Saladin (Nuts Planet bust)

[arj]

Saladin (Nuts Planet) completes my efforts for 2017.
Painting was mainly oils over enamels and printers ink/oil mixes for the metals, apart from the helmet itself. This was completed using Darkstar Molten Metals.
Hope you like him.



This completes the pair with 'Balian of Ibelin':-



Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Wings5797]

Class brush skills Andrew.
Keith

 

[MoboSchreuder]

very nice work ,excellent painting

mobo

 

[Macca G]

Great work mate. I was only watching the directors cut of this movie last night.

 

[swralph]

Very nice paintwork Andrew.

 

[Viking Bob]

Saw this at BC, excellent painting Andrew of a very nice bust.

 

[megroot]

Very good brushwork.

Marc

 

[arj]

Class brush skills Andrew.
Keith

Thanks for your kind comment Keith.
The sculpting and detailing on this bust is so good that it seems to guide the brush.

very nice work ,excellent painting

mobo

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment Mobo.

Great work mate. I was only watching the directors cut of this movie last night.

Pleased you liked him Graham.
I've watched the film a couple of times myself, and find all Ridley Scott's films are fun to watch again.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Very nice paintwork Andrew.

Thanks for the kind comment Ralph.

Saw this at BC, excellent painting Andrew of a very nice bust.

I don't think you can be referring to Saladin Bob. I only stuck him on the base a couple of days ago.
Totally agree with you about the quality of the bust.
Glad you liked him. It took a while, but was great fun to paint.

Very good brushwork.

Marc

Thanks for the kind comment Marc.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[fermatgom]

Nice work, specially like the chainmail

 

[arj]

Nice work, specially like the chainmail

Thank you for the kind comment Fernando.
The chainmail was first painted with a mix of silver printers ink (El Greco) and Cobalt Blue & Lamp Black oil paints for a general steel colour. Once dry, I gave it a wash of Van Dyke Brown oil to give depth; and a further darkening with VDB in the folds. Highlights were dry-brushed with a more silvery version of the original mix.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[phil_h]

Lovely work Andrew! You've really done justice to this classic bust!
Phil

 

[arj]

Lovely work Andrew! You've really done justice to this classic bust!
Phil

Thanks for looking and for your kind comment Phil.

Cheers,
Andrew