Hi All

I thought id share my next little project with you. This is a Bonapartes 1/10 scale resin cavalier bust. The detail and casting are superb with very minimal clean up. Here i have just primed the figure, i normally work in oils, acrylics and enamels






Any remarks comments or critisisms as we go along are welcome

Paul

Hi Paul, I look forward to seeing how this turns out. Being a cavalier there should be plenty of lace and colour.

Hi Jazz
yep he has a very nice lace collar, i dont think it shows up well on the pics but he also has a cuirrasse on aswell

Hi all

I have made a start on the face, done in oils apart from the eyes which are acrylics and ill add some gloss varnish to them when im happy with them. Quite a good face to paint although the nose is rather large









Still a bit more work to do on the eyes and the shading
all for now

Paul

Great start, Paul! Nice skintones!
Eddy

Hi Eddy
many thanks its taken me a long time to get the skin tones how i want them, funny to think the colour i wasnt putting in was green

Paul

Great skintone's, like them.
You can use green or blue to get rid of the redish color. No harm with that.
marc

Hi All

I have added a few more highlights and shading to the face and also blocked out the hair,Wig, in black acrylics. The hair will have a base coat of jet black oils and then ill gradually highlight it with various shades of brown starting with straight burnt umber





Still to finish the eyes and add a bit of sparkle to them

Paul

Hi All

Base coated the hat with raw sienna,for the shading and highlights im using pointalism with burnt umber and flesh







Ive also base coated the cuirasse, this will be finished in enamel metal coat and polished
all for now

Paul

Good work.

That new yell....pointalism seems in the video the old stippling technique.
But i can be wrong.

Marc

Hi Marc
not really stippling is with a larger brush, and i often use stippling its a good technique, pointilism same application, much finer brush and it takes a lot longer

Paul

so far, so good! bill

Very nice start like the skin tone

Following this one

Thanks for posting Paul!

Hi All
many thanks for the feed back
Ive added more shading and highlights to the hat and started the feather also base coated the lace collar in cream. for the wig ive started the highlights with straight burnt umber







all for now
Paul

Hi All
just a few more pics, ive been highlighting the wig gradually, this time its had a brushing od burnt umber mixed with a bit of raw sienna





all for now
Paul

Hi All
I have finished the highlighting of the wig, the cuirasse has had a couple of base coats, then 2 coats of enamel steel metal coat. After this had dried it was polished with a soft cloth.the collar has had the shading done with pale blue and the highlights in straight white and the strap has been base coated in burnt umber








all for now
Paul

Excellent progress Paul

Hi All
Thanks Gordy, its a nice bust to paint lots of detail in it

Finished the crossbelt and the brass clasps on the cuirasse and then started on the sleaves. ive done these in emerald green with a lighter green pattern and gold spots








The pattern will carry on down the rest of the sleave

all for now
Paul

The lace, turquoise and yellow are catching and colourful