Keep up the good work Martin, he's coming along very well.

Thanks Nap!

At the cap there will only be the cockade.

In front of the older version of this cap was the regimental number of the unit "11. B.C." (= 11. East Siberian Rifles Regiment, in Russian "11. Vostochnaya Sibir' strelkovyy polk"/"11. Восточная Сибирь стрелковый полк" like at the time of the Crimean War.

This felt away by writing the regimental numbers on the shoulder boards.

Cheers

24. Day, November 30, 2015

Today I started to paint the cap lid. I am not (yet?) satisfied with it...:

Thx Nap!!!

25. Day, December 1, 2015

I decided to make the cap new! Color washed away and primed new...:

26. Day, December 2, 2015

Second attempt ...

27. Day, December 3, 2015

So the lower part of the cap lid is painted ...:







But - I am again not satisfied!

Technically I should have at the front now put a few high lights with pure white, then it would be done - but I like the wrinkles course not really.

The cap is not sculpted wrong, of course not! But these many horizontal creases look kinda not like how I imagine it and I have constantly found myself wanting to paint against modeling.

So I can sculpt a litte...

I will probably again have to sculpt something own...

Tomorrow.

Now the color comes from the cap back down first.

28. Day, December 4, 2015

Yesterday said, today done...:

Thank You, Nap!!!

Cheerss

Looks like you're moving right along Martin. Really nice work so far !

Joe

Thanks Joe!!!

Cheers

29. Day, December 7, 2015

A bit finetuning...:

Thanks Nap!

I think, I'll be ready with resculpting tomorrow...

Cheers

30. Day, December 8, 2015


So - I have taken out "hard" wrinkles again and instead just a couple of very restrained "dents" left over the whole.

So the cap lid looks realistic crushed out ...:

31. Day, December 9, 2015

Today, the cap has been re-primed from the spray. That was much faster than the protection of the face beforehand - especially since no tape came on the painted surfaces.

Result: A new nice thin primer and an undamaged face ...:

32. Day, December 10, 2015

The first "white" color on the cap after the resculpt...: