt cadmium Red 814 is mixed in for the shadows.

 

[Karlosfandango]

That's so kind, thanks for your reply, skin tones is one of those I won't to start understanding and nailing down a bit.
I shall follow your work again on future projects.
Thanks Karl

 

[Anson CHEN]

When I sculpt a piece I have an image in my minds eye.
This has exceeded my mentle picture!

I really can not add anything new to all the great comments. So all I can do is repeat the previous posts.
Simply FANTASTIC!

Carl

Hi Carl!
Chinese Miniature enthusiasts are like your sculpted, the Heavy Dragoon Bust we once bought 7 boxes, expect more works!

 

[Anson CHEN]

nice work！安兄新年快乐！！

新的一年马上快乐！

 

[Anson CHEN]

This is so nice I was having another look at noticed the cockade, shouldn't it be black?

Roger.

Hi Roger
Thank you for your reply, I refer to this picture, but if the red and white in the wrong position

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[carl reid]

Hi Carl!
Chinese Miniature enthusiasts are like your sculpted, the Heavy Dragoon Bust we once bought 7 boxes, expect more works!

Thank you my friend! I am pleased you like him.

Carl

 

[billyturnip]

Hi Roger
Thank you for your reply, I refer to this picture, but if the red and white in the wrong position

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Anson, your photo is of a French cockade the British one was black.

Roger.

 

[Anson CHEN]

Anson, your photo is of a French cockade the British one was black.

Roger.


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Oh my god... I should ask you before coloring

 

[Joe55]

Geez! This is a masterful piece of work. The sculpt is marvelous and the brushwork stunning! A slap on the back to both sculptor and painter !

Joe

 

[Gra30]

Superbly done

 

[billyturnip]

Oh my god... I should ask you before coloring

Don't worry, it's easy to fix it.

Roger.

 

[Waterman]

Sensational ,you have done the piece proud.

 

[Anson CHEN]

Very nicely finished, I have this in my long line on the bench, well done.
I had a closer look at the images, the reds are very well done, especially around the dirty elbows and the heavy fold areas, the whites are great, a really nice touch being the blue and white stripes for his undershirt. The metals are great as well.

I have one slight observation, I am not picking on your quality of painting, it's beautiful, but just a little bit of positioning, it would be the eyes, as he is seen looking over his right should, going by the position of the head, would the eyes be more to his right side rather than centre. Otherwise there is nothing else to say, but it is just beautifully painted

Dave

HI Dave
Thanks for your reply！I set up this old soldier in a reflective look, so the eyes do not draw in the center

CHEN

 

[ellie]

Simply Fantastic well done looking forward to seeing more from you very soon.

ian

 

[Jazz]

What a beautifully painted bust. I have never seen this one before. Excellent sculpting by Carl Reid as always. Fantastic use of colours, the reds are especially well painted and the face has been handled exceptionally well. Marvellous work.

 

[YellowBear]

it looks so good that i have to at least comment to congratulation. excel in every aspect

 

[Ventress]

Would love to see a SBS of the wood effect, best I have seen, ever. Superb figure.

 

[Jimmy S]

Fantastic work Anson, any other pieces you have done we will be seeing soon?

 

[tiberius57]

Absolutely superb! Any SBS would be very welcome! Your skills are fantastic!
Thanks a lot for sharing and I hope you'll not stop here. You made my evening!
Cheers,
Zeno