Part 3 roman Aquila Bust " Nuts Planet "

[taff edwards]

Hi guys
I have been trying to get some painting in since Nettie had her operation 3 days ago .
I have done some work on the armour which I Iam pretty pleased with , the effect I used metal coat on top of the base coat that I had put on in the previous post , after letting it dry I used a Cotten bud to burnish it up which appeared to work a treat .
I then used a very diluted wah of Vallego black and did a stippling effect let the dry under my designer figure dryer lol.
Then did it agin with a slighly darker wash and did the the same again . Started on the leather sword belt and armour buckes and strap , useing Scale 75 wood and leather set which is cracking if I buy any more will have to build another shelf .
Did some work on buttons and reinforced loop sections for buttons jury is still out on colour of cape , just having a bit of a block lol but a break and revisit will no doubt do the trick
Cheers Chris

This image is of the armour with the metal coat before I used Cotten buds on it

 

[pmfs]

Coming along nicely Chris.

Pedro.

 

[taff edwards]

Cheers Pedro

 

[Eludia]

Coming along nicely Chris.

Pedro.

What he said

Awesome work Chris. I really love the tones on the face, very subtle and realistic.

Cheers,
Billy

 

[pmfs]

 

[storm_zh]

Nice progress. Thanks for sharing, Chris.

 

[Johan Kees]

Very nice results on the armour plating.

I'm also intrigued by the miniature holder with the spring, Chris. Never seen that before. What is it?

Jhan

 

[Eludia]

Very nice results on the armour plating.

I'm also intrigued by the miniature holder with the spring, Chris. Never seen that before. What is it?

Jhan

It looks like a hybrid of a Tamiya painting stand (the springy bit) and a universal holder.

Cheers,
Billy

 

[taff edwards]

Cheers for the feed back guys its really appreciated Yea it a universal stand and holder made by Tamiya its really handy to be honest the wire frame was used for holing AFV
Cheers Chris

 

[Johan Kees]

Billy, Chris, thx for clearing up the miniature holder 'mistery'.

Jhan

 

[Jeff T]

Excellent work Chris, especially the face, that looks really good!

Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[cimeterre de figurines]

Hello Chris,
Nice job on the armor and the helmet.
Looking forward the next step.
Cheers
Xavier

 

[Wings5797]

Looking really well Chris.
Following closely Mate.
Cheers,
Keith

 

[Jimbo]

Looking good Chris
Cheers
Jim

 

[taff edwards]

Cheers fellas
Really appreciate the encouragement and feed back .
Cheers Chris

 

[Babelfish]

Looking really good so far Chris. Maybe a tad more contrast on the hood/cape, but that might just be the lighting. The face is terrific.

- Steve

 

[brian]

Looking very good Chris.
Brian

 

[taff edwards]

Hi Steve I am not happy with hood the lighting is not the best thinking of changing the colour all together to be honest
Really appreciate the feed back guys
Cheers Chris

 

[smudger1960]

Again,some nice work coming from your bench Taff,looking forward to seeing this one finished

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Chris, this is very nice work. It does strike a similar resemblance to the (Andrea 90mm Roman in Dacia), which has a similar cape. which I have done, but used a more, 'Oxide Red', tone to it, rather than the pictured purple hue, to contrast with the Red of the sleeves and neck.




Regards,

Mark