Hi guys,

Here are the first WIP pics of painting my bust of Sir John Monash, which I'll now add to my Vbench.

I've base coated the figure with Vallejo acrylics. I'll probably use oils on the skin tones and the leather. No highlighting or shading done yet.

Hope you like.

Excellent Tony! You're a hard worker!!!

All the best,
Dan

Excellent work Tony,
Both the sculpting and the painting.

Marc

that was fast!! looks great mate, you must be pleased to have finished a sculpt and to be painting one of your own creations. in my book thats a 'true modeller'. well done Tony!


regards ---- tim

Well done Tony. It's really come together nicely and I'm looking forward to seeing it all finished.

Tony,
Excellent,he has really come to life.
Andy

Thanks Dan, Marc, Tim, Glenn and Andy,

It's quite a challenge to paint something I sculpted myself; it's a new experience for me.

Great start Tony, looking forward to the highlights and shadows on this one.

Very nice,looking forward to seeing the finished piece!

Hi Tony,

Wow! Lots of progress since I last the bust in person a few weeks ago.

It bears a real resemblance to Monash himself, I can't wait to see the final result.

Take care mate,

Chas

Wow, i've been a bit under the pump this last week and i come back and you've just about wrapped him up........... looking awesome

so who's next Thomas Blamey?

or maybe you could do me a comission piece?..........the great Polly Farmer

Hey Tony, he's looking great. It's good to see how you paint a figure (or at least how you start it).

Im just curious, are you using medium fleshtone?

Daniel

Tony,

you have put great effort into sculpting the bust, I'm sure you'll do the same painting it, must be fun to paint your own bust (I'm a little jealous here ) looking forward to see the result!

Denes

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.

I've continued base coating tonight, and laid in the shape of the pupils.

For those of you interested in the colours I'm using, the tunic and cap are Khaki, the shirt and tie are US Tan Earth, all the red bits are Scarlet, the leather is Leather Brown and the flesh is Medium Flesh (all Vallejo acrylic). I've used both Brass and Bronze on the metallic bits and Black on the cap brim.

Still no shading or highlighting yet; that's next.

Just wonderful, Tony. It has been a real pleasure to watch the whole SBS from begining to end.

Keith

Nice one Tony,
Is this the new Polyclay version ? if so you work fast mate.

Steve

Marvelous - Very well done, Tony!

All the best,
Dan

Keith, Steve & Dan,

Thanks fellas, I really appreciate your comments.

Yes Steve, this is the poly clay version I started about 3 weeks ago. I have spent rather a lot of time on him lately

Now that the base coating is complete, the fun really begins - shading and highlighting. I'll start on the face tonight.

Shading

Hi guys,

Work done on shading tonight, mostly mixing shadow tones and laying them in. It's still rather messy and there is no blending done yet.

I've also added some basic highlights on the face, but I'll go over them again later when I start blending and adding the upper highlights.

Hope you like.

now its really coming alive Tony! looks really great. its nice to paint something you had worked hard on i bet. hope you get an award in the future for this fella mate, reckon you deserve it.

all the best Tony ___ tim