Verlinden 200MM 8th Army Bust

[minitnkr]

Wow, quite the old campaigner. PaulE

[Lee Drennen]

Looking good Peter I’ll try to keep up

[Guest]

Paul - Marched up to the barracks gates by his dad when he was a fifteen year old tearaway (as my Granddad was) and been in ever since.

Lee - Thanks for looking in.

[Peter Gillson]

Nice work Peter.

[Neil Merryweather]

I knew it, it's brilliant!

[JR]

Hi no excuses sorry for missing the start Peter .
Certainly has the weathered look of someone exposed to wind and sun.
Brilliant painting as we have come to expect .:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Guest]

Thanks for taking the time to comment chaps. Just put on the final touches of paint, then photos of the finished article.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
You have certainly brought out the character in this guy. Especially well done given the predominance of paler tones. I really like him.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Another terrific bust Peter. A very cheeky chappie. Lovely work all round

[Guest]

Thanks Steve and Jim.

He's finished:

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Today I painted and attached the left arm and the rifle. I had to make a new bayonet handle, as the kit one was missing - hopefully it will do.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Great paintwork, both with the weather beaten face and the muted palette for the shirt and equipment.

Are you up to 1:16 yet?

Over the worst of the flu too?

The BBC has snow on the Pennines for tomorrow?

Have a good day with the paints and the weather too.

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Many thanks for looking in Steve.

Glad you like our man. The lighter tones were quite challenging, especially getting a good balance between the skin and the uniform.

I'm going to disappear for a while and do some private work for a friend, then it's possibly back with a bust, though the level of interest in figure work is so low on the site at the moment that I might not bother. I think figure painting as part of military modelling has had its day.

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Peter

Very nicely painted. I see why you found it challenging - the colour tones are quite similar but the balance between the flesh and uniform look right.

Good luck with the next project.

I tend to agree with you to a degree that figure modelling is not very popular here, in that there are a few of us who post figure models compared to those who build and post vehicles and aircraft. But I do think that there is interest from the vehicle modellers in figures painting - after all your threads regularly get hundreds of views and a lot of the comments are from vehicle modellers.

I look forward to you returning with another bust.

Peter

[Jason Crausby]

Lovely work Peter...we are always drawn in by your face painting work which is excellent as usual but special mention should be made if the bayonet..great metalwork ..really shows the quality of the job overall!!
Jason

[Richard48]

I agree that figures are the poor relation when it comes to modelling,Think its heyday was 1980s and 1990s.Im sure the armour and diorama fraternity enjoy the figure articles as i know many afv guys who shy away from crew members as figure painting is a dark art to them.Id blog some of my sculpting projects but gets very longwinded and if i considered myself capable and of a higher standard id share my progress.I find a few other forums very cliquey and mutual sucking up to a certain few who levitate themselves to a higher plain whilst the rest look on.
Pip pip onk onk chaps.
Richard.