WIP Roman Aquilifer - Pegaso - 75mm

[Ferris]

Hi All,

Believe it or not, but this is my first figure (almost) finished in 3.5 years!

It's an older Pegaso piece in 75mm, done with acrylics mostly, and some oils en enamels.
Quite a tricky piece that requires partial assembly and painting. The staff of the eagle was replaced with a metal rod for straightness and strength.

I tried a new technique on the metals; bit of a mix of TMM and NMM.

Also tried some new groundwork materials: laser-cut ferns (AK Interactive) and moss patches (Mininatur). Great stuff!

Anyway, here it is. Almost finished except for minor tweaks and embellishments.
Cheers all,
Adrian

 

[Babelfish]

Beautiful job that Adrian. I reckon that Mr. Popovichenko himself would be pleased with it. It's got that style about it (less weathered perhaps).

- Steve

 

[housecarl]

Very nice Adrian.

 

[misfit151]

That's a superb job Adrian.....great to see you back at the bench.... Mike

 

[Edward]

Excellent work! Groundwork looks great too.

 

[Gooner Mike]

excellent work figure and groundwork just beautiful

 

[Redcap]

Wonderful work Adrian and the lionskin in particular is a standout feature on this piece - just superb!
Gary

 

[franceso sbarile]

Great work Adrian, love it so much.
Francesco

 

[Viking Bob]

Superb painting, not overdone but just right.

 

[DaddyO]

Lovely bit of work Adrian

Groundwork sets it off nicely for sure

Cheers
Paul

 

[Blind Pew]

Superb, maybe you should paint more!
We seem to have a similar painting style - ie a mixture of different paints. I think each one has it's own job.
I did this figure when it came out and it took me three attempts until I was happy with the face. I end to struggle with faces in helmets.
Super job, Adrian.

 

[Scott Sheltz]

Gorgeous paint work!

 

[1969]

Wow fantastic rendition of this figure Adrian, lion pelt really stands out with the quality of the painting.
Steve

 

[Airkid]

I've always liked this one, and you have done it great justice Adrian. With work that good I can't believe you aren't painting all the time.. First class

Phil

 

[oldtrousers]

Beautiful work!

Scott

 

[VisjeMar]

fantastic work. I really love it

 

[Ferris]

Beautiful job that Adrian. I reckon that Mr. Popovichenko himself would be pleased with it. It's got that style about it (less weathered perhaps).

- Steve

Thanks Steve.
It’s probably the muted yellow/brownish tones I picked for this one. Loving Sergey’s work, thanks for the compliment!

Cheers

 

[Ferris]

Superb, maybe you should paint more!
We seem to have a similar painting style - ie a mixture of different paints. I think each one has it's own job.
I did this figure when it came out and it took me three attempts until I was happy with the face. I end to struggle with faces in helmets.
Super job, Adrian.

I struggled with the face as well. It’s just a few square mm with the cheek guards blocking brush access. Other thing is the face is looking down from under that lion pelt, so it is in the shade. I used a shadow colour as base colour and didn’t go to my normal highlight.

I used enamel black/brown to shade some hard to reach places...easier to correct edges and accidents. Oils were used for deep shades on the metals.
Whatever works...!

Cheers, thanks,
Adrian

 

[KenBoyle]

Absolutely fantastic work. I see you haven't lost your touch.

Please show us more...

Cheers,
Ken

 

[clrsgt]

Superb painting.