Completed Young miniatures 101 Airborne Bust

[clrsgt]

Good work so far; I think you did well with the eyes.

 

[Steve Ski]

You certainly smacked the facial work outta da park, Bravo!

 

[Stephen Hutchinson]

Morning Peter

Good to see your work again with another super head.

Great dental work and the cigar fits nicely too.

You should save all the heads with odd eyes for someone who likes re sculpting with a nice sharp 11p scalpel blade

The 3D sculpt, was there anything in particular that was a let down?

I have seen that there is sometimes ridging as each layer is printed, but I would have thought that was with cheaper home printers and/or low resolution 3d coding?

Good to see you back at the bench

enjoy the paints

Regards

Steve H

 

[BULL]

excellent start.
You can easily solve the problem of the American flag on the shoulder, because the soldiers of the 101st AB Div. Did not carry it during the Normandy campaign.
You can choose to remove it with a cutter, or cover it with putty or lead sheet and represent the bracelet to signal gas.
Likewise, don't attach the medication package to the helmet, which would be a mistake, but rather attach it to the suspenders.

 

[Peter Day]

Morning Steve. The usual shenanigans, but this one will do. I do have a box of rejects, most of which have been ruined by my scalpel work already. I've tried to take pictures of the 3d sculpt:



I suspect that it was blown up from a much smaller original. It has a very grainy texture that has obscured the detail and many half-formed areas. Appalling.

On to the torso with Mr 101 today.

Peter.

 

[Peter Day]

Enrico

Thanks very much for that information - most informative and timely. I suspect the influence of Hollywood on the sculptor. I have seen other versions of this bust with the first aid package placed on the webbing which made me suspect that it was wrong.

Peter.

 

[Peter Day]

clrsgt and Steve Ski - Many thanks for looking in.

 

[Peter Day]

I've now got the basics done on the front of the torso



Still plenty of tidying up and adjustments to do.

 

[Graham]

Seriously, I would love to be able to paint like this. Looking really good.

 

[Nap]

Seriously, I would love to be able to paint like this. Looking really good.

Me too!!

A pleasure to click on picture to see a larger image

Looking really good Peter

Thanks for update

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[TERRYSOMME1916]

Peter excellent progress and fantastic brushwork at a fair speed, it would take me months to get to this stage without the quality of your work.
TERRY

 

[Merryweather]

Morning Steve. The usual shenanigans, but this one will do. I do have a box of rejects, most of which have been ruined by my scalpel work already. I've tried to take pictures of the 3d sculpt:

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I suspect that it was blown up from a much smaller original. It has a very grainy texture that has obscured the detail and many half-formed areas. Appalling.

On to the torso with Mr 101 today.

Peter.

Its difficult to tell from this pic but I suspect it was probably a scan from a real person ,but not using the expensive kit that is available, and not spending time cleaning it up in a sculpting software either.
The anatomy is very convincing, so unlikely to be a digital sculpt, and it's quite hard to be fuzzy with digital sculpting so I would expect the detail to be sharper in that case.
Lovely job on the Para , too

 

[Peter Day]

Graham - I don't see it, but I take the compliment. Thank you.

Nap - Glad you like it. Big picture=not good!

Terry - I'm afraid I do work quite quickly, a combination of working wet-on-wet and impatience to get to the next figure.

Neil - It looks to me like a scan of a much smaller figure. They are sculpted, as I've seen the artist's Facebook page, where most of the stuff he does seems to be for crewing model boats. Glad you like this one.

I've since done a bit more highlighting:



That's it for today.

 

[Moonraker]

Nice drapery as always Peter.

 

[Nap]

Hi Peter

Nice painting and work on that highlighting

No problem ref pics ...I like to look at a bigger one that's all !!!

A productive day at yiur bench

Look forward to next update

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

 

[TERRYSOMME1916]

Peter you got me intrigued, how do you get that smooth matt finish using Vallejo Model Colour wet on wet are you adding any medium etc and do you work off a wet palette, I have had a go at it a couple of times and it normally ends up in mucky, blotchy mess lol.
TERRY

 

[Peter Day]

Tim - Thank you.

Nap - Only joking re big pics (not really!).

Terry - I tend to work on small sections one at a time, so that at least the initial shading is done while it's all wet. Adjustments are made by always having a wet neighbouring tone to blend into (if you see what I mean). I don't use mediums or a wet palette. The extreme highlights are further built up on the dried surface with thinned paint in gradual layers so that some of the underlying colour shows through.

I should have mentioned the basic colours used: jacket Vallejo Dark Olive Green; straps Field Grey; scarf Medium Olive Green; all adjusted with German Camo Black Brown and Off White.

 

[Steve Ski]

Definition is really coming out great! Strange that you don't use a wet pallet, most guys do from what I'm seeing. You motioned a point that is exactly why I will never transition to the "dark side", acrylics, and that is wet blending. I know, I know, crusty 'ol stubborn grumpy guy, but I'm stickin with what works for me. You have certainly mastered your technique to perfection, cudos to ya!

Great work Pete! Cheers, Ski.

 

[Peter Day]

Hi Ski

I'm always in favour in doing it the way it works for you personally. Each to his own.

 

[clrsgt]

Coming along famously Peter. Lovely work on the jacket and equipment.