Private, 4th (Queen's Own) Dragoons Albuera 1811

[Tommy Atkins]

Hi!
A couple of pictures of the bust I finished just before my norman. I dearly love the British napoleonic army and really enjoyed doing this one- the largest bust that I have painted!
It is a 1/9 bust from SK Miniatures, sculpted by the talented Carl Reid. As usual mostly done in Humbrol enamels with a bit of Vallejo and artist oils used for certain effects. As with my norman, I made some minor adjustments to personalise the piece a bit. I though that the cocked hat looked a bit plain, so added an old Poste Militaire plume in the usual white over red colours. I expect that they soon got lost on campaign but I thought it made him look, well, more British!I also sculpted the top of a pair of breeches for him. The main change though was a bit of work on the heavy cavalry carbine, which is basically a cut down Brown Bess of .75 musket bore. I straightened the top edge of the butt a bit to get the silhouette right and made a new foresight/ bayonet lug for the front of the barrel. Apart from that he is straight from the box. Hope you like him

 

[KuK_Grenadier]

WOW, that's absolutely fine and skillful painting.

Christian

 

[Tommy Atkins]

Thank you Christian.

 

[Nap]

Hi there TW

Very nice work indeed , like the additions and changes you made

Also like the uniform red ..can you share the mixes please if possible

Nap

PS Turned pictures for you

 

[Tommy Atkins]

Sure Nap. The coatee base is just Humbrol matt red 60 plus a bit of dark brown 173 as it is an other ranks jacket ( below the rank of sergeant) and shouldn't be too bright- red as opposed to scarlet. Shadows are done with more 173 to the mix and highlights with the addition of matt flesh 60. I think that this produces a nice faded effect (suiting the climate of Spain) which still looks 'red'. I also did a bit of weathering with some brown Carr's weathering powders and a bit of powdered black pastel to simulate powder burns around the right shoulder area.

 

[Gellso]

Lovely work.
I love the shading effects.
Gells

 

[Chris Ribchester]

Very fine work indeed,good colours.

Chris

 

[Tommy Atkins]

Thank you Chris and Gells!

 

[swralph]

Just lovely paintwork.

 

[peedee]

Super work mate !

Paul.

 

[Tommy Atkins]

Thank you Paul!

 

[Borek]

Great fine paint, nice and clean transition.

Cheers Borek

 

[anstontyke]

great painting, it has really fetched him to life.
thanks for sharing your colour mixes.

tony

 

[Tommy Atkins]

Thank you Borek and Tony for your nice comments. He's only the second piece of work that I have put on PF and I am overwhelmed by the positive comments that I have received. A big thank you to everyone!