Young Miniatures 1:10 US Soldier Ardennes 1944 is a resin portrait bust of an American soldier in winter gear. What decides is the painting of the face and the woolen fabrics.
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A collector's portrait bust in 1:10 scale cast in resin. The building is short, as the casting is aligned and glued in several parts, and the value of the piece only comes about under the brush. A winter subject is rewarding precisely because cold skin, coarse woolen cloth and dirtied metal all stand side by side in it.
Preparing the casting
Wash the casting in lukewarm soapy water and rid it of the mold release agent. Cut the casting blocks off with a sharp knife or a saw, run a scalpel along the mold parting lines and finish them with wet sandpaper, protecting your airways. Fill and sand the seams after gluing so that no line is left in the painting. The parts are bonded with cyanoacrylate super glue, as cement for plastic has no effect on resin.
After a thin coat of primer, build the skin in thinned layers. A winter subject will take a cooler treatment: keep the lighting cooler and add a fine flush to the nose, the ears and the cheekbones. The darker transitions belong in the eye sockets, under the nose and under the jaw, and it pays to deepen the shadow under the headgear so that the face gains depth. A hint of stubble is made with a very thinned gray-blue glaze over the chin. Paint the eyes last with the thinnest brush.
Woolen fabrics, that is, the coat, the scarf or the knitted cap, need a matte surface and coarser, less smooth transitions than a plain uniform; a dry brush works well here, because it brings out the texture of the weave. The steel helmet is the largest continuous area, and a matte olive base wants fine lighting on the crown and darkening under the rim. Build the straps and the webbing from a darker base with lighter edges, and the metal buckles are finished by a wash and polished edges. Winter weathering means mainly damp and mud on the lower edges and light pigments in the folds, whereas an overall whitening tends to spoil a bust. Pin the finished piece to a base.
The bust is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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