Confederate Infantryman, Gettysburg Completed

Here are some follow up pics of my completed Confederate Infantryman figure. This figure is to be donated to the Artist Preservation Group's next auction. Thanks for looking and comments appreciated. I tried some new angles and lighting effects. Some work, some....not so much.

Confederate Infantryman, Gettysburg

Here are some images of my latest painting project. I've never painted an American Civil War figure before, so this one has been a challenge, but fun. As usual, painted with a combination of Vallejo and Andrea acrylics.

Once completed, this figure will be donated to The Artist Preservation Group to be auctioned as a fund raiser for their current Fairchild Artifact Preservation project . See my link section for a direct link to visit The Artist Preservation Group website to learn more about this great organization of figure modellers helping to preserve our history through our art. Look for more information on their website about the Fairchild Project internet auction held in early 2007.

Painting Gold Lace

Here is some info on how I paint gold lace without using metallic paint. In this case, I've used the technique on this 75mm figure from Pegaso Miniatures. Unless mentioned, all colors are Vallejo Model Colors.

I start with a base coat of Burnt Umber on all the gold lace areas. As with all acrylics, I apply the base in several thin coats to assure good coverage and also to prevent the loss of sculpted detail that thick coats of paint can hide.

Once the base coat is dry, I mix a little Yellow Ochre into Burnt Umber and with a good detail brush (W&N Series 7 Red Sable) I apply the paint in small lines across each section leaving some of the base to show through. Once this dries, I do the same with more Yellow Ochre added to the Brown Umber and add more small lines in only in smaller areas than before that are more directly exposed to light. Next, the same is done with pure Yellow Ochre and then yet again with Yellow Ochre plus Golden Yellow. Final highest highlights are pure Golden Yellow. Once done, I applied a glaze or a wash of burnt umber and a bit of yellow ochre to unify and bring all the tones together. The key is to leave some areas with little highlights and have others with lots of highlight to create large jumps in contrast from one lightening stage to the next. This helps create the illusion of reflectivity associated with gold lace without using metallic paint.

I have to thank Lou Masses whose technique here I, uh, borrowed...ok stole.

Hello! I just finished sculpting this 1/9th scale bust of an Oberst (Lieutenant) of the Don Cossacks under the German Army from the WWII era. It is my most modern subject for a sculpt, to date. I'm sure it won't be my last. It was nice to actually have references easy to find and resources by the truckload to create an accurate piece. Resources like this are far less common for my typical medieval subjects. I hope you enjoy this one. There are no immediate plans to release it as a kit, but I am discussing it with some manufacturers so stay tuned!

Matt

Here are some more pics of past projects...

Here are a few pictures of some of my recently completed figures: