WIP British Light Dragoon 1/12th bust

[Geoff Charman]

I was recommended to try the Hawk Miniatures range of busts and really pleased I did, the first one I decided on was the British Light Dragoon 1815 which is sold under their Black Eagle banner.
It comes in 4 parts, head with attached Shako, this does annoy me as the peak makes it difficult for me personally to paint the eyes, I just wish headgear would be sculpted and moulded separately, but I digress, the main body, the Shako plume and a length of lead type wire for the Shako cords, there is also a nice double sided A5 sheet with coloured pictures of the finished bust from 6 angles and on the reverse some info on the Lt. Dragoons.
So here we go, first the box.



The face painted using my usual oil based Artist's oils and starting to block in the basic colours on the Shako and uniform using Vallejo Colour and docrafts Artiste Acrylic paints, I decided on the facing colour for the 12th Light Dragoons, as I like yellow even if it quite difficult to get an even cover even with a flat brush.





Now the rest of the basic colours blocked in.



And the rear view.



To be continued.

 

[Viking Bob]

A great start, great range of busts too.

 

[MCPWilk]

Looking very good so far. If you wanted a full figure in this scale you could look here: http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/150mm-officer-16th-light-dragoons-1812-15.75866/

Best wishes,

Mike

 

[Chris Ribchester]

Great start, will watch for finished article.

Chris

 

[lancer115]

Hi Geoff, cracking start I'll watch with interest...keep up the good work. John.

 

[cinimod]

A fab start Geoff. Nice to see some British regiments..............dom

 

[elanlane13]

I like the start you have made Geoff

 

[Geoff Charman]

Many thanks Guys, pleased you like it, I also have my eye on the British Life Guard 1815 so that will be one for the near future.

 

[anstontyke]

really nice start, will follow your progress with interest

anstontyke

 

[Geoff Charman]

More progress, added more work on the uniform doing the creases and I toned down the yellow as I thought it too bright


Also painted the lacing and epaulettes starting with dark base colour and working my way up to the colours shown using careful dry-brushing type painting.

 

[Huw63]

It's looking good Geoff.

Cheers

Huw

 

[Geoff Charman]

I've fixed the head in place, added the Shako cords into the holes I pre-drilled before painting, so that's it finished apart from a proper base, the timber I purchased today so once it warms up I shall be in the garage wood bashing, hopefully to have it ready for the model show at the Tank Museum on the 11th Feb.

 

[Nap]

Geoff,

Very nice indeed ...I have this and the Lifeguard which is a cracking bit of sculpting by Rob ...I have no hesitation in saying have a look at Robs own range of busts ..." The old major " is packed full of character ( sculpted by BMSS member John Regan )

Bring it along to tank museum if possible

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Geoff Charman]

Thank you Nap, it will be at the TM with or without it's proper base.

I will certainly have a decko at The Old Major , and the Lifeguard is my next purchase when the budget allows but car has to have it's main service, MOT and 4 new tyres in the next couple of weeks so modelling budget on hold.

See you on the 11th.

 

[Hawk_Uk]

Hi Geoff,
Just catching up on Planet Figure as you know why.

This bust has come out well, glad you enjoyed painting it.

Regards

 

[Geoff Charman]

Thank you John, I shall be purchasing some more once my modelling budget is up and running again, car's big service, MOT and 4 new tyres on Monday, so it will not be for a month or two.