Verlinden 200MM 8th Army Bust

[Guest]

Hi Pete

Yes, a few down the A2 - my wife's office is just around the corner from them. Sorry that it appears I got the last one.

The helmet:

[adt70hk]

Hi Peter, nice start. Well done.

Andrew

[Steve Jones]

Looking good Peter. Any more refining of the facial features or are you happy with the look now?

[Guest]

Andy - Many thanks.

Steve - I did a bit more to the face today, just tweaks and tidying up. The helmet altered some of the tones under the brim, so they also needed adjusting. I think I'll leave it now.

[Jason Crausby]

Looking good Peter.... I often wonder why there is a real shortage of quality British figures out there..
Jason

[rtfoe]

Looking good Peter.... I often wonder why there is a real shortage of quality British figures out there..
Jason

It's not easy to replicate teeth like that Jason... :smiling5:

Peter, what a nice rendition of a weather beaten desert rat...you're right about the secret weapon...makes a horrible wound to treat. :smiling6:

I don't know if the campaign was long enough to create leatheriness of the skin from the harsh weather...scorching hot in the day, cold at nights with occassional sandstorms.

Cheers,
Richard

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Super work on the Desert Rat's head, and those teeth!

Reminds me of Jack, the conductor on , ""On the Buses!""

The busts are really keeping you busy and back on the bench.

Well done with the Kornilov bust too.

Looks like a few days of quiet weather

Have a good day with the paints

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Jason - Brits just aren't as popular as Nazis it seems.

Richard - That face is more the result of tobacco and a sugar-rich diet, though, if he's been up and down the desert several times between 1940 and 1943, the sun will have taken it's toll. Actually found a few more wrinkles around the yes that I'd missed.

Steve - Awoken to heavy rain this morning. Our man does have Jack's gnashers alright - wonder if he has that same leery laugh? Trip to Dover on the cards, so may not paint today - we'll see if I can get out of it.

[Guest]

As of lunchtime. The first part of the shirt:

[Mickc1440]

Really like that face Peter, so much character.

[Guest]

Thanks Mick - it's a great sculpt.

A bit more work done:



I'm really surprised how much detail there is on the shirt - that amount of wrinkling is unusual for Verlinden (worthy of Moz Corry in fact), and interesting that it doesn't really show on the box art.

[Guest]

Hi Peter the amount of detail you have picked out is brilliant, to me it looks very real :thumb2: .
I'm very jealous of this one .
Pete.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
The shirt looks excellent mate.

[Guest]

Pete - If the detail is there, you can paint it. Verlinden have done a good job on this one, making it a pleasure to work on.

Scottie - Thanks. It's taken me many years to get anywhere near confident painting light colours. I used Vallejo Stone Grey for the base of the shirt - it's an excellent, opaque pigment.

It also struck me while working on this one that I do follow a plan with torsos, starting at the right front then working to the left, continuing across the back and round again to the right arm. The main reason is that I tend to rest the little finger of my right (brush) hand on the model to steady myself, which is better done on unpainted sections.

[Guest]

Torso done: