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Completed Critique Highlander Bust - Carl Reid

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by ghamilt1, Jul 4, 2013.

  1. ghamilt1 A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Just finished this beauty by mounting the finished bust on it's display base, which I have fabricated from a drawer handle, purchased at the local DIY store, and a block of maple burl. I painted him by using the box art as a guide and the only modification was to replace the shaft of the pike with a bamboo kabob skewer. As always, comments and criticisms are welcome :)
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  2. bagelman1952 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    England
    Nice brushwork
  3. ghamilt1 A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Cheers Ken, thanks for saying.
  4. Richie A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Hi Glenn,
    Very nice work, you have brought the best out in that face, looks great. The wooden shaft is a nice replacement and works well especially the way it has been painted.
    cheers
    Richie
  5. Funky50 Guest

    Excellent work.....can we see the base at all ...interested in this drawer handle mod
  6. T-34/85 PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    United-States
    Well done sir!

    Tom
  7. DEL A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    Great job all round on this lovely sculpt Glenn. The face is particularly well done.
    The only observation 'and this is a matter of personal taste' is that here and there the whites are very white.
    Trust you and yours are well and getting ready for winter :happy:
    Cheers
    Derek
  8. Captain Lol A Fixture

    Country:
    Belgium
    Great paint Sir .
  9. brian A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    Very nice paint job Glenn.The face is very good and your tone of red is more convincing than the boxart.Only thing I would add is to line in with a dark colour the straps on his backpack as seen on your last photograph.Other than that a cracking job!!
    Brian
  10. Aveleira A Fixture

    Country:
    Portugal
    Looks very good to me!!!

    Regards
    Pedro
  11. Ventress Well-Known Member

    Country:
    England
    Excellent job, and nice use of a kebab skewer!
  12. Don Well-Known Member

    Excellent Glenn, well done indeed. You have made a great job of the face, really like that. Just looks great all over and his pike looks super. What red did you use for his tunic?
    Are you saving up for a return to Euro?

    Don
  13. Tonton Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Wow, just wow. That’s one mean-looking Jock.

    Jeff
  14. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Excellent work so far.
    Under the colar is some red missing..seems like you hit the red with the white.

    Marc
  15. Steve Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Beautiful!
  16. smudger1960 PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Very nice Glenn,I especialy like the way you handled the red,great job :)
  17. Funky50 Guest

    Really like the cracking on the white leather effect...and the reds are really effective
  18. ghamilt1 A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Thanks very much one and all. I just logged in this morning to see so many kind compliments, so thank you all. I will take a better photo of the base, so people can see the drawer handle as a plinth. I just tried to find one that had a flat face, which would form the bottom, and that was also tall enough to look good and be functional. That will have to wait until this evening as I have started some other painting projects at my wife's "request"...starting in the bathroom:(
    Don and DEL like this.
  19. pmfs A Fixture

    Country:
    Portugal
    Nicely done, i like very much the flesh tones - very nice presentation.

    Pedro.
  20. Tonton Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Glenn, don’t forget to give the bathroom painting some “depth”! But weathering probably wouldn’t be appreciated.

    Jeff

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