Dusting another figure off from my grey army. This is the controversial Warriors' figure (120mm) of Confederate Colonel J.B. Gordon, clearly inspired by an atmospheric Don Troiani limited edition print. As I understand it, Mr. Troiani threatened to litigate and Warriors withdrew the item, not having the financial resources or perhaps the stomach for a lengthy legal battle. I have my own views on whether Mr. Troiani's claim had legal merit, and its a bit sad that the case was not tested in court. But at least I got a copy before the item was no longer available.

This shows a few hours of work on the face. Its still pretty rough but it is getting there.



I have also included a shot of the original Troiani painting included as a magazine cover and a copy of Gordon's signature (not from my collection)....mostly because I like historical paper. I am trying to think of a good way to integrate such autographs with my base labelling. Shouldn't be too hard.



Colin

A great start Colin.
A really nice figure and facinating back ground......Lucky you for getting one.
Watching with interest Mate.
Cheers,
Keith

Looking good Colin you could always try a variant on Del's handknitted Nameplates http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/hand-knitted-nameplates.54541/ for a label either print it direct or if it looks better carefully over paint the signature

Steve

Very good start Colin.
Looking forward to the next pictures.

Marc

Very Nice! Another SBS from you! It's a subject (confederates) that will land on my workbench pretty soon. I'm very interested on how you will treat the uniform. As many details as possible on paint mixtures are more then appreciated.
Thanks Colin and will follow closely, as usually!
Cheers,
Zeno

Will do Zeno - this is my first confederate so we can learn together

Colin

A helluva lot better than "a bit rough" Colin.
Careful how you proceed with the colours.....you might have the pigment police at your door
Looking forward to seeing it proceed.
Cheers
Derek

Looking forward Colin! Never tackled the subject either! Completely new ground.
BTW. You started with the collar. What did you used?
Zeno

One of the best references to the uniforms of the ACW is the Time/Life 2-volume "Echoes of Glory." I think these are generally available at reasonable cost on on-line book services like ABE. I have a included a couple of shots of relevant of pages - every page in these books is in colour.



Also, I thought I would indicate the colours I used on his face so you get an idea what paints and inks I draw on. You can also see the half eaten of baked beans that totally appalled my children - they call it bomb shelter food! Poorly brought up.



Colin

Just a Vallejo oxford blue base coat - consistent with the photos I posted above, I am going to heep the infantry blue piping and facings darker and duller than the luminious sky blue you see on may confederate figures.

Colin

That's what I do

Cool! Thanks Colin!
I like the bomb shelter food ideea. No moment wasted... 2-3 brush strokes... some backed beans... 4-5 brush strokes... a beer... more beans... love this patern.
Zeno

Better photos - face mostly done. Still need to shade hair. I may need to lighten the two deep vertical furrows in the centre of his brow - they don't look as bold in real life though.



Colin

This is looking good Colin Troiani should be well pleased watch you don't get sued
Be carful to change some small detail

Ron

I will just make sure I do a better job than him. That will make him happy.

Colin

I bought this figure here at pF, i will follow with interest. Great start

Nice work Colin.
Good to have close ups of the great face developments.
Following with interest.
Cheers,
Keith