I have been working away on this one over the last couple of weeks, face painted in oils;




Hands and receiver also painted in oils, need to add some grime to his hands. Clothing has been base coated via airbrush with Tamiya acrylics, shadows and highlights;



Helmet was scratched via the 'hairspray method' then various oil filters with a final raw umber filter

Neat seeing this view of the bust Steve.
What are you most happy with mate?
MikeTheKiwi

The face so far, and the discovery of Golden Barok Red oil paint !

Beautiful so far!

Great color tones, and that helmet work looks pretty dang real, Steve!

Got the oils out last night and spent an enjoyable couple of hours getting his rain cape painted and blended;

Looking very good Steve.

It may go in the crockpot today, to speed things up, ready to get dirtied up. Arms are separate items.

Blending very well, looks great from here!

Oils dried nice over night and a final fix in the crockpot. So dirt added via thinned out mix of raw sienna and yellow ochre added in various shades and finally a custom pigment mix of yellow ochre and iron. The rain coat was made of a rubberised material so would have had a slight sheen to it, so will probably leave the finish as is at this stage.

Looks great! I like the details you have added to the helmet and rain cape. Definitely get the sense of someone from the trenches

Thankyou very much

Very nicely executed so far.

Mike

Arm patch, band and stripes painted. All painted with Scale75 artist acrylics

Looks great!

Couple of bits off to be baked, on the left the gas mask and hose and on the right a couple of pouches for the ‘Christmas truce’ bust.

Completed. photos here - https://www.planetfigure.com/thread...y-15th-scottish-div-1918.495085/#post-1281176