Logo

Ciao a tutti,

Has been a while since I've posted something on my blog, but work, holidays and a long travel have led me away from modelling.

During the past months I've sculpted a figure (stay tuned) and I've painted this figure for a friend, is from La Meridian miniatures and has been sculpted by Pizzichemi.

The cast was good really few bubbles holes and cast seems, the mine handle a little bit to fragile, but an easy replacement with a bit of copper wire.

I've to thank my friend Alberto Cazzavillan for his help in finding the right documentation, thanks so much Alberto!!!


So guys, let me know what you think!

Ciao

Giovanni

Ciao a tutti,

I've finally managed to finish my first bust, the great Young sculpture the paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne.

Has been a fantastic discovery and I really recommend everyone to try a bust, at least once.

Here below you can find the pictures of the bust, let me know what you think!

Ciao

Ciao a tutti,

I'm keep on painting this magnificent bust, face, helmet, jacket, life jacket and Thompson are almost complete, each of these has few minor things to fix or paint.

I've used a new method to paint the wooden stock of the gun:

First I painted the stock with a basecoat of a reddish brown, then I did paint random stripes with 3 different colours (a light ochre, a mid brown and a very dark black/brown) over the basecoat.

Once all was dry I took the Burnt Sienna oil colour out of the tube and applied a thick layer; because the oils are transparent by nature, the acrylics base can be seen throug the oil colour !!

It took me 10-15 minutes to achieve this, I then added few marks in oils and once dry I will make the final adjustments.

Hope you like it.

Ciao

Giovanni

  

Ciao a tutti,

I've just started my first bust ever, quite a challenge for someone who's always painted 54mm, with very few 75mm and even less 90mm..

Anyway, I have to say that this bust is amazingly cast and sculpted, a full 10 for Young miniatures!

I've only completed the front face, and finishing the helmet and life jacket.

As a side note, I've used for the base coat the new Vallejo German Green Brown surface primer and is amazing, smooth and you can airbrush it out of the bottle with no dilution!

Tell me what you think!

Ciao

Giovanni