Completed prince de SALM-KIBURG Napoleon AdC 1809

[ivopreda]

About Eisenbach horses, Ivo. As I remember, they are a little bit larger than 54mm, aren´t they?

http://www.mininet.tv/egminiatures.html

no they are perfect. they works perfectly with the Metal modeles figure as for the Historex range.

I suggest only the light cavalry range, the heavy are not so good for me

 

[ivopreda]

after Au Petit Soldat show I'm back with this history

before the color the primer...

 

[ivopreda]

after some (long ) time the face painting done in 3 steps
1st




2nd






and finally the last




plus fifteen minutes to paint the leopard skin

 

[smudger1960]

Ivo,your skills have really brought this piece to life,i love the eyes with a sideways glance,it looks vey effective with the catchlight,i have admired your work for a number of years,thank you for posting.

Brian

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Ciao Ivo,
You still have it!
Well done

David

 

[Azgaron]

Excellent paint job Ivo! Nice to see pics from the build too! Great attention to detail!

Cheers,

Håkan

 

[ivopreda]

pardon guys, I forget to finish this post....

last painting progress before the finish, all in oils







in the above picture you can see the pin ( steel, 1,5 mm thick ) that sort from the leg to give stability to the figure

 

[housecarl]

Lovely.
Carl.

 

[sarouman]

Amazing paint my friend!!!

Alexandros

 

[Mike Stevens]

Amazing paint my friend!!!

Alexandros

Not much else to say! Wonderful painting!

 

[megroot]

I always wonder how you get that brodery so sharp and clean.

Marc

 

[ChaosCossack]

STUNNING!!!!
Great job overall.
I really dig the freehand embroidery work... So good, it's hard not to hate you a little bit
Would love to see more of your work

Colin

 

[Silversurfer]

Gimme more of your work!! That´s fantastic!!

Thomas

 

[Lew J]

Astonishing detail work, wowee .

Lew J.

 

[tiberius57]

WOW!!!
A true inspiration!!!
Thanks Ivo for sharing! AMAZING!!!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[Blind Pew]

A truely wonderful project - the best of it's kind I've seen for years.

 

[robbyk9]

Hello Ivo

This is outstanding work. Very nice painted and your detail work is amazing. Makes me very happy.
I hope to see more of your work.
Greetings Dick

 

[Stephan]

wow, thats an awesome piece.

 

[MarquisMini]

Impressive work.
I love the expression of the eyes with the catchlight,i wish i coild paint eyes like that.
Cheers

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Fantastic all round !! great sbs also.

Ron