Hello there,
It has been a while since I posted anything.........Life
just getting in the way

Anyhow this is the start of my current project
never painted a black uniform....but armed with
Mike Blanks terrific publication "Black'n'White
this is my approximation of it

I am painting different areas of black separately to give
variety.....they will be different as i use different proportions
of colour each time. The facial tones are based on that
great article Jaume wrote thanks it certainly works

the next post will be some of the miles of white braid
got to work that one out.......... I always choose the easy figures ......huh
All comments and critiques gratefuly recieved

Take a look at the story so far

Frank

Here is another view, this is all painted in acrylics
I purchased a bottle of windsor and newtons
Flow improver and their Blending medium
made a world of difference to paint aplication

Frank!!! :lol:

Good to see you on here again - doing better than me! (well I'm here - just figureless)

It's a good start! and he's 54mm? Because that's a fair sized picture!
And it's a great figure too.

I can see the different tones in the blacks you've done so far.
Are you going to more to the face, or is that complete? He'll really come to life with the braid


Take it easy, and keep the brushes wet!

Rob

one more view

Hi Rob
Thanks for your comments
the face still needs attention and as you say the braid will
certainly bring him to life

It has taken me ages plus wash offs to get to this stage
but it is a terrific figure I think one of Andreas best

Take care

Frank

Great to see you painting again Frank, looks like all the experimenting is paying off.

Keep it up mate.

All the best.

Roy.

Hi Frank

I’ve had my eye on this figure for a while, I for one will be seeing how you get on.
Was there any problems with the figure at all....?

Dave

Hi there,

Good to hear from you Roy....you are one of my favourite painters
All being well this will appear at your show which I look forward to attending
till then take care.......appreciate the encouragement.

As for the assembly....it can be a pain....I left off the pelisse.....and drilled
through the musketoon .....lock into the figure so it coulld be attached by means of a pin other wise....no real problems....... but working this out was a head ache
as I said it is a terrific figure....and a real challenge to paint.... i am a slow painter
but that is the great thing about this hobby...it really makes you think about how everything go's.... and the enjoyment you get out of it

Take care Frank

It'll be great to see you at the show Frank, You're always very welcome.

And this figure is a 54mm..?? I didn't realise, I like it a lot.

All the best.

Roy.

Hi there,
Some more pics of my slow progress on the hussar
started the braid caplines and the billy bones on his headress
have a look ......all comments and critiques most welcome

Frank

heres another one

and again

Hi Frank.
The hussar is coming along very very good.
I've bought the figure after seeing yours.
Hope to see it finished soon.
regards
jaume

Good to see you're keeping up all the good work Frank. I like the paintwork so far...although the pics aren't as large as the first few.
Hope to see this at Welling in a couple of weeks...

go for it Frank...... it's looking good.

Roy.

Hey Frank!

Good to see more of your work! This one is coming on a treat and I look forward to seeing it (and you of course! :lol: ) at Welling.

Best regards

Phil

Hey Frank!

Thats looking great mate!

How is the fit and cleanup of this kit? Andrea can be kind of hit and miss at times.

Keep up the great work.

Nice work Frank!

Frank,I like the flesh tones, nice work.


Cheers

Roc.

Hi
Thanks for all the kind comments and encoragement
This is going to take me ages well at least until the night before Roy's show
it is the most challenging figure i have ever painted

The clean upwent ok ....know what you mean Anders about some of
Andreas stuff being hit and miss on cleanup only (digging myself out of a controversial hole) their sculpting overall being first class

the face on this one is very expressive....hes been there done that
and got the T shirt ....a vetran

The painting is going ok specialy as I use blending medium
plus a drop or two of flow improver to thin the paint
only using water for washing the brush.

I have found a colour called green brown from vellejo which is good for
adding to both black and white to get variety I am sure there are better ways of doing it but this seems to work for me

Anyway the next pics will show a lot more done....and hopefully
better photography...the second set did not seem to work out as the first lot did

once again thanks for your encouragement

Frank

these are larger versions of the previous pics