M J Miniatures Saxon Bust

[Guest]

The shield:



Not brilliant, but the best I can do. I've tried to kill off the white a bit by giving it a dark wash., and I'm sure I'll fiddle with it a bit more. The strap ends supplied for the shield didn't fit, so I had to make some from thin card.

I recently bought a set of AK Interactive green vehicle washes, and used one on the shield. The smell of that and the thinners took me back to my youth, but I must say I'm glad water-based products have come into their own - watering eyes and a headache just ain't worth it.

[Neil Merryweather]

Yum! :tongue-out: :hungry:

[Guest]

Thank you Neil.

Had to wait a while to give you a reply..

I've now got the standard partly done:



Instead of drilling all the way through the hand, I cut the pole in two and attached it either side - the hand is very securely fixed, and the main weight of the pole rests on the shoulder, also heavily glued. To paint the dragon's head, I first primed it with black, then dry-brushed on layers of Vallejo bronze. I then redrew the lines and shaded with black brown, before finally highlighting with old gold. Just the red 'wind-sock' to do now.

I had company during this session. My granddaughter, Remi (1 year, 9 months) decided that one of Granddad's old figures could do with a bit more colour:



Between that and feeding me strawberries, she proved an excellent working companion.

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice work. Always jealous of your metals Peter, They unfailingly look fantastic.....

[Guest]

Cheers Tim - Vallejo metallics do half the work for you.

[Peter Gillson]

Thumbs up from me Peter.

[Andy Belsey]

Nearly there!! He's looking great!
Andy

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Peter
Which Vallejo metals do you use? I haven’t had any luck with model colour! Darkstar are OK, but I find them hard to blend!

[Guest]

Peter - Glad you like him

Andy - Quite a complicated bust - 18 parts is unheard of.

Hi Tim - I use Vallejo Model Colour metallics exclusively - Old Gold, Bronze, Copper, Pure Gold, Oily Steel, Silver etc etc. They always need to be painted over a black base to give them a chance.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

I totally agree your metalwork is exceptional, and the "other" figure's rainbow camo does look really bright and colourful, yours is OK too LOL

Herman's side profile is really rotund!

Another grey and wet day ahead, the British summer has arrived, at long last LOL

Have a good day with the paints and your assistant apprentice art student too.

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

Remi's a much better painter than I am - she's teaching me how to loosen up and have fun. She's not so good at cleaning brushes, but she'll learn.

On to the wind-sock today. I'm toying with stripes, but that may be a bit to arduous to do. We'll see....

[Jason Crausby]

Superb once again Peter....just keeps getting better and better!!

[Guest]

Thanks Jason.

Unfortunately, that's as far as it's going to go. I was struggling with the wind-sock and was finally beginning to get somewhere after I'd fixed it onto the pole. However, the thing then got very unwieldy and I dropped it! It smashed onto the floor, completely fell apart, and the paint job on each part was completely ruined. I just haven't the mojo to start again, so it's going back into the box. Incredibly annoyed and fed up.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
That is a real shame because I honestly thought it was up there with your best work.
But hey-ho, on we go.
Jim

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Sorry to hear your bust has had a fatal accident, as it was definitely getting to the finish line for a top 3 finish.

Hopefully you will be able to pick up and start another less vulnerable victim today?

I am back to work today, 1st day since 011019,

Its a staged return, so only 3 x 4 hour shifts this week, once I have a laptop delivered, so it will probably be later this week!

I will be practising being locked in the spare room and not responding to the "" Can you just..........."" requests for a 4 hour window each day.

I will be locked in with some modelling stuff on a tray, so I might actually get more done than being in a shielded lockdown!!!

Last time it took 2 weeks for my system to be rebooted, and that was when we were all in the office!

I will have 8 months of E-mails to trawl through as a first job, which will be fun!

The British summer has arrived, cold grey and miserable, just in time to go back to work, from home!

Have a good day picking a new project

Regards

Steve H