Great painting on a fantastic sculpt.

Oda.

thanks Oda

Thx Nap.

This is his base. The figure is currently attached with two-sided mirror mounting tape. Once he’s done I will choose an orientation on the base and attach him permanently.I expect I will extend the cast groundwork to the base edges.

Very impressive, the armour looks good as do the trousers. Talking of he armour, would a gent of his stature have lacquered armour, or was that just the Japanese way of doing things?

Cheers Simon

I suppose black varnish would be similar but not the same as lacquer. I don’t think early modern European armour had much in common with Japanese in finish or design. This isn’t really my period though so I am just doing the best I can.

Today.

You are correct.First of all Urushi is a sap mixed with other things as saw dust etc and technically speaking it is not a lacquer,As far as I know Urushi was not available to Europeans at the time not just because it was rare but because the process of covering any object in Urushi is extremely time consuming and a highly specialised skill that takes years to learn and master.Such artisans were not existant in Europe.Even for monarchs that had a taste for japanese "lacquer" like the Great Mughals of about the same time,the only option was to have the item they wanted lacquered exported to Japan and then bring it back.The Japanese themselves knew exactly were such objects were desired and had created a lucrative trade with many parts of the world.What is even more surprising is that though the Japanese covered every bit of their armour in Urushi they very seldom did so on European cuirasses which they valued very much.
In Europe at the tine of the 30 Years War I think that the most fitting method for producing a glossy black armour would be enameling but I am not certain as I am no expert.

Oda.

Attached his hand and hat. Gloves, hat, spurs, misc touch ups, face refinement, groundwork to go.

Looking very good.

Oda.

Thanks Nap. It’s been a while since I have sculpted anything big. Last one was this portrait of German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was also attached to the Abwehr under Canaris. He was a resistance figure.



Based on these pics.



About 1/6. Acrylics and ink.

The specs were a bitch to do.

I have sculpted some 28mm.

Colin

Extended the rounded cast base (including cobbles) to the base edge with Magic Sculpt.

Hmm PF stopped sending me alerts, again. He's looking good, nice work on the base and lovely bust you did, really nice seeing something not in uniform, albeit with connections.

Cheers Simon

Thanks Simon. In the final stages.will post here once done.

I like the bust, the likeness is exceptionally well captured. Brilliant.
Wallenstein is also coming along really well.
Melanie

Thanks Melanie