Arapaho Indian 75mm from Pegaso models with Horse

A quick turnaround this time as I did say I have been needing to post several of my works.

So here we have a 75mm Arapaho Indian with his trusty steed, both models being by Pegaso models of Italy.

The rope is out of scale slightly but I feel it works fine.  All painting done by brush with acrylics.

Any comments or questions are most welcome.  Michael

Geronimo 1/9 Bust

Here again is another painted Bust, this time I am unsure of manufacturer or sculptor as it must be about 20 years old and I bought it from E bay second hand.
I have been meaning to post this bust and a few other pieces of my work for a while now but  have been too busy.  I now have time and will hope to post some more soon.
Again the picture was taken by Paco when I took this piece to Soldat De Plom.

It is obviously an attempt at being Geronimo.

Thanks for looking and any questions are most welcome.

Michael

Clint Eastwood as The Good by Art Girona in 70mm Soldat De Plom 2019

Here again is another of my entries into Soldat De Plom 2019.

Its in 70mm by Art Girona and of course is modeled on Clint Eastwood from The Good the Bad and the Ugly film.  Photos by Paco.
Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are welcome.
Michael.

Hawk Miniatures 75mm Swiss Mercenary 14th Century Soldat De Plom 2019 Alan Ball

As promised here is another of my figures that I entered into Soldat De Plom 2019 in Girona.

Its of a 14th Cent. Swiss Mercenary with his dog sculpted by Alan Ball in 75mm.

The breed of dog that I portrayed is a Sennenhund which was completely unknown to me until I looked for a suitable one to paint.

The sculpt is in resin and required not very much tidying up. Again photos by Paco.

Thanks again for looking and any comments or questions are welcome.  Michael

Creepytables Cursed 1:9 Bust Painted for Soldat De Plom 2019

Here we have the first of several models I will be posting that I took to Soldat De Plom 2019 in Girona Spain.

I did win a Bronze and a Silver for a couple of the models but I still do not know which ones, as my son and myself went to a Girona football game at the same time as prize giving { nil nil draw and Girona missed a penalty in 93rd minute}.

Anyhow, this is a 3D printed sculpt from Creepytables in 1:9 scale and a very fine piece. Again the photos are taken from official show photos taken by Paco.

Any comments questions etc are more than welcome.
Thanks for looking,  Michael.

Eli Wallach as Calvera from The Magnificent Seven Film Bust sculpted by Offo. Moson Show 2019

Again its been a long time since I have posted, but here we go again.  This is a bust sculpted by Offo of Eli Wallach as Calvera from the film  The Magnificent Seven.
Its an absolute fantastic likeness which made the painting of it very easy,
I took this and a couple other of my painted models to The Moson Show in Hungary to enter into the competition and I managed to get a Bronze and a Silver, not too bad I suppose.

There were hundreds of entries and modelers entered from around the World.
While at the Show I managed to meet and speak to several fellow modelers who I had only seen through Youtube,  Blogs etc. 

I have the Magnificent 7 themselves to paint next, again all excellently sculpted by Offo, whom I managed to meet at the Show.

I never actually took any photos of my models, I was too busy talking etc, so I have borrowed these images of the Bust from other peoples report of the Show.

Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are most welcome.
Michael

Art Girona 54mm King Decebalus the Brave of Dacia 87-106 AD

Again this is another of my entries into Soldat De Plom 2018, the pictures also being borrowed from Paco who took the show photos.

I did notice the lower part of the Draco shaft is bent in photo, someone must have touched it after I handed it in to Judge.

This is a very nice sculpt from Art Girona and fitted together really well considering the amount of parts there were to it. I did try for the drab boring colours you would expect for clothing worn by someone in 87-106 AD, even though he was a King.

Thanks again for looking and any comments or questions are welcome.  Michael

35mm Caho-Ta with Hroka from Red Republic games Soldat De Plom 2018 Arena Rex

Here is another of my entries that I took to Soldat De Plom 2018 in Girona.

