I’ve just started this bust from Legion Miniatures. As you can see in the pictures it is of a gold prospector in the 1800s complete with a few tools. It is a beautiful sculpt with plenty of character.
Here you can see the various parts. A few small mould plugs and the odd seam line was all the work that was needed before giving it a test fit.
Next stage is to prep all the parts for priming.
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Looks like a very nice figure!
Maybe it’s the pictures, but it looks larger than 1/10 scale!
You could be right there- busts can be weird that way!
Super cool! Can’t wait to see how it comes to life.
Looking forward to this! Very lifelike already now without paint!
In painting busts the first thing I tackle is the skin and eyes.
Below you can see the eyes are done and the base flesh paint is on.
I’m using Reaper Miniatures paints, their Bronzed Skin trio set for this. I’ve used quite a few different brands of flesh paint over the years and these are the best I’ve come across- the fact they come in these sets of three (and there are others for lighter skin tones) makes everything just that bit easier to do.
Below you can see the 1st highlight and 1st shadow colors have been added to the skin. For this I thinned the relevant paints 50/50 with the base color.
Below you can see the difference between the unblended side of the face (on the left side of the photo) versus the blended side. Still, this is very far from finished- much more work to do!
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He’s looking great. Great pics and tips!
Very impressive. I am loving seeing more work like this on the forum. Thanks for sharing!
After smoothing out the transitions in the face I moved on to the arms.
At this stage I take stock of the progress- often when smoothing the transitions between the 1st highlight and shadow you will shrink those areas of light and shade in order to smooth the skin. This is beneficial if you are seeking quite youthful, smooth and unblemished skin. For older skin (or for more contrast) you might need to go back and re-apply some of those shadows or highlights. For this I work cautiously and slowly via glazes of my 1st highlight and 1st shadow colors. I mostly kept the highlights drawn up toward the high points of the face where I felt some contrast was lost. For the shadows I didn’t do too much but I did start to add in the beginnings of wrinkles- most notably on the lower neck and around the sides of the eyes.
Right now I’m doing a similar job as I’ve just described on the hands and arms. I’ve also begun the second highlight color on the face- once again applied quite sparingly with a glaze.
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