Verlinden 200mm Zulu Warrior Bust

[Peter Gillson]

Great flesh colours.

peter

[Guest]

John - I've got some gardener's shears if you want to hack away at Steve's hat.

Peter - Thank you, though he ain't going to win any beauty contests!

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Love the axe, how big is your flint tool collection these days?

Thanks for the palette choices too, I have bookmarked them for later use on the now in storage T34 in Yemen.

Nice work on the head, and it does benefit from being a little more mature, as it isn't a teenage Brad Pitt by any shape or size!

Its been so windy up't North for the past 24 hours, kept me awake most of the night!

I was hoping to prime and base coat the 2 sets of tracks with the small window of warmer weather, but it still feels cold for 8 C

Looks like you have diverted your recent run of poor luck, so crack on whilst the paint and brushes are on your side.

Have a good day and look forward to your next update

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

The flint tool collection got out of control and I used most of the collection to fill an irrigation trench alongside the conservatory. I kept the best stuff of course, and these days I'm much more discriminating about what I pick up - I even left behind too palaeolithic choppers yesterday as being a bit rough and heavy.

I'm quite pleased with how the head has turned out. The sculpt is a bit disappointing, but at least it was paintable - it should look OK in context.

As you say, it's supposed to be warmer, but it still feels cold to me as well. Hope you can get some work done.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Zulu elder looks great.
Flint axe is a nice find. You must have a sharp eye and plenty of skill to see these things. To me it looks like any other piece of stone :rolling:
Jim

[Guest]

Thanks Jim. Once you know what to look for the flints seem to jump out of the ground. My favourite field is in the perfect condition for field-walking at the moment, so hopefully there will be more finds.

The bust so far:



Today I painted the torso, then painted and added the small bunch of feathers.

Next, will be the neck flaps, which I'm going to attempt to paint as leopard skin, and finally the long feathers.

[Guest]

Looking real good Peter :smiling3:.

[Fernando N]

Very nice as always Peter, great capture of the skin tone :thumb2:.

[Guest]

Thanks for looking in Ralph and Fernando.

[JR]

Certainly has the WOW factor Peter, beautifully painted .:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Mini Me]

Just had a look see, Beautiful progress on this. Could you imagine 570 going to this level on the 100+ he did for his Rourk's Drift dio?
Are there any Bikkies left? Cheers, Rick H.

[Guest]

John - Many thanks my man.

Rick - Glad you like him so far. 570 did a brilliant job on his dio, but I wouldn't wish doing one in 200mm on anyone - it would take years! Bikkies all gone, so son sent out for supplies.

[Guest]

One finished Zulu:



I did a bit more research and found that the neck flaps should be plain buff, which saved a lot of bother. The feathers were first painted black, then given washes of Prussian blue and deep green to liven them up.

[Guest]

Great finish Peter :smiling3:.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice job, your painting is so much better than the sculpt.....