I seem to be liking these Zouave still of uniforms as this is the third or four one I have done, this one is the lovely 1/10th one from Life Miniatures.

Here is the box art.



There was a far amount of cleaning up, but really only the removal of the pouring blocks but a couple were quite large, then after washing I primed the parts.


The detail is really lovely and crisp and smooth.


My usual start is painting the eyes with acrylics and then when dry giving them a coat of acrylic gloss varnish.

then, I use Artist's oils for the flesh.



Now this head will be left to dry before painting further.

Big fan of this one also! Looking forward to your progress reports!

All the best,
Dan

Nice start Geof. This is realy nice sculpt, very characterful. Keep it up

Cheers Borek

Many thanks guys, I am very pleased with the face as I changed my flesh mix a bit as I think I had started to get it a bit light on a few of my previous busts.

Hair done with an acrylic Cork Brown wash and the base coat on his headgear of Dark Vermillion.



Inside the top of the hat I used a thinned Black Red before the red to give the creases some definition, now to give the hat another thinned coat of Dark Vermillion to give a more solid look.

Many thanks Nap, gosh they do look good, even if I say it myself.

You are off to a good start agian, very nice. You have shamed me.

Knock'n em out like bagels.....do you ever take a leak? ....every time I see this piece I'm tempted.....Quite a gallery of impressive work.

Wayne

Thanks Bob, don't worry mate you love your bird watching, doing figures will start again.

Thanks Wayne, I do like to keep busy in the mornings, enjoy a good book in the afternoons in-between shopping, etc... and peeing...LOL

Thanks Nap, you have had your move and sort out to take up your time mate.

Yesterday's progress, but before I forget the hair on the head was given a wash of Citadel's Earthwash, I forgot to mention that in the head pics.

Now body painting, first I used a dilute Dark Sea Blue in the creases then the base Dark Vermillion on the red lacing and detailing.



Then I used thinned Dark Blue to block in the shirt and tunic carefully going around the red edges..
I also used a mix of the Blue with Andreas Blue to do the waist cloth.



And while I had the paint workable I painted the rolled sections on the backpack.



I might manage a bit more today, but I think the old eyes need a bit of a rest and it's my turn to do dinner.

excellent Geoff,

I have that same one in my stash, yet to start him though, too much medieval planning on my next piece

cheers
Matt