There was a time a long while ago when 54mm figures and cowboys in particular were pretty much all I painted. These days as followers of this blog are aware I have dropped down to 28mm/32mm figures almost exclusively. Occasionally I will venture into a bigger scale but it takes something special to wet my appetite and get my juices flowing. Something like this chap for instance.
What we have here is a white metal figure by Romeo Miniatures comprising of approximately 30 parts. It was a bugger to put together. Partly because the figures I now paint rarely have very many pieces and partly because the gradient of the figure whilst making for excellent composition worked against me for holding, assembling and finally painting. It’s very heavy too. In fairness the accuracy of the fit was very good and only a minimal amount of filler was required.
On a personal level I love the composition and overall it didn’t come out too bad. It warranted a bit of a scenic base but I chose to keep it relatively minimal so as not to distract from the figure itself. Painting for this one was a combination of acrylics and oils with some dry brushing, ink and weathering powders thrown in for good measure.
Images below.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
I think this is your best work yet – certainly it’s my favourite! I love how your browns are all so detailed but still different from each other. There’s no confusing the rider’s leathers with the bridle, or with the horse’s coat. Great stuff.
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Thanks Dave, much appreciated. As I am sure you know it is always a challenge keeping a paint job interesting when one colour dominates but overall I think this one came out OK.
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Very nice indeed. I would love to try some larger figures one day, maybe 1/35 WWII…..
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Thank you. There I am going down in scale and you are contemplating going up! Seriously give it a go and when it comes to 1/35th WWII the market is full of incredible figures and accessories so you wont be disappointed. 🙂
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I really, really like this one, I added the extra really in there to let you know this has to be one of my favourites. So many browns all looking different, it really works well. I think the actual miniature pose looks great too.
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Thank you. Like you I love the drama of the composition. Nice to do an action horse rather than one which is simply standing there.
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Honestly TIM, seeing incredible pieces like this tells me that you really need to keep your hand in on the 54mm western stuff. As the others have noted already, it’s bloody amazing, and the work you’ve done on the browns, making them all look so natural yet differentiated from one another – and of course you already know how great I find your work on horse coats is.
The composition on the scenic base is also really, really nice, and the overall piece reminds me of one time I went horse riding and the horse decided to go down a steep hill and all I could do was hold on for dear life…
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Cheers mate, very much appreciate the positive comments. I’m sure I will continue to do the occasional 54mm piece and I suspect it will almost certainly fall into the Old West genre but key is finding a model which has the feel of being different. Items are out there that is for sure, I just need to spend some time doing some searching. Certainly the size looks more dramatic when on display. Meanwhile I am trying hard to shrug off an image I have conjured up of you going down hill on a horse ..! 🙂
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T he boys have said it all mate ,really good show , I’m with Davekay on it being your best yet but that’s just in regard to your single figure jobs.
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It is certainly one I am pleased with Pat and it took a good while to do. Glad you like it.
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That’s fantastic – great model and great work painting it. The way you’ve captured the expression on the cowboy’s face is just spot on. Not sure I’d go so far as saying it’s your best yet, but that’s only because your standard is always so damn high to begin with 🙂
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Thank you. I’m not one for rating my own work but as paint jobs go I was pleased with it but in terms of compelexity it falls along way behind others I think.
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Can’t really add much to the comments above Dave! A brilliant piece! 🙂
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Agree with all the above. It’s superb. How much of the base cake with it and how much did you do? It looks from the angle that it would be mounted on some sort of gradient. The water at the bottom is a lovely touch.
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Thank you. About a quarter of the base came with the model, a pretty plain gradient piece just big enoigh to place the figure on.
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That is really good- as the other say the browns and horse tones are spot on. The base you did for it is just what is needed too.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete.
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Superb piece mate – this is so ‘you’… I can only echo what everyone else has said! Love it 🙂
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Thanks mate. When you say “so you” I assume by that you mean the rugged, handsome tough guy image as depicted by the model? 😉
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Er, yes! Of course! 🤥
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Of course you must be doing a self portrait here!
Great job, and just curious as to the epoxy or glue you use to assemble such a heavy model?
And I for one am glad you vary your projects so much. Thanks for sharing, very nice pardner
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Thanks Mark. Super Glue mostly and sometimes Milliput.
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This is a great piece! There are some great Cowboy miniatures in this scale but few I’ve seen have such a cool, dynamic pose. When I see this cowboy, I think of someone going down the steep inclines of The Grand Canyon or some place like that. I agree with Azazel’s comments above that the colors are quite nice on this guy as well.
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Thank you. As you say there are some great pieces in this scale out there but as sculptures go this one does stand out from the crowd and certainly caught my eye.
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