| Gen Custer | 09 Aug 2015 6:24 a.m. PST |
Hi all, I have finished last week another rendition of Foundry's Alexander the Great. I had the pleasure to paint it for a vivid collector and great expert on Macedonian / Greek history imho. He liked my last depiction of Alexander but asked me to tweak some aspects, i.e. the length of the Spear (Xyston) should be longer and made of lighter wood, it also would have had a bronze spearbut (which I sculpted on with Green Stuff) and the scale armour around his waist should be bronze too. He also asked to me to try to add a water feature which would signify the edge of the River Granicus. I have not done something like that before but was keen to try some of the water effects I had here with me. For the main body of the water I used Busch Model Water "Aqua" which is like a white viscous plastic liquid which you can apply straigth out of the bottle through its thin nozzle. I also used Vallejo Water Effects gel to simulate little waves and ripples, which you can brush onto the base. That was all easy enough to do. The "Aqua" Vallejo gel looks pretty much like thick PVA glue and is suppose to dry clear in about 24 hours BUT….it takes a lot, lot longer to do that. I finished the base on Tuesday and only today with some help with a Phillips 100W daylight bulb it turned completely clear. I like the look of it now but I went through some nail biting few days thinking of a solution or even a drastic change to the base by peeling all the water off and just add some battlefield debris or even a persian casualty but my patience paid out in the end. Here is the link to my website with more pictures: link I hope you like him and please let me know what you think. With kind regards Sascha |
| Rich Bliss | 09 Aug 2015 6:49 a.m. PST |
That leopard skin is something special. |
| idontbelieveit | 09 Aug 2015 7:18 a.m. PST |
Awesome. Those whites are really great! |
Big Red  | 09 Aug 2015 8:22 a.m. PST |
Oh my! Doesn't get any better than that! |
| wrgmr1 | 09 Aug 2015 8:42 a.m. PST |
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| DOUGKL | 09 Aug 2015 9:12 a.m. PST |
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 oldbob | 09 Aug 2015 9:17 a.m. PST |
Fantastic brush work and the Leopard skin is one of the best I've ever seen! |
| cavcrazy | 09 Aug 2015 4:33 p.m. PST |
Amazing.
How long does it take you to finish one figure? |
| Gen Custer | 09 Aug 2015 5:16 p.m. PST |
Thank you guys for all the kind comments. @Cavcrazy
2 Days for painting. One for the horse and another for the miniature plus an additional day(-ish) for a base like that…. Well I'm not the quickest and that's why I paint seldom any units ;-) lol |
| Bandolier | 09 Aug 2015 8:22 p.m. PST |
My eyes glanced the title as: Alexander by the Great Sascha Herm. Would have made just as much sense!
Great painting. |
| LEGION 1950 | 09 Aug 2015 9:46 p.m. PST |
Great looking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike Adams |
| French Wargame Holidays | 10 Aug 2015 2:27 a.m. PST |
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| Caliban | 10 Aug 2015 3:09 a.m. PST |
Beautiful. Note to self: must 'borrow' that leopard skin look next time I paint one… |
| ironicon | 10 Aug 2015 2:54 p.m. PST |
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| tkdguy | 10 Aug 2015 11:35 p.m. PST |
Excellent!  |
| Crazyivanov | 16 Aug 2015 2:57 p.m. PST |
Wow, originally I didn't like the Foundry figure, now I might just have to get one for the Macedonian Project. Great Job. |
