WIP Officer, Probyn’s Horse, 1857.

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Geoff

Hope this is sorted quickly and with minimal mess and inconvieience

Look forward to seeing the return to the bench

As you say this is not a competition ...it's all about enjoying the benchtime

Nap

Couldn’t agree more.

Neal

 

[Cannonball]

Very good facial tone Neal, looking good overall.

Really appreciated Bob.

Neal

 

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Coming towards the end now. I’ve made a start on the striping on the turban to get an idea of positioning. The paint was a little thin so once it’s dry I’ll go back at it with a thicker mix than sort any shades/highs. I’ve just added a couple of extra lines, one each side of the shoulder seam and painted on a small circle pattern-a lot of the pictures of these Afghan/Indian fur lined jackets show a lot of detail patterns on the cuffs and fronts. I’ve gone for silver pickers/chains to contrast with the yellow/gold striping on the turban. Need to do a bit more on this part of the bust but happy overall with how it’s progressing.

 

[smudger1960]

very nice work neal,im starting mine this week

 

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very nice work neal,im starting mine this week

Thanks Brian. Still a little bit to do on the turban but got a little side tracked with a late birthday present courtesy of Alexandros Models. Look forward to seeing your version.

Neal

 

[misfit151]

Lovely progress Neal.....bring mine to completion... . Take care...Mike

 

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Managed to finish off the last few bits and pieces on this super bust and going to call it finished I think.

 

[Geoff Charman]

Very nice work.

Geoff

 

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Very nice work.

Geoff

Thanks Geoff. Look forward to seeing yours progress.

Neal

 

[Nap]

Hi Neal

Looking good now , like the turban pattern ...nice fleshtones as well

Why not put something into FOTM as well as voting in previous month

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

 

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Hi Neal

Looking good now , like the turban pattern ...nice fleshtones as well

Why not put something into FOTM as well as voting in previous month

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

Thanks Nap. I decided to add a dark blue line edging the gold stripes just to lift it a little and also tried to add a bit of dust/grime effect to the turban to tie it in with the rest of him. I was contemplating adding some different coloured stripes at one point but happy with this. It’s interesting to see the variations on painting the turban colour wise- Mike (misfit151) went for a plain black version and Geoff is going for a coloured version it looks like. The figure just lends itself to it and there’s an opportunity to depict variations on any number of units I suppose.

Neal

 

[misfit151]

great stuff Neal.....personally Im not a big fan of ultra enlargements. ( as Shep Paine would say... ) .none the less stirling work... Mike

 

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great stuff Neal.....personally Im not a big fan of ultra enlargements. ( as Shep Paine would say... ) .none the less stirling work... Mike

Thanks Mike.

Neal