Many people thought that this was a Historical figure of a Red Indian, but in fact its a fantasy figure and of a female.
These are not cheap figures but are of high quality sculpts, from Red Republic for a game called Arena Rex.
Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are welcome.  Michael

Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn 1/9 scale Bust from the film True Grit. Soldat De Plom 2018

Hola to everyone, having just come back from Girona and Barcelona in Spain after entering the Soldat De Plom 2018 painting competition, I still have Spanish in my head.

Having entered 5 entries and winning with 2 of them, this being one, I feel it was a well worth a visit to Spain.

This is a very well sculpted bust from MMM of Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn from the film True Grit in 1/9 scale.  I did not take these pictures of my models they are borrowed from Soldat de Plom themselves and are  taken by Paco.  If you want to see the  pictures of the other entries then go to

        https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/soldat-de-plom-2018.117930/ 

there you will see hundreds of fantastically painted models large and small.

This bust won me a Gold medal on the day and was up against some really good competition.
I will be posting my other entries to Soldat de Plom 2018 here soon.
Thanks again for looking and any questions or comments are most welcome.

Michael.

European Knight in helmet bust by Fin

Here we have another bust sculpted by my brother and painted by myself.
Any questions or comments are most welcome.
Thanks for looking  Michael.

MMA 54mm Italian Light Infantry Officer in Massaua with Cheetah 1885 Africa

Back again to models with legs and this one has six!

This is a 54mm resin model from Italian company MMA.
Its of an Italian Light Infantry Officer in Massaua in Africa circa 1885.  This is not really my period I just fancied painting the cheetah and it was not an easy task painting spots on a 54mm cheetah.
It looks the part, but was a bit of a nuisance getting all parts together to look realistic.

Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are most welcome. Michael

Old Indian Scout Bust by Fin McGechie

Hello again to all that take time to look at my Blog.

This post is slightly different than usual as the model is not from a well known company, rather,  this bust of an Old Indian Scout being sculpted by my brother Fin McGechie and obviously painted by myself.
This is his first offering on the sculpting front and has several others on the workbench etc and a couple waiting for me to paint.

The bust itself is slightly larger than 1/9 scale I would guess and needed not much cleanup.
The look tried for was the weary, battle worn,  rough and ready Old Indian Scout.

Anyone interested in acquiring a copy of the bust please do contact me, the price will be very reasonable depending on the amount of takers.

Any comments or questions are most welcome.

Thanks again  Michael.

1/9th Colonel Munro from Last of the Mohicans Mitches Military Models

Here we go with the 2nd Bust from The Last of the Mohicans trio of Busts from Mitches Military Models.
Holidays and lack of motivation have held this up, but here we go with the finished product, Magua will be next, maybe.
All done in Acrylics and any comments or questions are most welcome.
Thanks  for looking,  Michael.

1/9th Hawkeye Bust from Mitches Military Models Last of the Mohicans

I bought this at the Perth Model show along with the other 2 busts that go with it, namely  Colonel Munro and Magua both as good quality as this one.
This is,  hopefully noticeably,  meant to be Daniel Day Lewis as Hawkeye from the Last of the Mohicans film.

This is the third Bust I have painted and now feel I am beginning to get a feel for them.

It was painted with Acrylics and I hope to get started on the other 2 soon, unless I start another project.

Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are most welcome.

Michael.

100mm Fort Duquesne Miniatures ACW Private 42nd Pennsylvania "The Bucktails" 1864

Here we have my latest model, a Private from the 42nd Pennsylvania Volounteer Infantry regiment " The Bucktails" in 100mm from Fort Duquesne models.
This regiment was raised in Northern Pennsylvania in April 1861 by Thomas L. Kane and accepted as a part of Governer Curtin's Pennsylvania Reserves for a 3 year service. The regiment went to Federal service in August 1861.
The regiment received Sharps rifles on August 10 1862, these being replaced in early 1864 by Spencer repeaters.
Two companies are known to have carried Spencers as early as Gettysburg.
The Bucktail badge was introduced early on and usually was nothing more than a strip of deer hide.

Thanks for looking and any questions or comments are welcome.

Thanks Michael.