Completed Critique PM Red Lancer

[TERRYSOMME1916]

Great stuff a Poste Militaire on the work bench, I missed out on one of these on EBAY last year, tried to sqeeze the seller a little too hard and it went to the higher bid, however I have several other mounted Poste Militaire waiting on my retirement years but as you say these classic kits are scary and can test your skills not to mention the failing eyes, but crack on your assembly looks excellent, time to grab a wrist support and get painting.
TERRY

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

How have I missed this thread ...apologies ....this is a classic and it's great to see it being painted

Always remember the plume was really good

Sure your arm muscles will be a lot stronger after this

Look forward to seeing more

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MattMcK.]

Starting out with the horse using Golden high-flow acrylic airbrushed on. Preshaded with a burnt umber/ sepia mix. Then black, burnt sienna, yellow ochre and white highlights, then an over spray of transparent brown. The colors in the pics are skewed by the blueish light in my spray booth; it’s got more of a chestnut shade overall. It will be a good base for the oils to come. Also rough sprayed the base and attached it to the plinth.

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

Thanks for the update interesting to see how it's all done

Probably not the right time to say and it might be the angle of the pics but is the back right leg in the correct position ......looks as though it's too far out ??

Base is going to look good

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MattMcK.]

Probably not the right time to say and it might be the angle of the pics but is the back right leg in the correct position ......looks as though it's too far out


Nap

Yes, just the angle of the pics

 

[Scott Sheltz]

Coming along nicely!

 

[MattMcK.]

Back to school has made things busy here, but I finally finished with the acrylics on the horse and starting the oils today. I managed to drop it and broke that darned leg I pinned, so a third rod was added in the repair. Now all legs that have ground contact are drilled and have added rods and are epoxied to the base. This thing is a beast!

 

[Scott Sheltz]

Looks good. Coming along nicely even with the repair

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

Great repair work ...might be a beast but that head has masses of details ...looking good .....will you put a shine on the eyes ?

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MattMcK.]

Hi Matt

Great repair work ...might be a beast but that head has masses of details ...looking good .....will you put a shine on the eyes ?

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

Absolutely! I’ve decided to rest it on a folded towel to paint. So I can only work the shading one area at a time. Eventually I’ll get there

 

[MattMcK.]

Back-to- school has been taking the wind out of my sails, but a little progress on the horse.

 

[Nap]

Mike

Great progress shots on this piece ...the eyes look good as does the tongue and blaze

Thanks for sharing

Happy bench-time

Nap

 

[TERRYSOMME1916]

Matt that's the way to do it just keep shunting it along, you say little progress but its progress and its good.
TERRY

 

[MattMcK.]

A little progress on the trim...

 

[ivopreda]

great choice... a great kit ...I did mine in the 1989... for a figure sorted in that years

 

[Cannonball]

Progressing really nicely Matt. Lovely work on the horse.

Neal

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

That trim is coming along very nicely ...how are you achieving the look ?

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Blind Pew]

This is looking excellent already. Sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully it'll make the finished article more satisfying.

 

[MattMcK.]

Hi Matt

That trim is coming along very nicely ...how are you achieving the look ?

Happy benchtime

Nap

Burnt umber and burnt sienna mix for the dark with some cad yellow, and cad yellow light deepened with yellow ochre for the midrange. I’m undecided if there should be a blue pinstripe in the groove, as Ivopreda did in his above, or whether it should stay simply a shadow in the yellow. Thoughts?

 

[ivopreda]

Burnt umber and burnt sienna mix for the dark with some cad yellow, and cad yellow light deepened with yellow ochre for the midrange. I’m undecided if there should be a blue pinstripe in the groove, as Ivopreda did in his above, or whether it should stay simply a shadow in the yellow. Thoughts?

there was a blu trim between the different laces... laces were sewed over the basic blu tissue