Unterscharfuhrer Paul Klose

[Joe55]

Howdy all! This Stormtroopers bust was a joy to paint and was done so using Andrea and Vallejo acrylics. On the sheep skin vest, I tried for the first time a painting style used by Mike the Kiwi and Juanma Vergara. It may seem to some a rather tedious method, but it actually was kind of fun, and I like the overall effect. It also seemed to me as appropriate for this type of garment.

Now to give additional credit where its due. I got the base from Thomas Art Bases and a name plate was made for me by Gilbert Moreno. The helmet decals were given to me by David Youngquist of lastcavalry.com. Yup, last cavalry came to the rescue! Thanks guys!

Joe

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[Von Bock]

Joe,
Very nice I like it. Nice job on the vest. Regards, Brock

 

[tonydawe]

Nice work Joe. The face and eyes are very well painted

 

[Macca G]

Great work, with busts it all in the eyes and face that make it brilliant

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Howdy all! This Stormtroopers bust was a joy to paint and was done so using Andrea and Vallejo acrylics. On the sheep skin vest, I tried for the first time a painting style used by Mike the Kiwi and Juanma Vergara. It may seem to some a rather tedious method, but it actually was kind of fun, and I like the overall effect. It also seemed to me as appropriate for this type of garment.

Now to give additional credit where its due. I got the base from Thomas Art Bases and a name plate was made for me by Gilbert Moreno. The helmet decals were given to me by David Youngquist of lastcavalry.com. Yup, last cavalry came to the rescue! Thanks guys!

Joe

Geez Joe that didn't take long mate!

Looks like it came out well too.
Pleasing to hear the experiment with stippling was enjoyable as well as effective

What's next?

Mike

 

[megroot]

Very nice work.
Maybe some more contrast overall, but that could be the pictures.

Marc

 

[swralph]

Nice paintwork Joe.
Ralph.

 

[Constantin67]

Excellent work on the bust, but not very good photos.

 

[SLR]

very fine job joe !

the helmet is

 

[Joe55]

Joe,
Very nice I like it. Nice job on the vest. Regards, Brock

Thanks Brock! The whole bust was a fun project, but the vest was both fun and a learning experience. I took frequent breaks and avoided drinking too much coffee to keep steady!

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Nice work Joe. The face and eyes are very well painted

Thanks a bunch Tony!

 

[Joe55]

Great work, with busts it all in the eyes and face that make it brilliant

Thank you for checking him out and commenting Macca!

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Geez Joe that didn't take long mate!

Looks like it came out well too.
Pleasing to hear the experiment with stippling was enjoyable as well as effective

What's next?

Mike

Hey Mike!

I reckon I'll be stippling a little more often!

As to what's next I don't know yet, I'll have to mull that over. I don't exactly have a grey army, more like a squad, so I'll have to get my enthusiasm up on one of those choices.

Thanks for your comments Mike!

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Very nice work.
Maybe some more contrast overall, but that could be the pictures.

Marc

Thanks Marc, always glad to have you stop by! You're right I believe its the pictures too as they were taken with my cell phone.

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Nice paintwork Joe.
Ralph.

Thank you Ralph, I appreciate you looking him over and leaving a comment!

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Excellent work on the bust, but not very good photos.

Thanks Konstantin!

I appreciate your candor and you are absolutely right on the photos.

Some day I'll get my act together and take better pics with a more appropriate camera.

Joe

 

[Joe55]

very fine job joe !

the helmet is

Thank you SLR!

The helmet was another really enjoyable aspect of this project. It helps to have loads of good references on hand, and having a real stahlhelm in the collection is a plus!

Joe

 

[pmfs]

Nice and clean paint Joe.

Regards

 

[Joe55]

Nice and clean paint Joe.

Regards

Thanks Pedro!

Joe