200mm Imperial Japanese Army Bust C19th

[scottie3158]

Peter,
Very nice mate.

[JR]

Nice Peter

[Jason Crausby]

Superb... what shades did you use for the hair...??

[Guest]

Scottie and John - many thanks.

Jason - Cheers. The hair was first blocked in with black brown, then a brush lightly loaded with Luftwaffe blue was dragged over the surface to catch the highlights. I then re-drew the shadows and lines with black and then finally added some highlights with the Luftwaffe blue lightened with white. The idea is that black hair will to some extent reflect a blue sky.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Well done with the superb head, he looks like a shaggy Bruce Lee,

Are you doing much reconstruction on the shoulders and epaulettes or leaving them alone?

Different belt and strap layout too?

Looks like another bright day and another delivery, which I shall have to manage all alone!

That will challenge Anna's patience to the limit!

I can already hear minute guidance being passed on from upstairs, thankfully its only a small delivery this week.

Have fun with the body and the light

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Hi Steve

Just leaving the torso as it is. It's close enough to how it should be.

Good luck with Operation Delivery!

[Guest]

Earwig-o then:

[Neil Merryweather]

well that works well, doesn't it?
brilliant as always
N

[Guest]

Neil - Thank you. I think it has worked out OK - at least he looks reasonably believable.

I've since done a bit of work on the jacket, resolving some of the folds:



I'll leave it alone now.

[Tim Marlow]

Great job, skin tone in particular is perfect....

[Guest]

Thank you Tim.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Lovely finish, quite an unusual figure, but all the better for it, well done yet again Peter.

Delivery sorted, but a baking disaster with the carrot cake, Never did like the oil based cakes, much prefer the tradition, butter, sugar & eggs mix

Sorry about that, I know you shouldn't indulge!

Going to be another bright day, but frost on the car this morning!

Odd weather for mid May or is it?

Enjoy the new bust, whichever gets to be the 1st victim

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

Glad you like this one. I agree it's unusual, but hopefully it works. Sorry to hear abbot the carrot cake disaster, but glad the delivery went well - there should be a small addition to it any day soon (!). It's been quite cold here, with some rain - not like May at all, but hopefully warming up at the weekend.

My next bust will be the final one in the Altores Studio trio, the African woman. It's good enough to stand alone, so just a paint job required:



I'll just post the finished thing I think.

[JR]

Gets harder to find a new word of praise, i'll try sublime this time.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2: Nice Peter.

[wotan]

Peter
Another great paint job but I have to say it is a bit of an uninteresting figure. It looks like he is lacking a context. This doesn't detract from your usual skilled painting though.

John

P.S. I just ran across an old acquaintance Carlos Startin in another forum. Still turning out his great figures.