Young Miniatures - Waffen SS Dispatch Rider, Ostfront 1944

The 1/10 scale Waffen SS Dispatch Rider bust from Young Miniatures is featured in this upcoming November, 1000th special edition of Model Art magazine. A special shout out to Norio Takemura and Manabu Sakaki for making this happen.

Cheers,

Calvin

Young Miniatures - Waffen SS Dispatch Rider, Ostfront 1944

Took some photos of this earlier project against a scenic backdrop this evening.

Cheers,

Calvin

Young Miniatures - Waffen SS Dispatch Rider, Ostfront 1944

Pleased to say that I am finally done with this piece. A very beautiful sculpt and a very nice subject to paint as well.  Pure white and black were not used directly on this piece. Taking a page from Cezanne's play book,  to depict white without the use of actual white paint, the illusion of intrinsic light had to be conveyed - i.e. the appearance of white under yellow and blue light. I personally find that this approach of painting is particularly effective for a bust as it helps to elevate the atmosphere and mood of the figure.

Cheers,

Calvin

Young Miniatures - Waffen SS Dispatch Rider, Ostfront 1944

Just a quick update on this piece.

Cheers,

Calvin

Young Miniatures - Waffen SS Dispatch Rider, Ostfront 1944

It has been slightly more than a week since my return from the Malaysia Miniature Hobby Show in Penang and while I am putting together my personal journal from that show, I thought I would share a picture of my current project. What drew me towards this particular project was the opportunity to borrow the color scheme of famed American plein-air artist Aldro Hibbard in rendering snowscapes for the reversible padded winter camouflage parka. I am pleased on how it is shaping out so far and hopefully I could get more time this week to refine more of the details on the parka.

Cheers,

Calvin