WIP USAAF Pilot Bust Conversion

[Canoehead]

A bit o'tweaking on the face today and the eyes begun:

 

[stoffy01]

A bit o'tweaking on the face today and the eyes begun:

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Nice work so far, congratulations

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[MalcC]

This is coming on a treat.

Malc

 

[Steve Ski]

Ya, Buddy, the flesh tones are pulling in real well, smooth, natural transitions. This is looking really good, Brian, Tommy is coming alive.

Ruck On!

 

[Canoehead]

Eyes completed for now and a bit more tweaking of the flesh tones:









Mentally, I'll set the face aside for now although I usually keep tweaking things off and on as more stuff gets painted around it.

Thanks for looking in,

Brian

 

[Nap]

Ya, Buddy, the flesh tones are pulling in real well, smooth, natural transitions. This is looking really good, Brian, Tommy is coming alive.

Ruck On!

Its a BIG RUCK from me as well

Great eyes on the bust and nice tweaking

Look forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[macuk]

Superb conversion

 

[Canoehead]

Started on the "second ring" of colour as I work my way outwards from the face; the cap and shirt basecoated along with the hair.

Still waffling on whether the shirt should be the olive colour or not; it could also be a light tan colour, although the olive one appears in more of the photos of crews I've seen. Either way, the tie will be a slightly darker tan/khaki colour.

 

[Canoehead]

Easter greetings all; a bit more progress on the pilot. Finally decided to go with the OD shirt and went ahead with the oils on it and the garrison cap. Also added some woolly texture on the cap:



Added the acrylic undercoat for the A-2 flight jacket as well:



Cheers

 

[Nap]

Hi Brian

Happy Easter

Loving the fleshwork on him and a good update on the clothing

Liking the textures so far

This is shaping to be something very special

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[macuk]

It's hard to comprehend that the little resin head you had has been used so well

 

[Canoehead]

It's hard to comprehend that the little resin head you had has been used so well

Thanks, Mark!

Let me return the compliment! Without such an amazing collaboration between you and Sid, this conversion wouldn't be going half so well as it is so far - the head is the perfect fit for this project. Thanks again for the great service in resizing your product for just what I required!

Cheers,
Brian

 

[Canoehead]

Hi all,

A bit of work done on the A-2 jacket. Over the acrylic undercoat I laid in Burnt Umber for shadows and Burnt Sienna for highlights (W&N oils), blending them to get my base leather colour wih a small bit of mottling and contrast:



Added a tiny bit of White and a touch of Naples Yellow to the Burnt Sienna and went over the highlight areas again, bumping up the contrast a bit more. At this point I'm almost scrubbing the colour on, really blending and stippling the highlight colour to give the leather a bit of wear overall. I'll leave the shadow tone as is for now until after the next highlight and wear pass:





That's it for now - cheers.

 

[Nap]

Hi Brian

Great description of the leather...looks good so far ....I'm going to keep the details !

Was the acrylic undercoat a Burnt Umber ?

This is a great idea , you'd never know the originals .....

Thanks for sharing

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Canoehead]

Hi Brian

Great description of the leather...looks good so far ....I'm going to keep the details !

Was the acrylic undercoat a Burnt Umber ?

Nap

Thanks, Nap - very kind of you as always. And yes, the undercoat was a Burnt Umber craft acylic (Americana brand, I think).

Cheers,

Brian

 

[Canoehead]

Did another pass at highlights on the jacket. Used Burnt Sienna again with a little White and Naples Yellow added - virtually the same tone as the first set of highlights but as I was applying them to areas that were already lighter, it served to lighten those areas a tiny bit more. Again, I used a scrubbing, almost drybrushing technique but since I was using oils, the scrubbing also spread out, blended and faded the highlights nicely:





For now, I'm happy with the look of the jacket. Time to work on the headset a bit while the jacket sets up.

Thanks for checking in.
Cheers,
Brian

 

[Nap]

I am loving that leather Brian

Thanks for the updates

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MalcC]

This is looking so good, and its not finished yet.
great work on the leather.

Malc

 

[Canoehead]

I am loving that leather Brian

Thanks for the updates

Happy benchtime

Nap

This is looking so good, and its not finished yet.
great work on the leather.

Malc

Thanks gents - very kind of you both.

 

[VisjeMar]

Nice work. The face looks excellent