WIP - 79th Highlander in 75mm

[Sascha Herm]

Hi all,

I hope I am on the right Board if not please accept my apologies. It is not Wargaminig related as such but I decided to show you some WIP pictures of a Miniature, which is part of another large Scale Miniature Commission I am tackling in the moment. These are the first bigger scale figures I painted in over 15 years. The first one is suppose to represent a Sergeant of the 79th Cameron Highlander at Waterloo in 75mm from Alexandros Models. A beautiful figure but I really have to adjust my painting techniques a little bit after painting so many smaller scale models over the years. There are some parts I would have prefered to have left of for the sake of access while painting but due the gluing and filling of gaps, I decided to assemble as much as possible of the figure. I did however cut and pinned the Spontoon as it would have been near impossible to paint with that pike sticking out. I will glue it back once the figure is mainly finished.

This is a very high quality sculpt and cast which is making painting it a lot easier but surprisingly not quicker, . Due to the size of the miniature every detail is so much more magnified that I need to apply a lot more care, using various smoother layers of highlights & shading but also washes and glazes.

My apologies for the lack of more detailed WIP's. As usual, I keep forgetting to take more pictures of the progress but once I am in the swing of things I just can not stop until I finished the part I am painting  

Here is also a link to some more pictures: http://www.sascha-herm.com/79th-WIP01.htm















Well, I hope you like the look of him so far. All Comments are very welcome. 

Kind regards

Sascha