Acrylic paint as usual. A pure joy to paint !

Beautiful work, Alex

Excellent paintwork

Mobo

great work alex, love your clothing textures and painting of the chains , a terrifiv job overall.

Consummate skill...............world class painting !!

Mike

Thank you guys for the comments ! The shirts were made of linen and kept as white as possible in the 16th century. Of course, if you paint a shirt pure white in this scale, it will look weird to say the least so that's why I did add some ochre, warm grey and brown here and there. The thread was over exaggerated to make it pop a little bit, in contrast with the smooth red velvet.

White textiles were notoriously difficult to produce at the time of this figure - involving months of immersion in milk and even more
time bleaching in sunlight. Consequently it was highly expensive and the choice of only the very wealthy. It was not until the late 18th
century that a cheap bleaching agent - alum - was discovered and patented, which managed to reduce costs. So your choice of colour
not only looks good artistically, but fits historically as well. Besides..........a good painter sees colour in relative terms rather than definitively,
so adjusts tints and shades accordingly. The results of all this, Alex, are so evident here, which makes it so damn good.

Mike

Exceptional paintwork Alex...…..very impressive.

Wayne

Whenever you think you have already seen the best possible version of a figure, somebody comes along and sets the standard even higher. I guess that is part of the fun of our hobby. Fantastic work. I love his white shirt. Hyper realistic.

Thanks Mike for your comments. I love the research aspect of our hobby as well. Interestingly, the V&A museum has some real treasures including this pristine example of a XVIth century shirt.. lovely craftsmanship

I have always loved this bust and your work on it is breathtaking. The fabrics are clearly amazingly painted but for me the best part is the detail in the eyes as this just draws me into the piece as a whole.

Gary

Masterpiece and you make it all sound so easy but...as PF is a place for admiring ánd learning we could all benefit from an extensive SBS on the techniques you used for this figure .

Good idea Hans !

My friend, Alex from Castle miniatures told me the exact same thing the other day when we met in my studio.
I usually do not take many pictures while doing a project because I can't wait to see the end result ! However, I will try my best during the next project and it will be easier for me to do it, having improved my setup for taking pictures.

Cheers
Alex

Wow Alex! Impressive!

Cheers,
Ken

That is absolutely AMAZING ! The face is fantastic. The texture of the leather/suede hat is beautiful. And that pattern... WOW !!
Paul

Thats a stunning piece of painting.

marc

Muy buena