Scale 75 Blaue Division Officer Bust

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Well done getting back on to the production line with another lovely and well blended head.

A field grey day today, to match the weather, another grey and dismal Autumn day ahead, but warmer weather this weekend to come!

Just a few spots of colour with the medals and ribbons, the breast pocket medal looks really unusual?

Can't say I have ever seen anything like that before, nothing on a quick internet search either?

Have a good day with the paints

regards

Steve H

[Guest]

John - Many thanks.

Steve - I suddenly realised that I've developed a sort of glazing technique with flesh - strong base colours gradually lightened with semi-transparent overpainting. A lot of looking at classical portrait painting.

The medal is a Spanish Falange party badge:

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Another grey one here, but hopefully enough light to get the cap done at least. We've got tree surgeons in the garden this week and the chain saw noise makes it hard to concentrate.

[Guest]

The next stage:

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Cap and collar today. German caps are always a challenge with all of that white piping, but fortunately the sculpt was pretty clean., which helped a lot.

[adt70hk]

Sorry Peter, did some zooming in again!

And again was not disappointed..... He says knowing he has a long overdue eye test next month! :smiling5:

Seriously though a great start as always.

ATB

Andrew

[Neil Merryweather]

Now that is NICE

[Tim Marlow]

Really crisp detailing and well blended skin. Exactly as expected. Nice one Peter.

[Guest]

Andrew - Really now, no zooming, it makes me nervous!

Neil - Thank you.

Tim - thanks. Not too keen on my painting of the cap, so may try the helmet instead.

[Tim Marlow]

Seriously Peter? It looks absolutely spot on to me. What don’t you like?

[Lee Drennen]

Peter. I have to agree with Tim very crisp and I like the green band on his hat it really pops.

[boatman]

VERY nice work Peter an ive been zoomin in as well
chris

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Great research with that medal, nice one.

The cap looks really well done, well blended and subtle highlights and shading, I am with the chaps on that one.

Your finishes are definitely more blended this year, I guess you can see it in your cabinet, with your older pieces, nothing wrong with the classics and the old masters.

Hopefully a little peace from the chainsaws and possibly a little decent light too, though that seems to be in short supply at the moment and for the foreseeable future too!

West Yorkshire will be in Tier 3 from Monday, but nothing will change for us!

We have been in shielded lockdown since March, and with my knee giving out over a year ago, I guess we have already past the 1 year mark for being almost housebound/locked in.

Here's hoping 2021, rapidly approaching, is a better year for us all!

Have a good day with the field grey

Regards

Steve H

[boatman]

HI Steve sorry to hear you have been in lockdown all this time wow id be climbin the walls after that long an hows your knee now ?
chris

[Guest]

Tim - Well it certainly needs a bit of touching up and I do feel that it overwhelms the head - the helmet would make a better frame for the face. I'll see how he looks with the jacket done.

Lee - You're all beginning to persuade me to keep it.

Chris - NO ZOOMING!!!!!!!!!

Steve - OK, I'll keep the cap. The main problem with 'improving' technique is indeed that the faults with the older pieces are highlighted. Still, at least that gives plenty of opportunities for re-cycling. The garden is done and funnily enough has let in a lot more light, so that's something, even if it now looks very bald and scruffy (like its owner). Hope you are coping with the lockdown. As you say, we should be getting used to it by now, and for stay-at=home types like us, it makes little difference. I feel it will get a lot worse before it has a chance to get better. It's going to be quite a winter.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Well I like it a great deal :thumb2: - the cap that is :tongue-out3:
Jim

[Guest]

Jim = I've been persuaded!