Young Miniatures El Alamein Bust

[Jason Crausby]

Looking great Peter... good to see a British subject as well... there’s not enough of them out there for me,
Jason

[JR]

Sorry I'm late, heavy traffic !

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Great progress with the muted palette, nice contrast with the helmet too.

Hopefully the rain will keep the hay fever down?

Looks like more wild, windy and wet weather to come this week!

Busy weekend with a domestic list, not as much bench time as I would have liked!

Back to it today with 10-4's waiting for a phone line!

Have a good day finish off the back and bits

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Stevie J, Wouter, Andy and John - Many thanks for looking in and for your kind words.

Jason - Yes, very few Brit subjects out there, especially Napoleonic. Fortunately, Young Miniatures do a few 2ww subjects, which I will work my way through. After this, I've got a Roman, Teutonic Knight, AWI Continental officer and a Russian lined up, so a break from the Brits, but staying international.

Steve H - Morning from a sunny and very windy Kent. No rain and the lawn is dead (hooray!). Hayfever at the max, probably from the maize field over the road, so having a bit of trouble with my eyes, but soldiering on. Bit of a funny figure this one - strange face and odd-shaped helmet, but nice to paint. Should get it done today. Sorry to hear that your bench time was limited by the to-do list. Hope you have a quieter day back at work.

[rtfoe]

Peter,
Apologies...have been busy the last week researching a spy ship. Wouldn't want to miss a Young Miniature figure as you get good results painting them, Peter. And you didn't disapoint but rughtly said about the peculiar helmet shape. Young should have caught that one and asked for a correction before destribution..

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Thanks Richard

I didn't really notice the helmet shape until I'd got it painted and fixed to the head, otherwise I'd have sanded it down. I was too distracted trying to sort out why there were eyelets on the back rim until I realised they were for attaching a neck shade.

[rtfoe]

Peter, the eyelets for a neck shade is a new for me too. Will you be sanding it as it would be a shame as the painting looks good with a real digger character of a face.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Hi Richard - It's too firmly fixed in place and I'd risk damaging the rest of the figure if I did it now, so it will have to stay as it is.

Here's the finished article:



Today, I finished painting the back of the torso, then painted and added the backpack and rifle. Some final touching-up, including a dusting of graphite to the helmet, and it was done.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
Very very nice mate.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Despite the helmet issue, which to be honest I doubt I would have noticed, I think he is really good. The face in particular is superb.
Jim

[Neil Merryweather]

I like it a lot , Peter.
My only niggle is with the shirt button that's way too big- but that,clearly, is the sculpt, not the painting!

[Guest]

Scottie - Many thanks.

Jim - The strange helmet shape is only visible from certain angles (not on the box art!) and it doesn't bother me anyway. Glad you like him.

Neil - Yes, there's another one behind the collar - really strange, as those on the shoulders are correctly sized.

[outrunner]

Wonderful, job well done.

Andy.

[Wouter]

I agree with the gents, nice finish chap!

Cheers

[Guest]

Many thanks Andy and Wouter.