I have this figure that i’ve jus’ recently assembled in my spare time from my other WIP’s, and thought that you guys may know who the sculptor is of it. I have checked out other old Il Fuedo figures and found that they’re not as well sculpted as this little beauty, I was surprised.
Here I created a boss for the shield usin’ a PzI headlamp turned upside down, styrene sheet, and liquid putty for the stud details.
I also puttied and joined the gap in his strap due to the separate parts.
…and i’ve drilled out the plant details on the base, 'cos I didn’t like 'em and will make my own details down here.
David, 54mm is 1/32 but this and many other 54mm come in at around 60mm to 65mm, which is cool.
I got the armour painted on this, usin’ Vallejo Green Gold alc-based metallics, then washed with Tamiya acrylic X-19 Smoke, thinned 50/ 50. This then had some complementary shadin’ here and there with oil paint.
Pteruges, my god pteruges. Jus’ what were they made of? Some say leather, some say layered and pressed linen jus’ like the greek linothorax. Some say they were a fashion item, bein’ that all romans were slave to fashion, other than the slaves that is!
Although, I personally think that the upper lappets were made of leather to stop the chafin’ of the plate or cuirass armour…But then again they could be layered and compressed linen jus’ like…the…linothorax…?!
This is where i’m at with this at the moment. I used Vallejo Off White, then shaded it. For the highlights I used some thinned Vallejo White and painted jus’ the raised areas with jus’ one solid highlight coat, then the borders of this paint were blended back in with Titanium White oil paint.
For me, this method is far better than havin’ to wait days for the multiple coats of Titanium White oil paint needed for coverage, to dry. And ensures an instant result.
I’ve got most of the flesh painted in on this now. The only thing left is the face, which has jus’ been shaded, and i’m waitin’ for the oil paint to dry on this before I apply the highlights, otherwise it’ll turn into a mess. The other parts of the flesh were different ‘cos my highlights and shades are applied apart from each other, if ya’ know what I mean.
For the shield, in which there is only suggestive sources, I came up with this scheme. In this very early Republican period it looked like shields never had any decoration. There is no hard and fast evidence either way, but the small amount of references I did come up with showed plain coloured shields. So there you go!
The shield will be weathered when I get the colours for the groundwork sorted out.
I got some of the groundwork layed down. I used Milliput with stones, and a little dried foliage from my backyard. The Milliput at this stage has jus’ been textured with an old toothbrush for continuity.
Lookin’ at this image i’m now thinkin’ about addin’ some more rocks ‘cos those ones beneath him are kind of dictatin’ this, there’s quite a lot there. Hmm.
