Roman Cavalry Officer

[DEL]

Well as threatened here is the first of the bunch.
A magnificent bust of a 3rd Century Roman Cavalry Officer from Young Miniatures.
Not one for the faint hearted but if you feel like having a go I can heartily recommend it.
Just about every texture you can think of, a real painters piece and without doubt one of my most satisfying painting experiences. Pretty straightforward assembly but caution is required particularly with the very finely sculpted feathered crest.

I've been trying a few new (to me) techniques on recent work and on this one it was sweat.
Hopefully you can see it. This was done by taking a deep breath and applying small dots of Microscale krystal Kleer.

A couple of other shots just for the hell of it.

As always comments, suggestions and any questions always welcome.
Cheers
Derek

 

[Eludia]

Lovely piece Del, I particularly like the leatherwork and the metals

Nice depiction of sweat too, I thought for a minute you'd sneezed over the model just before clicking the shutter

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I thought you had sweated onto him while gluing the crest. Nice job on all textures.

 

[phil_h]

Looks great. I love the leather textures, and he definitely looks sweaty

Phil

 

[Claude Portsmouth]

Love the leather and metals Del, the experiment with the sweat works well.

Claude

 

[Macca G]

Great job Del, I'm doing this guy at the moment. Anticipating getting paint into the crevices on the inside of the crest is going to be fun

 

[Dekiman]

Yes,bust is magnificent.
But your painting skill gave life to the bust.
Top class.
Absolytely top class.

 

[mick3272]

Del,
Great job, The intensity on that fiz og is out of this world.
I take it the sweat brought on blood and tears.
smashing
Mick

 

[Wayneb]

Great work all around on this Del..My guess would be oil.Face really looks excellent.
Regards.....Wayne

 

[megroot]

Stunning paintwork Derek.
Like every little detail of it.

marc

 

[Oda]

It's mindblowing.Absolutely fantastic.Sweat looks extremely convincing.Absolutely top class.

Oda.

 

[Viking Bob]

Superb Del, absolutely superb.

 

[franceso sbarile]

Great job Derek, true great job...
Francesco

 

[Ferris]

Great res ult Derek. Like the sweat. Very realistic and something to copy in the future!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[DEL]

Billy, Colin, Phil, Claude, Graham, Dejan, Mick, Wayne, Marc, Oda, Adrian and Francesco thanks to you all for your encouragement.
The sweat really was the acid test, pretty much no way back so if any of you fancy having a go, practice and less is more.
Cheers
Derek

 

[Chris Ribchester]

Very nicely done ,especially like the blending on the fox heads.

 

[DEL]

Very nicely done ,especially like the blending on the fox heads.

Nightmare, because of the 'bright' colours on a red fox it's really hard to strike a balance between natural and cartoon.

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Stands up well in the large photo, a real testament to the quality of the painting. Superb work Del!

-Rich

 

[fermatgom]

Great job! Specially like the idea for the sweat drops. Do you think it could work on smaller scales (54/75mm)?
thanks!

 

[Aveleira]

Very good job DEL! You gave character to the figure face. Nice details all around.

Regards
Pedro