This is a great 75mm kit from Pegaso. Lots of nice detail and great uniform colors to work with. The figure is on of the Officers of the Guide who accompanied Napoleon in Egypt. They later became the Chasseurs a Cheval and you can notice the similarities in the uniform. The figure is painted in acrylics, primarily Reaper Master Series but then Scale75 for the metals. The kit comes with the broken column which I then raised up slightly and surrounded the bottom with sand (putty and then baking soda for texture) to extend the groundwork to the end of the plinth.

All in all a really fun figure to work on and a surprisingly quick project. The dark green was a mix of Badger's Minitaire Dark Green (my Reaper's had a satin finish) mixed with Burgundy Wine for a deeper dark green. The highlights were created by mixing in a medium grey to help retain the dark green feel. The reds were all Reaper, Burgundy Wine again for the shadow, then Violet Red followed by Fire Red for the highlights. A bit of Fair Skin was added to the Fire Red for those top highlights. The lace was done using 50/50 mixes of metallic and matte paints to create an intermediate effect between true metallic and matte. You can find more details on the approach in the work in progress thread for this figure over in the VBench forum
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/officer-of-the-guide.68126/
I'm also happy to answer any questions here.



And here are a few close up images for a better look at the details

That is just beautiful - I can't get over the detail, and how well you've painted the gold braiding.
I love the rich colours you've used, and the flesh tones in his face too. Really amazing stuff, well done!

Excellent result Bailey! Impressive detail work!

Cheers
Adrian

Fine fine work. Fantastic handling of colour and metallics. Braiding is superb as is the rest. Thanks for posting the colour mixes.
Cheers
Mat

Beautifully painted!

Roger.

Great Job Bailey!
I like your version very much.

Regards
Pedro

Just beautiful,i love everything about it,superb brushwork and presentation

Excellent!!!
Very very very nice

Roberto

You had done a terrific job on this figure. So good that now I will have to buy this one. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed this in your vBench, and now enjoy the finished piece.

Hi David, I can only concur with everything that has been said by others.
All I can say is that your work is an inspiration to many of us on the planet.
Thanks for posting and your generous sharing of your paint mixes.
Cheers
Derek

An exquisite piece of work!

Joe

Outstanding Bailey!!

Followed the WIP and the end result is stunning, one of my favourite figures posted this year.

Brilliant stuff!!


Cheer's,
Jeff.

Indeed. Brilliant work, Bailey!
A reference piece, no doubt!
Cheers and thanks for the excellent SBS! We want more! We want more!
Zeno

Superb! Absolutely superb!

Regards

Dave

Beautiful, really sets the bar!

Marvellous work

Inspiring and ambitious. A stunning example of a master painter at work.

Fine work

I am just beginning a 75mm figure and the level of detail you have achieved in this scale with this piece is truly impressive. Absolutely terrific!

Thanks, everyone. This was a really nice figure to work on and I'm very pleased how it turned out. I'm looking forward to my next Napoleonic project in this scale!