Peter Gillson's Bust of TE Lawrence

Peter Gillson · Dec 4, 2018

Hi guys - thank for the comploments and support, tomorrow i plan to return to this one, armed with a magnifying glass, to clean and tweek a couple of areas.

Peter

JR · Dec 4, 2018

We shall be waiting Peter.
Can't think you needed to do much to him really, looked perfect .
John.

scottie3158 · Dec 4, 2018

Peter,

Excellent work and you have achieved a great likeness, top work.

Fernando N · Dec 5, 2018

Great looking sculpt Peter, looking forward to see the end result. :thumb2:

Peter Gillson · Dec 11, 2018

Finished sculpting him and produced a casting which I have started painting.

Usually I start with the face, but in this case I have started with the headdress - Vallejo air paints, shades of grey with a little white. Thereis still room for some highlights which I will add when the rest is painted.

The blob is blu-tack to protect the face.

Here it is with Vallejo acrylic base coats for the uniform and face.

Next - adding the first oil paints.

Peter

Peter Gillson · Dec 11, 2018

Here is the result of this evening's work - the first oil paint has been applied on the jacket and face. Off to the airing cupboard.

Brad9826 · Dec 11, 2018

Hi Peter, great work going out here... do you always finish in oils?

Brad9826 · Dec 11, 2018

Hi again Peter, just answered my own question by reading the Muskerteer blog.. :rolling:

Peter Gillson · Dec 11, 2018

Hi Brad

At this scale I cannot get acrylics to blend smoothly so I tried this technique which seems to work ok.

It has two weaknesses - the drying time (which is why I am working on more than one at a time), and the risk of paint building up and losing details. A particular risk around the eyes.

Peter

JR · Dec 11, 2018

Looks good Peter, the folds on the head dress at the back hang really well.
John.

Peter Gillson · Dec 11, 2018

John

Thank you. I convinced my wife to let me take some photos of her wearing a large scarf, they worked nicely as reference photos.

Peter

Brad9826 · Dec 11, 2018

Peter Gillson said:
Hi Brad

At this scale I cannot get acrylics to blend smoothly so I tried this technique which seems to work ok.

It has two weaknesses - the drying time (which is why I am working on more than one at a time), and the risk of paint building up and losing details. A particular risk around the eyes.

Peter

Peter, if it works for you then that's great, I can't get either to work.. lol, great stuff though.

Steve Jones · Dec 12, 2018

I must say this is my favourite of all the work you are doing at the moment. Looking forward to seeing how the head gear turns out. Keep up the great work sir :thumb2:

Peter Gillson · Dec 12, 2018

Steve - glad you like it. The Agal is based on one in the IWM.

I will be posting a photo later this evening whem /i have worked on the face.

Peter

Peter Gillson · Jan 23, 2019

Here is the finished bust.
As always, it is painted using artist's oils over a base of acrylic.
Peter

The agal is based on this one from the Imperial War Museum website:

Deleted member 6559 · Jan 23, 2019

Very nicely done Peter.

scottie3158 · Jan 23, 2019

Peter,
very nicely done.

Steve Jones · Jan 25, 2019

Well done Peter. Another successful bust. What's next??

Peter Gillson · Jan 25, 2019

Thank for the compliments. Here is a in-focus photo:

Hopefully the next will be in the post to peter next week - a chance for him to work on chainmail
Peter

Jim R · Jan 25, 2019

Hi Peter
A really nice sculpt very well painted. You should be proud of a result this good.
Jim

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