Sunday, February 19, 2017

'West' from DaveD: Viva Zapata!

When I saw the West bonus round I though I would have a couple of things I could do for it. I decided on this one when I opened my Xmas presents and found another wonderful 54mm casting by Andrea miniatures of an Old West era Mexican.

 As a number of you will know I have a collection of these 54mm cowboys by Andrea Miniatures from Spain. They are great to paint. This one had such a dynamic pose too. I challenged myself getting some facial hair and 5 o clock shadow on as well. I even had to resort to the magnifying headset to paint the bottle label.

Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution - so Viva Zapata!
Posted by Curt at 1:47 PM
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12 comments:

  1. MartinCFebruary 19, 2017 at 2:23 PM

    Some of your best work

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  2. SanderFebruary 19, 2017 at 3:02 PM

    The trousers and facial hair on this figure are just sooo well done, I could never get such thin and constant lines like these, Viva Don Dave!

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  3. TamsinPFebruary 19, 2017 at 3:28 PM

    Viva indeed! Beautiful work Dave :)

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  4. Greg BFebruary 19, 2017 at 5:32 PM

    Bloody excellent - well done Dave.

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  5. Yarkshire GamerFebruary 19, 2017 at 5:38 PM

    Striped trousers always get my vote.

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  6. Paul O'GFebruary 19, 2017 at 7:34 PM

    Beautifully executed figure Dave - and a nice change from camels as well :-)

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  7. BarksFebruary 19, 2017 at 11:40 PM

    Very nice, Dave!

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  8. SteveFebruary 20, 2017 at 4:29 AM

    Excellent work, so many cool little details. Well done!

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  9. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)February 20, 2017 at 12:48 PM

    Very nice work and the trouser strips really add to the effect.

    Christopher

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  10. Evan HughesFebruary 21, 2017 at 2:43 AM

    Nailed it.

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  11. DaveDFebruary 21, 2017 at 11:56 AM

    cheers all... I DID enjoy this one

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  12. CurtFebruary 26, 2017 at 11:35 AM

    I'll sneak in under the wire to say that this was an absolutely terrific entry Dave. So much to admire. The shadow of the beard, the striped trousers, sombrero's edging, the detail on the bottle... Beautiful work. Bravo!

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