Monday, August 30, 2010

Roman General


Roman General 1/9 scale resin bust,made by Ademola 22,Poland .
Painted with acrylics,oil, and printers ink.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

King George V Hannover



1/10 scale resin bust from Michaelminiatures.com Painted with acrylic and oil paint.
George V was blind, ,he ruled Hannover until 1866. More details at Michaelminiatures.com

Friday, April 23, 2010

Austrian k.u.k Arcieren-Leibgarde Officer





Full Dress period 1898
1/10 scale resin bust from Michaelminiatures.com Painted with acrylic and oil paint.
This was a great but to paint, lots of detail.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

French Foreign Legion Dahomey




Some more work done to the face area and have started to paint the rest of the bust,long way to go yet.
1/9 scale resin bust made by United Empire Miniatures
Work in progress ,got the face starting to look like I want
More work done,still not finished but getting close.

Poncho Villa



1/9 scale resin bust made by Elisena, Viterbo, Italy
Painted with acrylic's and highlighted with oils
I had to rebuild the sombrero as it was broken in the box.

JOSEPH ll EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA 1745-1790



1/10 scale resin bust made by Michaelminiatures.com sculpted by Aaron Brown. I painted this but over a 2 year period. Nice to have finished him.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

New York Hussars 1898





New York National Guard
Cavalry Squadron A
1/10 scale resin bust
Made by Michaelminiatures.com
Painted with acrylic paint only
This was a great bust to paint, mounted on a marble base

68th Durham Light Infantry Officer Napoleonic Era


1/9 scale metal bust made by Raymond Military Figures ,England
Painted with acrylic's and highlighted with oil paint.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Prince Ernst August III of Hannover






3rd Duke of Cumberland
Austrian (Hungarian) Generals Uniform 1880
1/10 scale resin and white metal bust, this is the first bust ever made with a pair of glasses. made by Michael Miniatures
Painted with acrylics and highlights with oil paints.
This is the most challenging bust I have painted, I had to strip the paint off once and start over because I was not happy with my work. Worked on this one well over a year to get it to this stage. I like the results now.
The unpainted bust is shown

Monday, March 1, 2010

Mexican Emperor Maximilian


Mexican Emperor Maximilian
Imperial Palace Guard Officer 1865-1867
1/10 scale bust made by Michael Miniatures
Painted with arcylics and now high lighted with oils

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Great Chancellor of the Crown Stanislaw Zolkiewski






Polish King (1547-1620) Bust made by Ademola 22 Poland 1/10 scale
Works in progress. Bust came in 4 parts, Photos show: Resin bust assembled, primed for painting ,first phase of painting. 3 weeks into this one so far.

Guard Officer, Tang Dynasty



Bust made by United Empire Miniatures USA,200mm scale
Painted in acrylics,enamels(onthe breast plate) and oils

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Viking Berserker





Bust made by The Lost Battalion USA, 200mm scale
Painted with acrylics and the face only, highlighted with oils
Mounted on a petrified wood base

Thursday, February 11, 2010

SPARTAN OFFICER BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE


Made by Athens Miniatures Greece 1/10 scale
Painted with arcylics and highlighted with oils
Worked on this one over a 2 year period
mounted on a polished rock

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

DANTE ALIGHIERI SOLDIER AND POET 1265-1321







Bust made by Figuralia Miniatures Italy 1/9 scale
Photos show painting work in progress,photo on right is painted bust nearly finished.
Painted with acrylic paints only

Saturday, February 6, 2010

King John III Sobieski 1629-1696


Bust made by Ademola 22 Poland 1/10 scale

Painted with acrylics and the face only, highlighted with oils

Painted by Mike Cramer

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Georgi Zhukov Russian General 1940




Made by Parade Model Figures 1/9 scale bust


Painted in acrylics and highlighted with oils


This one only took about 4 weeks


Painted by Mike Cramer

Magellan




"Magellan " The Explorer made by Le Cimier 90mm white metal figure


painted in acrylics and highlighted with oils


Worked on this figure over a 5 month period, have to sculpted a new nose as it was missing and made the base for the figure. Built and painted by Mike Cramer


Wednesday, January 27, 2010




Le Sans Culotte, 1793 French Revolution


1/10 scale bust by Andrea Miniatures


Painted in aryclics and oils by Mike Cramer


Yes he has a boil on the end of his nose.



British 21st Lancer


1/10 scale bust from Michael Miniatures


Painted in acrylics and oils by Mike Cramer


New photos of this bust show better detail


Finished late December 2009

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Atahualpa Last King of the Incas (1502-1533)


200mm bust made by Ademola 22 Poland

Painted in arcylics and oils by Mike Cramer

This one took about 4 weeks to complete