1:10 Wehrmacht Feldgendarmerie bust

[SteveH]

Against my better judgement, my current project to get the painting vibe fired up again
this is the victim of my painting or will be soon enough



Hopefully more soon once I have the photos all in the right place

Steve H

[SteveH]

Next step already
As all my photos are on.my mobile, it's an attempt to load them from my phone[ATTACH]340217[/ATTACH]

Has it worked?

And for motivation, these are on my desk, watching my progress

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Sorry Peter, but they are so good they deserve a 2nd showing.

If this had worked there will be more tomorrow

Regards

Steve H

[Richard48]

Hi Steve.
Nice to see you posting a figure subject.I look forward to watching your progress with this one.
Richard.

[Guest]

So pleased that you've decided to post this Steve. It looks like a very nice bust indeed.

[Steve Jones]

Looks like a very nice sculpt. Look forward to seeing how this comes together. With Peters busts by your side you can't go wrong. Good luck

[Guest]

Looking forward to more of this Steve :smiling3:.

[SteveH]

Thanks chaps
More of a response that I expected!
If today had been scripted by Michael McIntyre, it couldn't have been any more comic or tragic!
At 6am I found the cat flap smashed into pieces, local wanders must have been partying and it got out of hand! £22 for another flap!
Started painting.
At 08:15 called Dr's for a simple medication review, told they'll call back before 1pm.
Kept pottering with the paint and it's getting going, at 10:26 Hermes have delivered a parcel, E-mail photo of hand pushing a parcel through someone else's letter box!
Mine is black, the photo was of a gold flap!
After 15 minutes on the Hermes web site, no number to call them, so I tried the web chat out of desperation.
That's 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back!
They asked me, if I knew where the agent had posted my parcel??
Could I check all the houses on the street??
NO, call the b!00dy courier!
Finally, we will get back to you in the next 28 hours!
Then the Dr ran back, god bless new young over zealous fresh Dr's
No, can't have the lidocaine patch as your surgeon hasn't advised us that you need your other knee replacing!
I'll prescribe you paracetamol,
I'm currently on 120mgs of cocodamol a day!
Oh no, we'll have to stop that!
WTF!
That conversation ended unhappily.
Sort of lost the motivation to paint after my follow up call to British Airways and my lost 500,000 air miles!
How can so many people, create so much confusion, with no real effort at all.
Photos of the current progress
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Just needs a wash of transparent orange.
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Done
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Done
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Done
The head and body are started but I needed a bigger palette, a larger rectangular lid from gogonzola rather than the smaller. 450g yogurt lid.
Here they are anyway, work in progress,
I am seriously a really chaotic painter
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Lots still to do
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That's all folks
Hopefully more on Sunday, as it's a work day this Saturday
Thanks for popping by
Hope I haven't put anyone off
Regards
Steve H

[Guest]

Looking good Steve :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Wow, what a day. Hell is other people......

Really nice work so far Steve.

[Richard48]

Nice speedy progress Steve.Looks really good to me.Certainly looks a quality casting.Onwards and upwards Carruthers.Hope you have better days ahead after todsys debacle.
Richard.

[Bortig the Viking]

Thanks chaps
More of a response that I expected!
If today had been scripted by Michael McIntyre, it couldn't have been any more comic or tragic!
At 6am I found the cat flap smashed into pieces, local wanders must have been partying and it got out of hand! £22 for another flap!
Started painting.
At 08:15 called Dr's for a simple medication review, told they'll call back before 1pm.
Kept pottering with the paint and it's getting going, at 10:26 Hermes have delivered a parcel, E-mail photo of hand pushing a parcel through someone else's letter box!
Mine is black, the photo was of a gold flap!
After 15 minutes on the Hermes web site, no number to call them, so I tried the web chat out of desperation.
That's 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back!
They asked me, if I knew where the agent had posted my parcel??
Could I check all the houses on the street??
NO, call the b!00dy courier!
Finally, we will get back to you in the next 28 hours!
Then the Dr ran back, god bless new young over zealous fresh Dr's
No, can't have the lidocaine patch as your surgeon hasn't advised us that you need your other knee replacing!
I'll prescribe you paracetamol,
I'm currently on 120mgs of cocodamol a day!
Oh no, we'll have to stop that!
WTF!
That conversation ended unhappily.
Sort of lost the motivation to paint after my follow up call to British Airways and my lost 500,000 air miles!
How can so many people, create so much confusion, with no real effort at all.
Photos of the current progress
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Just needs a wash of transparent orange.
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Done
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Done
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Done
The head and body are started but I needed a bigger palette, a larger rectangular lid from gogonzola rather than the smaller. 450g yogurt lid.
Here they are anyway, work in progress,
I am seriously a really chaotic painter
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Lots still to do
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That's all folks
Hopefully more on Sunday, as it's a work day this Saturday
Thanks for popping by
Hope I haven't put anyone off
Regards
Steve H

Hi, nice work, as for your day, wow that's one hell o' s**t day.

[SteveH]

Morning
Thanks for the comments
The head is being very illusive and has been dipped and stripped 3 times.
I now remember why I haven't painted a head for 2 years.
Some progress shots, the body and helmet are complete, just need little blending for the final finish
If I can paint Field Grey, why can I paint a flesh?
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The work desk!
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Hatless
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I need to crack this or I'll probably never paint another figure!
More by the end of the week
Thanks for popping by
Steve H

[Richard48]

Hi Steve.
I have won this figure bust recently on e.bay to put away for a rainy day.Think you are doing a great job.I havent painted for over 2 years as my time is spent learning to sculpt properly.Hope you get our man finished and its not too stressful.
All the best from Richard

[Guest]

He's coming along nicely Steve.

If I may offer some advice on the head, I would urge that you get the details in fairly early; eyes, eyebrows, lips etc, then worry about the skin tones after. That way, you've got the focal points established and the flesh tones can be built up around them.

[Steve Jones]

Sound advice Peter. After a two year lay off that's some awesome work. It certainly is three times lucky as far as the head goes. I admire your tenacity to get it right. Much more to do now??