Hi All,
My current project. A nice buste from IBRIS miniatures.

This buste has some positive points and some negatives
The face is very nice and the it paints very well. the Rifle is very sharp and the scope is 3d printed which has beautiful details.
I'm not impressed with the sculpting of the body it is a rough don't have a lot of details. But I will try to make the best of it.
For now I'm working on the face

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the hair is only in the base

All the best and happy modeling

This is the main body.

Yes, the body don't match the quality of the head and weapon. But being the face and the Nagant the focus points, I'm sure you will end with a great figure.
The painting of the face is looking really good.

next steps, the hair (which need another highlight) and a start with de body (front)

It's looking nice. I will follow with interest.

Great work! Looks like the casting was a challenge all by itself.

Well I must say this isn’t the greatest buste i’ve seen but I still try to make the best of it.
The hands and arms are still in progress.
The cap needs some more highlights.

The Rifle is done

Thnx Nap, the cap is one of the many sculp errors and I doesn't fit right. However I like the idea and I leave it this way.

Because I didn't like the back I decided to add the mantle and paint it Khaki/Beige.

It was a real challenge to make it interesting and coverup the bad sculpting.

I still have to do some touchups but the end is near

You recognize a good sculptor (and painter) by the way they make the hands. I am sorry to say but in this bust, they are just awful.
You did the best you could with the sculpt. Congrats !

Really nice paintjob! I'll stay tunned for the final result.
I really like the wood, could you tell me briefly how did you paint it?

Thnx all.

@ Peter, the base of the wood was acrylic, I've painted a sort of wood grain.

Over this I added burn umber oils and wiped it off with the grain.

after one night I added a acrylic vernis which " eats" some bits of the oil parts and leave some chips.

The metallic is simpel black with grafiet powder

Thanks for the recipe. The wood grain looks really convencing. Did you use satin varnish?