Here are a few pics of the painted Zouave. Hope you like it. BTW it's a 74th NY Vols.

Stephen Mallia

Stephen - Lovely. Is is scratchbuilt or a kit?

Ross

Beautiful work Stephen........both the sculpting and painting

Guy , thanks.
Ross the figure is scratch.There's an sbs in my v-bench if you want to have a look

Stephen Mallia

Nice work Stephen and well painted !
regards
g64

Not only is the figure really great but so is the groundwork.

What is that "spikey" grass material?

Keith

Lovely work Stephen, he looks great...and excellent groundwork too.

All the best.

Roy.

From what Ive seen its definitly your best.

OOH the 74th NY, rarely done!! Looks fantastic!

Beautiful work!!

Cheers
M.

Hi Stephen,Just seen your figure of the 74th NY.Great work! I like the uniforms of the zouave regiments of the Civil war.I have done the 5th NY reg/120mm Jaguer figure.Kind regards John

Hi Stephen,
Your figure came out looking very nice. A great piece to be proud of. Good sculpting and painting. Also, nice groundwork. What did you use for the grass?
Pete

Hello Stephen,

Everything comes on the wright place. The sculpting, painting and groundwork.
It seems like history is gonna be alive.

Marc

Mighty fine! Beautiful sculpting and painting!

I have the same question about the spiky grass. What is that stuff?

all the best,
Dan

Guys thanks for all your feedback. Regarding the groundwork there are two types of material. The tall one is a mystery to me because when I bought it ( damned if I remember from where!!) it stated on the pack as being natural deer hair !! Honestly I think the thing is syntetic but who am I to disagree. The shorter grass is natural. On my last visit to St.Vincent a friend of mine gave me this patch of soil with a layer of grass still attached. He said that he had used it successfully already. Seemed weird at the time but it work. I picked strips of grass with my tweezers and attached them with white glue. Washes of paint did the rest

Stephen Mallia

Natural Deer Hair? That's one I hadn't heard of up 'til now. Can't argue with your results, though

Keith

Sounds weird does it ? :lol: :lol:

Stephen Mallia