Lucky Jack

This is the Lucky Jack Aubrey bust by Young Miniatures. The bust is made of resin and is cast in three pieces. Those being the hat, head and torso. Cleanup was minimal and the casting was very clean and crisp. The bust is painted entirely in oils with an acrylic base. The jacket was painted with a mix of Blue/Black and Winsor Blue. Titanium White added to the base mix for highlighting. The waistcoat was painted using Raw Umber with Titanium White added. The entire piece was sprayed with Dullcote shot through an airbrush to flatten the oils. Shoulder boards were painted with Gold printers inks and toned down when dullcoted. The highlights were picked out with more printers ink afterwards. The leather hat trim was done with a gloss acrylic thinned down for control and applied after the dullcote.

Wellington

This is a resin bust of The Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley that was originally produced by D F Grieve and now produced by Debra Raymond Military Figures. The kit is flawless in it's casting and a real treat to paint. All oils over acrylic and Dullcoted afterwards. The Gold HL's were added after the dullcote was applied. I had to look up the decorations and medals on-line to get a better look at them prior to painting.

Hancock

This is my version of General Winfield Scott Hancock. It was sculpted by Matt Springer and will be auctioned at the APG show in Gettysburg this August. Painted entirely in oils this bust depicts Hancock at Gettysburg. I have to say due to Matt's superb sculpting this bust was a real joy to paint.

Frederick The Great, 1760

This is a 54mm metal casting by Andrea. This was a commision piece I completed a few weeks ago. The advantage for me doing commision work is that I am able to paint things I would not normally paint. I enjoyed painting this figure but never would have looked at it otherwise.
Painted in oils over a base of acrylics. Painting was pretty straight-forward. Blue was a mix of Winsor & Newton Blue/Black and Winsor Blue. Reds were a base of Bright Red and Cadmium Red. Kit went together well without the need for any any major cleanup.

44th Regt. of Foot, Gandamak 1842

Finished this just in time for the Atlanta show in two weeks. It's a Latorre 54mm figure of a 44th regt. foot soldier from Gandamak in 1842. It's painted entirely in oils and over sprayed with Dullcote lacquer. The Brass colors are printers inks mixed with the clear carrier from Testors Gold enamel.

This is one of several Latorre figures I've painted. His kits are amongst my favorite kits to paint.

8th Hussar

This is an old Poste-Militaire kit I found in Atlanta a couple of years ago. I painted a few of these in the 80's when they were popular and always wanted to do another. They're getting difficult to find so I was fortunate to find this one. It's painted in the colors of the 8th Regt of French Hussars. Painted in oils over acrylic.

Frank Perconte

I guess I don't have to just post photos of figures on my site so here's something a little different. This is a photo of Frank Perconte and myself taken at a book signing back in 2001. As most of you know Frank is an original member of E Co/506th PIR of the 101st Airborne Division. It was an honor to be able to meet this man in person after having read about and seeing him portrayed in Band of Brothers. Frank was a very good speaker and talked about his experiences in the war as well as talking about his fellow troopers. I brought along a couple of my airborne figures and Frank was nice enough to sign the bases for me.