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Ever since watching Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven I've wanted to paint one of the characters, and having Young Miniatures Teutonic knight in the stash, I decided to have a go at depicting Balian of Ebelin. Balian was played by Orlando Bloom in the film, and although there are busts and figures available of him in the role, I wanted to try for a non-Hollywood look.
The film sticks relatively close to the truth, though Balian was actually a Frankish noble from a family long established in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and not a poor blacksmith adopted by a crusading knight, as the film would have it. He is famous for organising the defence of Jerusalem with Queen Sybilla during Saladin's siege of 1187.
The bust is a simple three-parter and lends itself to being painted in any scheme that takes one's fancy. I'll probably try for the costume worn by Orlando above.
I've got a lot of the head done:
The hair just has a base coat at the moment, and there is still some refining to do to the face.
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