Polish Hussar, 17th Century (Castle Miniatures bust)

[arj]

Hi Folks,
This is the Castle Miniatures bust of a Cuirassier, 17th century sculpted by Yury Serebryakov.
While the bust is listed as a cuirassier, I have chosen to paint him as a Polish hussar from the first quarter of the 17th century.
Paints are enamels and oils, while the metals have a bit of variety. The helmet was painted in enamel, scribbled over with a 3B pencil, and then burnished using a cotton bud. For the body armour I tried out my recently bought Darkstar acrylic metals, which I found very good.


Thanks for looking,

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[billyturnip]

Good work all round andrew but that's a cracking job on the armour.

 

[sd0324]

Nice work here. I really like the armour effect you have created. Well done.


Steve Deyo

 

[mortier]

Nice painting,specially the helmet

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Very nice work. Great sculpt and you have done it justice.

 

[Nap]

Hi Andrew ,

Looks good , nice technique on the armour ..did you do any changes to make him a hussar rather than cuirassier

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[peedee]

Lovely job Andrew.

Paul

 

[Reddo]

Nice job

 

[swralph]

Lovely paintwork and great metallic.

 

[megroot]

Excellent work.

marc

 

[arj]

Roger, Steve, Mortier, Colin, Kevin, Paul, Peter, Ralph and Marc,

Many thanks for looking and for all your kind comments.
This is a superb bust, from the hands of one of my favourite sculptors, and was great fun to paint.

..did you do any changes to make him a hussar rather than cuirassier

Kevin,

I didn't make any changes since this is the sort of equipment and clothing worn by the Polish Hussars of the 17th century.
My references come from the book "Hussaria" for the helmets etc. The cross on the breastplate was typical of the embelishments worn by the Hussars.
I also have a print of the Hussars from this period from the book "Zolnierz Polski" (published by the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw):-


Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Huw63]

Marvellous work Ralph - love the way you've tackled the armour.

Cheers

Huw

 

[arj]

Marvellous work Ralph - love the way you've tackled the armour.

Cheers

Huw

Many thanks for the kind comments Huw; and I'm pleased to see that I'm not alone in having 'Senior Moments'.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Huw63]

Many thanks for the kind comments Huw; and I'm pleased to see that I'm not alone in having 'Senior Moments'.

Cheers,
Andrew

I'm losing it...

 

[jhonnsanchez]

great work !!

jhonn

 

[Joe55]

Sharp looking piece Andrew! Excellent work depicting the different textures !

Joe

 

[NickM]

Lovely work, Andrew, it's an impressive looking bust. I really like the metal effect you've achieved on his helmet too.

 

[arj]

I'm losing it...

No you're not. You're just joining the Club.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Jhonn, Joe,

Many thanks for looking and for your kind comments.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Glad you liked it Nick.
The finish that may be achieved can be quite striking. A friend once under-painted a helmet in black and, with repeated applications of graphite and burnishing, achieved a near mirror-like effect. I've tried but not yet got there.

Cheers,
Andrew