Something for the weekend...

[Airkid]

I like 54mm scale. When I started painting figures again a couple of years back, I wasn't too clued up as to what was out there, so I thought it best to start on something inexpensive but relatively good quality. I had previous experience of El Viejo Dragon figures, so I acquired a couple. One I painted (badly), the other went into limbo.
During my recent WIP activity with busts, I dug this little figure out to do as a break from them. I painted this one over a couple of weekends in between the Bolshevik and General Rollet busts. I'm no Napoleonic buff, but I was pleased with how it came out.


It is a Spanish Infantryman of the Zaragoza Regiment, part of Joseph Bonaparte's contingent to Germany in 1808. The all-white uniform is an interesting painting exercise.

Phil

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Nice one, Phil. Like you say, painting white uniforms is interesting, but you've definitely aced it here.

 

[housecarl]

Very nice Phil.

 

[Graham]

I don’t think I could do 54mm but this looks excellent

 

[MoboSchreuder]

looks beautiful

Mobo

 

[Airkid]

Thanks all! I struggled to get the facial expression to look less miserable, but I guess if you had been transferred from southern Spain to northern Germany in November, you would look grumpy too!

I don’t think I could do 54mm but this looks excellent

Give it a go Graham. They are addictive and focus your technique

Phil

 

[arj]

Nice work. A white uniform isn't easy to paint.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Richard Baxter]

Good work. I'm a great fan of El Viejo Dragon figures, well designed and sculpted and some interesting, non-standard subjects.

 

[Airkid]

Good work. I'm a great fan of El Viejo Dragon figures, well designed and sculpted and some interesting, non-standard subjects.

Thank you Richard. Sr Arredondo is a skillful sculptor with an understandable penchant for Spanish history. His back catalogue had some really nice stuff, as here:

 

[Nap]

Hi Phil

NIce figure there , you've certainly got the whites right on him

Your good at moving between scales as well

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap