WIP Officer, Probyn's Horse by Stormtrooper.

[Geoff Charman]

I purchased this 1/6th bust from Stu at Stormtroopers as it was released a little while ago.



He came as a nice one piece bust and with minimal cleaning up so after washing and priming I started on the eyes first with Vallejo acrylics, then I gave them a coat of acrylic gloss varnish. When that was drying I started painting the basic coat on the turban, the white and gold will be painted a bit later.
When the eyes and blue had dried I painted the face using my usual tubed Artist's oils,



This will now be left to dry before doing any more, maybe tomorrow pm or Wednesday.

Bye for now, stay safe,
Geoff

 

[Viking Bob]

Another cracking start Geoff, very nice.

 

[Bournouna]

Geoff,

Your skin tones are just fantastic .
Joel

 

[Geoff Charman]

Another cracking start Geoff, very nice.

Many thanks Bob, pleased you like it.

Cheers
Geoff

 

[Geoff Charman]

Geoff,

Your skin tones are just fantastic .
Joel

Thank you very much Joel, I do like using Artist's oils for the blending properties it gives you.

Cheers
Geoff

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Nice work as always, Geoff. I like what you’ve done with the eyes & turban, it always amazes me how you crank these busts out so quickly.

 

[Geoff Charman]

Nice work as always, Geoff. I like what you’ve done with the eyes & turban, it always amazes me how you crank these busts out so quickly.

Thank you Chris, I think I must have a different technique than most when it comes to acrylics, after watching others painting with umpteen washes at shows. I was brought up using enamels where 2-3 thin coats was enough and I do have a lazy streak and they say that to find the easiest way to do a job is to ask a lazy bugger.

Painting faces in Artist's oils usually takes me about an hour once the eyes are done and dry with acrylics.

More work on the turban hopefully tomorrow.

Cheers
Geoff

 

[Chrisr]

Top shelf Geoff. My word your painting has improved by leaps and bounds since you first posted such a short time ago. Practice makes perfect .

Cheers
Chris

 

[Nap]

Hi Geoff

Good to this on your bench ...as usual good fleshwork , eyes look good as well

Intrigued about what you've planned for the turban

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

 

[Geoff Charman]

Top shelf Geoff. My word your painting has improved by leaps and bounds since you first posted such a short time ago. Practice makes perfect .

Cheers
Chris

Many thanks Chris, nice of you say that.

Stay safe
Geoff

 

[Geoff Charman]

Hi Geoff

Good to this on your bench ...as usual good fleshwork , eyes look good as well

Intrigued about what you've planned for the turban

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

Many thanks Nap, you know me with loving painting faces, progress on turban coming up mate

Cheers
Geoff

 

[Geoff Charman]

Progress this morning while listening to Absolute Classic Rock.

More work on Turban, Posteen fur and basic coat on the animal skin, first coat on crossbelt, scarf painted.



Plenty more to do once everything is fully dry.

Cheers and stay safe
Geoff

 

[Nap]

Hi Geoff

That's neat lining on the turban , going to look really good once completed , nice to see a more colourful version as well

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

PS I have this from Model Cellar looking at me !...websites well worth looking at

Soldier of the Raj ...bling and medals .....and turban

Colonel Dhanpat Rae

In the service of Maharajah of Jaipur 1918

 

[Geoff Charman]

Hi Geoff

That's neat lining on the turban , going to look really good once completed , nice to see a more colourful version as well

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

PS I have this from Model Cellar looking at me !...websites well worth looking at

Soldier of the Raj ...bling and medals .....and turban

Colonel Dhanpat Rae

In the service of Maharajah of Jaipur 1918

View attachment 381309

Thanks Nap, I have seen this bust but sadly he doesn't do anything for me.

Cheers
Geoff

 

[Nap]

Thanks Nap, I have seen this bust but sadly he doesn't do anything for me.

Cheers
Geoff

No worries ..just that he had a turban on as well ...lol ...I've had it basecoated as long as I remember ..it's in V bench in the same thread as Rob Lanes Bengal lancer bust .......really must get that done as well .....lol

https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/couple-of-indian-army-pieces.123851/

Over a year ago .....oh the embarresment !!

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

 

[Blind Pew]

I can just tell how much you're enjoying this one. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Geoff Charman]

I can just tell how much you're enjoying this one. Thanks for sharing it.

Thank you, yes I certainly am, just going to post the finished pics.

Cheers and stay safe.
Geoff

 

[Geoff Charman]

Well I've just finished him, really enjoyed this one, roll on the next 1/6th bust as I love the size but would like a bit more of the shoulders and body, but if that's all I can get I will take it.

So the pics,





Thanks for all the likes and comments.

Stay safe and Cheers
Geoff

Just waiting for postie to deliver my next one, Gordon Mitchell's 1/6th bust of a RAF WW2 pilot which is on it's way.

 

[KenBoyle]

Beautifully done Geoff!

Cheers,
Ken

 

[Geoff Charman]

Beautifully done Geoff!

Cheers,
Ken

Many thanks Ken.

Geoff