Just finished this sculpt for a private collector.

I like this a lot. Shame it was not a commercial piece as I think it would do well. One lucky collector

Cheers
Tommi

Hi Shane,
Great sculpture!

Wonderful!

that's a great piece of work well done.

Ian

www.elliesminiatures.com

Excellent sculpt!

That's a corker of a cracker of a character Shane.

Lucky client.

Paul.

As already stated too bad this is not a commercial piece. I'd buy one in split second

Nice work there.
Gells

Neat to see you still in action Shane

Really like the details in this like the shield laminations.

Thanks for sharing mate,

Mike

Amazing piece of work!

Oda.

Excellent piece of sculpting and a great subject. As Tommi says - one lucky collector.

Chris

Amazing sculptwork.
As Tommi said: it will do well on commercial base

Marc

I know the collecters name if you would like to know to he was gloating over on the Med-Rom forum

Excellent sculpt Shane!

Thanks for the comments guys.

just.. wow!!

That is a cracking piece of work.
Chris

OK, since the cat has been let out of the bag (I did post this on MedRom a couple of weeks ago) I might as well own up to the gloat. Come to think of it, if I wanted to keep this a deep dark secret, gloating over on MedRom was not a particularly sensible thing to have done. However, I was so pleased with the result that I could not resist it. This is the second bust that Shane has done for me (the first one, an Anniversary present from my late wife, was of a 2nd CBC Roman wearing a Montefortino helmet - 2nd Punic War period) and on the strength of that one, I decided to ask him to do another one for me. He is, indeed, a superb sculptor. I sent him the details and at each stage of the build, he sent me a photo to check that he was getting it right. The helmet is based on one which is on display at the British Museum. Now, of course, I have to paint the thing and try and match Shane's skill as a sculptor!

I agree (of course) with all the positive comments above. The whole point about a private commission, of course, is that it's a "one-off". I just wish that I had Shane's skills as a sculptor. As I don't I am more than happy to have him do one of these little chaps for me from time to time. In case you would like to appreciate Shane's work a little more, I am uploading a photo of the earlier commission I mentioned above. Don't concentrate on the painting, just admire Shane's ability!

Mike Thomas