Completed Michael Miniatures Prussian Kronprinz Wilhelm 1901 2nd Cuirassier Regiment Pommersches

[Michaelminiatures]

My latest work, I painted this bust this acrylic's and some oil wash on the metals. The bust is made by Michael Miniatures and sculpted by Aaron Brown. Thanks for looking. Merry Christmas to all ,Mike

Michael Miniatures Prussian Kronprinz Wilhelm 1901 2nd Cuirassier Regiment Pommersches FREDERICK WILLIAM VICTOR AUGUSTUS ERNEST (GERMAN: FRIEDRICH WILHELM VICTOR AUGUST ERNST) (6 MAY 1882 – 20 JULY 1951) OF THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN WAS THE LAST CROWN PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA AND THE GERMAN EMPIRE KRONPRINZ WILHELM WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE CUIRASSIER REGIMENT "QUEEN" (POMMERANIAN) NO. 2 AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, AND BECAME À LA SUITE OF THE REGIMENT OCTOBER 22, 1905. THE BUST IS BASED ON THE COMPLETE UNIFORM IN THE CRAMER MUSEUM, WORN BY THE KRONPRINZ IN 1900 –1902.

 

[Ben-nl]

WOW, paintingwork is excellent. How do you the bronze cuiras?
Ben

 

[Huw63]

Definitely a piece I like. As Nen asked - how did you do the metal finishes?

Cheers

Huw

 

[John Bowery]

Wonderful.
Cheers
John

 

[JGREEN]

Good looking piece Mike!

Jason

 

[Mike Stevens]

Nicely done Mike!

 

[Michaelminiatures]

Ben, Huw,
Metals, bust primed gray. Kurass base coat gold enamel and silver/ Crome enamel for the trim. Once dry 1-2 day. I added very very thin Andrea printers inks chestnut over all the gold to tone it down. Very thin and a very dry brush. Build up the shadows brushing the chestnut into the darkest area. Next use the thin brown ink and work it into the shadow area. Then use the thin black ink and brush it into the darkest area. I used a thinned acrylic smoke on the last shadow step. I also used a thin red ink on the middle shadows very little but the red adds a nice look. For the highlight I used Vallejo gold so thin once blotted not much on the brush. Lightly brush the highlight areas enough times to bring it out. The gold blends nice and brings a shine to the areas. Takes a lot of time to do this but looks like metal when finished. Did the same steps on the helmet. Hope this helps. Mike

 

[billyturnip]

All that effort on the metalwork certainly paid off, very nice natural looking skintones too. I like this a lot, subject and painting.

 

[Huw63]

Many thanks for sharing your technique Mike - it's great to get this information for reference. Your work looks real!

Cheers

Huw