SK Miniatures 1/8 Julius Caesar Bust

[Deleted member 6559]

This is the first of the figures given to me by Bamberg's finest, Mr Allen Dewire. It's a large 1/8 scale bust of Julius Caesar by SK Miniatures, which is clearly based on ancient Roman statues:



The box art depicts the cuirass as being of leather with metal attachments, and although there is no evidence that they were made of leather, I think I will paint it as such.

Two marvellously sculpted and cast parts:



Should be fun.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Looks a very nice sculpt.
I am in- as always- my usual front row seat please.

 

[Lee Drennen]

I’m in

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great looking sculpt, and we get to do all the corny Roman jokes again.....I’m definitely in.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
That's a sizable chunk of resin. Does look to be a beautiful casting.
Jim

 

[Steve Jones]

A beautiful gesture by our friend in the Fatherland. Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. Infamy, infamy! they've all got it in for me!

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Hi people. Take a seat, bikkies and coffee will be served.

First pass at the head:



It still needs some blending and tidying up, but the light's gone for today.

 

[adt70hk]

Looking good.

Phone zoom in shows no issues!!

In all seriousness Peter i look at most threads on my phone rather than PC/laptop and so I have to zoom in a bit to be able to see properly what with my dodgy - eye test long delayed due to covid - eyes.

Keep up the good work.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Peter Gillson]

1/8 is big, but you are doing the sculpting justice.

Peter

 

[Neil Merryweather]

1/8 is big, but you are doing the sculpting justice.

Peter

what he said

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Neil - Hi Zoomer! I just got a letter about a diabetes check-up, but it looks like that's going have to wait until after the lockdown, so you have my sympathy.

Peter - It's listed as 1/9 but it's definitely bigger than that. Glad you approve.

Neil. Thank you.

 

[Richard48]

Hes a big old Caesar,Welease wodderwick etc.Ive not had diabetes checks for over a year,Hoping in New year for some as sugar levels arent great.The old eyes playing up when i attempted to sculpt earlier.
Watching from the stalls with popcorn to huzz around.
Rich.

 

[Allen Dewire]

Holy Smokes Peter!!!

Where did you get the info about the bust kit??? I looked and didn't find a thing about it, scale or who made it. I thought it was the used car salesman from down the street, dressed up for Halloween.....

You figure painters have all the angles covered I guess. That is one fine bit of face painting work Sir!!! I like it very much and hope you are having fun. Yea, I know, it'll be finished tomorrow...............

Prost
Allen

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Ricardo - He's a whopper. Easy on the snacks.

Allen - I just had a look at the lists of a couple of UK suppliers and there it was at SK Miniatures; one of their own releases. I am really enjoying this one - nice big scale and a clean sculpt. Many thanks again.

 

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Another great start on the head.

You will need to be careful with the body, don't drop it or its a trip to A&E, with a broken foot!

It should be a reasonable day, but the news has a foggy start down Sowff?

Enjoy the paint ans the Pz II

Regards

Steve H

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Hi Steve

Yes, the torso is a big lump of resin. I'll try and get on with this today so that I can concentrate a bit more on the GB. No fog here, but quite a frost - why is winter always such a shock to the system? Have a good day decontaminating.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Here's Julie:



I decided to have a bit of fun with the colour - Vallejo Magenta for the cloak, and Emerald Green for the tunic. The leather is a combination of Black Red and Saddle Brown over Black.

Thanks again to Allen for giving me the opportunity to paint this excellent sculpt.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

An absolute Classic!

 

[JayCee]

that is superb Peter. The colours are fantastic. They are almost iridescent.
John.

 

[Steve Brodie]

that didnt take long , very nice