Hello,

I've just finished this lovely one.

I did minors changes so the mini looks closer to Don Troiani painting.



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Jean Paul

Well done, sir. I've always like this figure but thought the pose a bit 'off'. Your changes have given the piece a much more natural feel to it. Wonderfully executed painting too.

this is very beautiful and calming. Very well done sir.

Excellent job on this one!! This is definitely my favorite uniform from the ACW. I really like the way you did the trouser stripes... narrow-wide-narrow. Very effective!

Cheers

Colin

That's indeed a great piece of work overall. Nice scenery and fantastic painting.

Xenofon

Very nice painting and presentation Jean Paul.

Pedro.

Wonderful!!!!

Very nicely painted and a so quiet scene !

How did you do the grass ? Look reaslistic !

Laurent

Glad to see you did your homework on this Jean-Paul. Most often we see this jacket in brown, but they were blue. Well done!

100% agree with friend Mike!!!!

Thanks
Alexandros

very, very nice! looks very natural in every way. Great stuff.

Yes,

Very nice work on this piece.

Thx you all.

Unfortunately I will have to do again the bag's lace around the tree. It does not look real.....

For the grass, I have just glued some long grass.
And then I used an iron solder to burn (and then reduce) the high grass, to lower it.
But it also did burn it in a wild way that I did not expect. But I like it that way.

Merci Jean-Paul ! Ca donne vraiment très bien

Laurent

Excellent! Very well done.
Maurizio

Salut Jean Paul,

I had the same question than Laurent. Does that mean it is natural grass ? That you burn ? If yes, where do you find such natural grass. I'm sure that if I test it myself, I could set my appartement on fire...
If by any chance you have any closeup pics, or in even better in progress pictures, that could be fantastic !
Best,
Julien

Hello Julien,

I dont remember the name of the grass, but I bought it from a model shop. It was destined for Train Modelers...
I guess its natural (or synthetic)....
With the iron I did not let it time to burn, just small touch at the time.

Here a pic before I used the iron :

Thanks Jean Paul, I understand now. It's a very clever idea !

Best,
Julien

Agree on the grass - the original grass was good but after burning its fabulous!

Colin