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Completed AWI Continental Marine 1775

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by Geoff Charman, Jun 16, 2020.

  1. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    I now have all four of the AWI 1/9th busts that was from Ellies Miniatures, I already had two but these two, Continental Marine and French Bombardier de la Marine, I purchased from Ross at MMM.

    The first one to paint will be the Continental Marine, I shall do him in the early white facings of 1775 before they changed them to red in 1779 due to shortage of the white cloth.

    All the prep done and primed so on with his face.

    P1140547.JPG

    Cheers
    Geoff
  2. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    Face painted in my normal Artist's oils and the eyes done first in acrylics with an acrylic gloss varnish.

    P1140549 (2).JPG P1140550 (2).JPG

    Time for a cuppa and then paint the hat.

    Cheers
    Geoff
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  3. Borek A Fixture

    Country:
    Czech-Republic
    Nice start Geoff, I continued to watch :)

    Cheers Borek
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  4. Richard Baxter A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    Is Ellie's Miniatures now defunct and has Ross bought their masters? I noticed previously that Ross had marketed the French Hussar on campaign which was originally scheduled as an Ellie's release, and still shows on their website.
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  5. Nap Moderator

    Country:
    England
    As far as I know Ellies is no longer in production

    I would imagine Ross has the masters , it's nice to see these pieces available

    Nap
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  6. Nap Moderator

    Country:
    England
    Hi Geoff

    Thought you had done this one ...obviously not !

    As always your fiesh just flows on ...looking good

    Following as always

    Happy benchtime

    Nap
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  7. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    Thank you Borek, you are most welcome.

    Geoff
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  9. Nap Moderator

    Country:
    England
    Hi Geoff

    I bought a copy ...it's in the GA!

    Happy benchtime

    Nap
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  10. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    I thought you had one Nap.

    This is enough for today, some first coat colour blocking on the hat and hair, the hair will be a bit darker when the Citadel Earth Shade Wash is applied.

    P1140551 (3).JPG P1140553 (2).JPG P1140552 (2).JPG

    Cheers
    Geoff
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  11. KenBoyle PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    United-States
    Looking good Geoff! Love the face. Your faces are well done but they get even better with each new bust. (y)(y)(y)

    Cheers,
    Ken
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  12. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    Thank you very much Ken, having a nicely sculpted face really helps mate and these from OFFO are the business.

    Cheers
    Geoff
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  13. Nap Moderator

    Country:
    England
    Hi Geoff

    Very nicely done ....your right I have one , had a look at it ...a real nice sculpt for sure ....but I dare to prep another yet !

    Following yours as always with interest

    Happy benchtime

    Nap
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  14. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    Hi Nap, I thought you did, go on have a go, you could do yours as the later one with the red facings.

    Have a good day, more block coating for me before Tesco shopping.

    Cheers
    Geoff
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  15. Viking Bob PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Very good flesh tones Geoff, you've brought out the features very well.
    Looking forward to seeing more.
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  16. offo A Fixture

    Nice start ! I am very glad :D
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  17. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    Many thanks Bob, you know me, I love painting faces.

    Cheers
    Geoff
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  18. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    Thank you very much Offo, I appreciate your comment.

    Cheers and stay safe.
    Geoff
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  19. Geoff Charman A Fixture

    Base blocking coat applied earlier, now for a few more thin coats on the tunic using Docraft acrylic Jungle Green.

    P1140554 (2).JPG

    Cheers
    Geoff
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  20. misfit151 A Fixture

    Impressive start Geoff....(y). Mike
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