To relieve the boredom of the lockdown , a rummage through the spares box conjured up this piece .



It took a good 20hours to get to this stage eight of which was dedicated to getting the horse harness , sabretache and sword slings in place . the figure is on a downward slope to try and give it a bit of movement.

Love it Ronaldo (and I'd REALLY like to have your spares box)

Looking forward to seeing some paint on it
Paul

Paul thanks for the comments , re the spares box there is enough for four horses and plenty of bodies legs and heads but have ran out of arms,I know Dave Mitchell has a mighty box of spares so may have to pay him a visit and risk arrest

I wish I had your spares box too. A hussar I take it or a Guarde d'Honneur.

I was thinking the second hussars officer superior , but could go with Garde d Honneur

Cheers, gonna go with the fourth , red Pelisse and dark blue breeches , in this case overalls

Some spares box; love the piec and many variations possible in uniform colour.

Both are excellent, that includes the spare's box.

Nice Spare Box !!

Pushing on Still the tigers head and tail to finish

Lovely painting Ronaldo. What medium do you use with your oils? Looking forward to the finished product. As others have mentioned, you must have an amazing spares box - especially as they appear to be Metal Modeles.

Regards
Chris

Hi Chris
Thank you for the kind comments .

The paints used on the horse and Tiger skin were for the horse, Old Holland oils , Burnt Siena , Naples yellow for the highlights and Mars Black for the deepest shades,.
The only medium I use on oils is turpentine , the paint is applied very diluted over a tamiya undercoat ;in this instance (Flat Earth 52) applied with an air brush.

The tiger skin was , gold ochre , Raw umber and a tad Tit White applied as above but dry on dry , same undercoat then a dusting of (Deck Tan XF 55 ).

Thanks Kevin, as you say Tiger skin is difficult ; all to easy to end up looking like Tony the tiger from the Frosties pack

Wow! Brilliant painting Ron - especially the gorgeous horse furniture

Excellent job so far.

marc

Done a bit more to this , horses tail added , picture shows how I intend to fit the sabretache , find this the easiest method as you can get all the slings cut to size for the fit and once glued in position its easy to fasten them .
Bit work done on the rider but had to stop as my last detail brush no longer has point