Kelly's Heroes Busts for Steve

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Looks great - clearly Oddball.
Jim

[Guest]

Richard - You've set up a craving for Kendall's Mint Cake now. Love the stuff. I think Steve's aiming for Bradford, tunnelling all the way.

Scottie and Jim - Cheers. I think he'll do.

[Mickc1440]

As the others have said Peter most definitely Oddball

[Guest]

Thank you Mick.

I've just done a bit more research and discovered that he's wearing a USAAF A11 flying helmet, which should be brown, and the nearest goggles I can find are Canadian WW2 flying goggles (Sutherland is Canadian after all).

Oddball is certainly a a very different character from Sutherland's brilliant portrayal of J P Getty in the recently shown 'Trust' (highly recommended). He's also the star of my all-time favourite film, Fellini's 'Casanova' (best watched in the English version - Sutherland's own voice and better dialogue than the Italian version with subtitles). A beautiful, beautiful film.

[Jim R]

My favourite Donald Sutherland character was as Liam Devlin, the marsh warden, in The Eagle has Landed. The air of menace he portrayed was amazing.
Jim

[Guest]

Jim - Another good performance. However, the least said about his Yorkshire accent in 'Revolution' the better.

[Guest]

Oddball is finished:



The jacket was first given a coat of Vallejo Matt Black, then dry-brushed with Saddle Brown, Red Leather and Flat Flesh. I did it that way in order to try and get a leathery texture, though it was a challenge not to try and clean it up too much. The final stage involved coating it in a dark teak antiquing wax, then buffing it up to give a soft sheen. All that remained was to add the helmet strap, dog tag, iron cross and goggles.

Here are the three busts together:

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I've also ordered the Telly Savalas figure from Mitches to make up the set for Steve.

[Jason Crausby]

Good stuff again all round Peter... particular praise for capturing the "Clint squint!"
Jason

[Jason Crausby]

Wow ... I must have been typing whilst you were posting the image of all 3... Top notch!
Jason.

[minitnkr]

Great work & blogging as always Peter. The rebar was the tough part. PaulE

[Richard48]

3 crackers Mr.D.Really great work and a nice trio.Ive never tried Kendall mint cake but im sure its very sweet if fell walkers etc like it for energy purposes.
Steve will be thrilled.
Richard

[wotan]

Peter

A very nice collection, beautifully painted,

John

[Steve Jones]

Sorry Peter but I have missed one of your all time great bust works. I have had a wonderful time reading through the blog and top marks to Stephen. An awesome trio of work Peter. A fantastic way to lead up to Christmas and no negative waves:smiling5:

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Superb trio - iconic. Look forward to Telly completing the line up.
Jim

[Wouter]

Ashtonishing finishes again Peter!

Cheers