33. Day January 18, 2021
Today the order painting starts!
There are several photos of our friend from different years - and each time he wears the "tinsel" differently - and in a different order.
So the first thing to do is to find a photo in which the order roughly corresponds to that of the bust ...:
The photo, after which the bust is modeled, is unfortunately only available in black and white.
... and on the color version the arm with the flowers hides the lower row of medals ...:
The next step is the research: what is what - and what does it look like?
And finally, the highlight of it all, the painting!
Not quite as quickly realized as hgier wrote, because the ribbons are about as big as the globe on a cent piece - and many of them have the orange-black striped "George ribbon", which is extremely decorative, but really crappy. ..eiden paints.
Since the medals of our hero are usually fastened one above the other like roof shingles (order from outside to inside and from bottom to top), I'll start with the medal on the bottom right.
Here it is - to be recognized by the green stripes! - for an anniversary medal, not a war award!
Namely for the medal, "Fortieth Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", which was awarded to all war veterans in 1985 ...:
That means: five different colors can be placed on the tiny ribbon, including the damned Georg stripes!
I think I have some more gray hair now ...:
Cheers
