41 A.D.
In the dark lands of the Chauchi Tribe,
deep in the winter forest of Germanica,
a hero of Rome was born as he returned
one of the lost eagle home to mother Rome.
In the dark lands of the Chauchi Tribe,
deep in the winter forest of Germanica,
a hero of Rome was born as he returned
one of the lost eagle home to mother Rome.
Great model by Nuts Planet.
You can find a Miniatures Unpacked with a detailed look on the sculpt here.
A lot of fun for me as I am still reading tons of Ancient Roman novels. My brain, soul and mind is totally stuck in the ancient world. Usually I have such reading phases about a specific topic for some months, but this one now goes on for over eight months now. You can not imagine how many books I have read so far. And even the novels are fiction they are always presented in a historical correct background. There is truely a lot to learn from that big picture. Really my joy since some months.
I decided to give this bust a go to let out some of the impressions I gained from reading all of these books. Sometimes this has to be done. Thank you, Nuts Planet and Benny Sa :)
Last photo shows the bust in my cabinet.
Strange light there as the yellow lamp from above makes it all a bit weird.
The Aquila - Hero of Rome 41 A.D.
Nuts Planet, 1/9
If you want to see more angles of this bust, please feel free to check it in my gallery on Putty&Paint.
You can be aware of a future step by step about this bust. It is in preparation for you already. Interesting might be where this journey started. I really started with fun on it and the early WIP looks even crazy to me as I just was throwing colour on it in pure joy of painting:
Early WIP - after the first hour of colour throwing:
Hope you like him!
Keep on happy painting!
Keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes,
Roman
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Beautiful, just sublime!
My wife doesn't believe this is actually painted. She is convinced it is Photoshopped!
Heh, She won't accept that someone can paint like you do!
Looks absolutely perfect mate. Love the cold tones throughout - especially the face. Beautiful - you should be rightly proud!
Cheers,
CMDante
The skintone is amazing, hell the whole bust is amazing
Ian
Bemalung - ohne Worte!
Ein Bild der Rückansicht, mit dem "gelosteten bzw. wiedergefoundeten Eagle" (kein unwesentlicher Teil der Vita, die Du dem Burschen verpasst hast) wäre noch super.
Wish you a nice Weekende!
Exceptional painting and great finesse in color management.
I like all your work, but I am really impressed by this one, congrats.
Can't wait for the article,
Luka