Thursday, October 15, 2015

Count Grigory Orlov

United Empire Miniatures Count Grigory Orlov 1734-1783 Chief of the Russian Cavalier Guards 1/10 scale resin bust I painted this bust with acrylic's. My painting is being used for the box art. An unpainted kit of this bust is available at www.unitedempireminiatures.com

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Gaucho of the Infernales Regiment 1815

Gaucho of the Infernales Regiment 1815. New 1/9 scale resin bust from United Empire Miniatures,sculpted by Roman Rux. I painted this bust for the box art photo. Painted with acrylic's and used some oils on the red. Looked like an easy bust to paint but red is always a challenge to paint and he wears a red jacket and a red chiripa.The "boleadoras" stone balls, were a weapon fastened by leather thongs to a long leather strap. The Gaucho would spin the stones and sling them at the enemy, winding them up around their legs and smashing their bones.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Napoleons Dream

This 54mm diorama took me about a year to make, working on it once I figured out my next step. . The idea came when I saw the 54mm Napoleon figure made by Andrea at a figure show. The concept was in my head but I had to sculpt and build the Aliens from scratch.The uniform parts worn by the Aliens or used in the diorama came from various kits or parts I had.Some are metal some are plastic or resin.The sculls came from Greece. The concept: Napoleon is having a short battle field nap as he sometimes would. He dreams of his French soldiers dead on the battle field only their sculls and a couple pieces of head gear remain. He is fast runing out of men for his army. He needs soldiers but where are they going to from, outerspace? Aliens apear in his dream. is the battle lost? I had fun building and painting this 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 diorama. Painted with acrylic's. I used green stuff and AB compound to sculpt the Aliens and ground.

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Maya Priest

Maya Priest 1/10 scale bust made by Pagaso Models Italy. I painted this bust with acrylic's and printers inks. The main part of the bust is made of resin the feathers are made of white metal making the piece a little top heavy.I added the feathers afer painting the bust. It was a fun one to paint.

Friday, July 17, 2015

Landsknecht 15th Century

Landsknecht 1/9 scale bust made by Ademola 22 Poland. Sculpted by Yury Serebryakov.I painted this nice bust with acrylic's, printers inks and some oil paints.I painted my own color scheme that is totally different from the box art.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Thai Prince

Thai Prince 1/10 scale bust made by Pegaso Models. I painted this bust with acrylic's and printers inks.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Skanderbeg Hero of Albania 1405-1468

Skanderbeg Hero of Albania 1405-1468 1/10 scale bust made by United Empire Miniatures. I painted this bust with acrylic's, metals are printers inks. One of my favorite to paint so far. Skanderbeg's helmet adorned with the head of a horned goat made of bronze and plated in gold is preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna.