I went further and reshaped his head, lowering the crown and forehead. I haven't taken a shot of the latest update as I was doing multiple projects. The quality of the pics also are not great this round - a zany green background under very poor lighting conditions.
I lowered the crown of his head considerably including having a bald pate on top. The top part of the figure was carefully painted in oils. This was a more satisfactory result and while waiting for the paint to dry, I have started to concentrate on the horse now. Originally planned as a roan-coloured horse, I have decided to make it a black horse for colour contrast.
Black it is then. The colour used was burnt umber and black. I am leaving some areas for white markings and will add the ears and tail later to minimise breakage. So far so good.
I do apologise for the photo quality as I have had to rush many of my shots and the weather has been dreary lately. I tend to work in this unfocused manner as I like to work on multiple projects all at the same time, impatiently waiting for putty to set, resin glue to set, oil paints to dry etc.
I finalised the horse ears and painted the horse. Surface defects were scrapped off for further painting. For the JB figure, I carefully shaped the top of his head to represent a bald pate. I added the bicorne hat and also a fabricated sword from Historex bits. The figure was posed on the horse to position the sword. The figure was further painted. it's starting to look decent.
Repainted the figure and focused on doing the saddle as well. Lots of gold embroidery to do there. I rather like this pensive figure so want to do a good job here.
I decided that Joseph B, being king of Spain, should be riding a Spanish or Portuguese horse. As this horse is rather leggy, I decided that it should be a Lusitano. I read that their coat colours were mostly in greys. So the horse is being painted as such and I am also extending the mane.
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