Finishing the skin part

Due to the flu I wasn't able to paint for a few weeks. But now I'm trying to get the figure finished as soon as possible. The skin part is almost finished now. I made some small corrections to the face to make it look more female. At the moment I'm working on the transitions on the surcoat and this work should be finished in the next couple of days. Also work is done on the shield, leather parts and boots but still need some more work here. Here are the pictures of the current status.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Hans Joachim von Zieten

 Hans Joachim von Zieten will be one of my new projects I will be working on in 2011. He was the cavalry general from the Prussian army who served in numerous wars and battles during the reign of Frederick the Great. He was one of Frederick's most trusted generals.
It will be 54mm sculpted figure riding a horse, the painting below will be used as a reference for the figure.

I have made already a start and I used a spare head which will be modified later. The general body pose is sculpted with some wire and Magic Sculp. The next steps will be sculpting the clothing and accessories. Here are some pictures of the early stages.

Cheers,
Marcel.