Hey all,

Been a very long time, but here's my latest: FeR Miniatures bust of a Wehrmacht Hauptmann c.1941 in 1/16 scale; my first serious bust, painted up in the usual oils over acrylics:









A lot of fun painting out of my comfort zone in this larger scale - this bust stuff could get addictive !

As always, any advice or comments are greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Brian

I'm with you re: doing a bust; however, you did a fine job on this one.

That looks very nice. Well done.


Steve

Cracking paint job Brian.Your blending of the oils is superb .

Beautiful paint job, my friend!
The skin tones and the feldgrau are spot on! Just awesome blending! Can't wait to see this piece!
Cheers,
Zeno

Thanks so much for the kind comments folks - much appreciated.

Brian - I liked your version of the FeR Einar Erickson bust so much that I bought it recently too - it's next in the queue as "bust mania" begins to take serious hold of me!

Thanks again,

Brian

Steve - are you going to be able to come up for Sword and Brush in September? Based on stories of your Chicago antics from Alex McC. You're basically an honorary Canadian anyway !

Thanks Zeno - see you soon my friend!

Excellent painting Brian and oils too ,glad there are still some of us left.


Cheers David

Thanks David - I appreciate the kind words from another anachronistic oils guy especially one whose work is so inspirational. Since I'm still using the same tubes of oil colour that I bought 25 years (!) ago, being an oils painter has certainly proven to be economical if nothing else !

On to the next one!

Cheers,
Brian

Nicely done

very nice work, and its good to see somebody is painting with oils.

Marc

Thanks Marc - another oils guy heard from! We oughta start a club...

Cheers,
Brian

I'm still stuck on fantasy stuff . But that looks great

Very, very nice.
The face looks excellent, and the colours of the uniform are perfectly blended.
Being out of your comfort zone works very well for you.

Cheers,
Andrew

Mike, Samson & Andrew,

Thanks all for the kind comments - much appreciated!

Cheers,

Brian

Mike, samson & Andrew,

Thanks all for the kind comments - much appreciated!

More busts please!

Cheers,

Brian

Forgive the double post - oops!

Brian

Thanks for the honorary citizenship Brian it is an honor. Lol. Unfortunately Sword and Lance is impossible due to very heavy work obligations, I had to call in favors just to get time off for the Chicago show. Are you going to make it this year?

Steve

Like you, work keeps getting in the way of real life, so Chicago will probably be a miss for me; there's always a chance for World Expo in July though...

Brian