Churchill.

[armorguy]

Another bust in progress. Life Miniatures Churchill, the boxart :



The parts degreased with soapy water :






The head (without helmet or hat) base painted :



And the head in full progress, oils for the finishing of the different parts :













More to come soon.

Best regards ! AG.

[k.b.]

Absolutely beautiful piece of sculpting ( wonder who sculpted it? ) and equally beautiful painting!
There is surely no paint that can better depict human skin than oils when the brush is in the hand of a master painter like you good sir!
Can't wait to see the head attached to the body!!!

Ps/ the catchlight in the eyes is extraordinary!
My only possible doubt is about the two white highlights in his bottom lip. They look a little too linear to me and may I also question whether there might be a little too much colour in the lips! (The older we get the paler our lips become!)

[armorguy]

kb, here's some info on the bust, Sang Eon Lee was the sculptor and he also painted the bust in a wonderful way for the boxart photo.
1:72 project's done I'll continue the prime minister.

Best regards ! AG.

[armorguy]

This is the current look, I still have to add more contrasts and there still are the stripes of the clothing to do...

[Kekso]

Amazing work... and I agree with what you said about contrast

[Beano Boy]

AG,Outstanding Work! A Joy and a Wonderment for my Noggin of a Head to behold. Thumbs Up for Larger Scales! BB

[k.b.]

Speechless ....... ..... ......... .... ................ ....... .....

Your work has taken my breath away........... ;.)

Phew .... Got my voice back. It's turning into a masterpiece

PS/ can't wait to see how you tackle the stripes

[Benno]

Truly amazing work indeed!

[Dad's Army]

WOW, this is someting I say...
For me it is something to enjoy looking at, won't try to paint like that.
Amazing work, big respect!

[k.b.]

Yours truly would be tempted to paint the dots on the bow tie and leave the suit without the pin stripes!
I've just been looking at a load of Churchill photos on Google images and there are more photos of him with a plain suit than a striped one!
Nevertheless most photos show him with dots on his bow tie!
Mind you, that's what I would do........

[armorguy]

kb, I will try to paint the stripes because they're a challenge, but I keep your words in mind in case they won't work out.

The bowtie will have white dots for sure, it made Churchill's look.

[armorguy]

Dad's army, thank you for your kind words, I think painting 1/72 figures is as difficult as this scale. From time to time I like to switch from a bust to something wheeled or tracked mostly in 1/35 scale, but the members on this forum inspired me to give the braille scale a try and I must admit I'm having fun with the IBG Chevrolet C15A too !

[armorguy]

Beano Boy, thank you sir, it's not done yet but I'm glad you like it so far.

[armorguy]

Kekso, today I've brushed on more contrasts and later on the coming week I will try to finish up the torso, the stripes will be added in two weeks.





Best regards ! AG.

[Peter]

Can you give a picture of the butler, who is brushing the costume in the eight picture?

Fantastic work so far! Art!