Robert the Bruce

[Cicero]

Hi all,

Here is my rendering of the Andrea 70mm Robert the Bruce with wich I competed last march in our club exhibition weekend (AMSS or Antwerp Model Soldier Society). With this figure I won my first little price (commended), competing only for the second time ever. So, I am kind of proud of it.

Nevertheless, please, all you specialists, give your opinion about it. Don't hesitate to go rough on me! :angry: :angry: :angry:

BTW. Bruce is painted in oils over acryl (also the armour and mailskirt)

Johan

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi Johan

No need to go rough on you, it looks good, well it must be, you won something with it.

The Heraldry is great. Keep up the good work...

Dave

 

[megroot]

Hello Johan,

I saw him in person. It is a tremendous beautiful brushwork. The metals are lifelike.
You can learn me so much. See you next thuesday.
P.S i didn't know you have a commended with it.

Marc

 

[Guayo]

hi Jon, love your work, just one question from a novice, What's your tip on the heraldry, or how you do it?, any special technic, do you practice before doing it on the figure? and does this figure come with two heads?, I don't know why but I'm been trying to jump from 54 to 70 but may be I'm just lazy and like everything small, I know one day I would have to get one.

ThANKS,
Eduardo.

 

[Jim Patrick]

Johan, nice figure I too painted this figure and had a great time with it. No fit problems at all and a very nice looking figure to boot. Keep up the good work.

Jim Patrick

Oh yeah, do you have any more pics showing the rear and sides?

 

[Cicero]

Thank you all for the compliments fellows.

Sadly enough this is the only photo I posses. The picture was taken by a clubmember, I myself not owning a digital camera, something I hope to remedy in the near future.

Originaly this figure is cast with engraved heraldry. But because this was to explicit I sanded it away just untill there was only a little trace of it left.
Before I tackled the heraldry I finished the surcoat. After that I covered it with several layers of diluted matt varnish, this to give the already finished paint work a firm protective layer.

I began the heraldry with a fine outline of much diluted mat Humbrol red. That was the only moment when Humbrol came to the rescue. In case of a mistake, you can easely brush away the faulty part with a little white spirit, something which would not be possible with acryl paint because of the fast drying time. The coat of matt varnish serves here as a protection of the already finished surcoat. Then I filled up the heraldry with red acryl paint which serves as the undercoat for the oilpaint. Highlighting and shadowing was processed in several sessions, in the beginning wet on wet, but the final stages after drying time.

I hope this will help a little bit, Eduardo. BTW the figure has only one head but there is also a sort of a pigs face visor delivered with it. However I found this to roughly casted to use it.
I myself think of changing to the 54 mm scale being used to 90 mm figures because of the wider variety of the available figures.

Johan

 

[KeithP]

Not only is the heraldry very nice. But the shade and highs on the yellow are very good, too. I'd like to have seen more pics, too.

Keith

 

[nagashino]

Hi Johann

Nice work! I agree with Keith - the yellow has been dealt with really well and your attention to detail on the heraldry is very good. Still a few of us painting in oils :lol:

Best regards

Phil

 

[Cicero]

Thank you Phil and Keith.

I will not ever give up my oil tubes, only the smell of it gives me a reason to paint (am I an addict now?). In thruth, even using acryl paints as an undercoat gave me headaches enough, so to consider using them as a medium to finish my babies is totaly out of the question.

BTW, as a Flemish I cannot betray my ancestors of that world famous school who did much to perfect oils and oil painting. No I will not equal me with the Bross. Van Eyck and boys like that, although ... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Johan