I'm relatively new to painting busts and larger scale models as this is only the third bust I've painted so far, but I very much enjoyed the process. The idea was to make him look a bit more sinister like Tolkien's orcs, so I painted him using a lot of colder and more drab colours. I had a lot of fun picking out all the textures on him, and there's certainly a lot of those to play around with on this piece.
I was very happy to have been awarded a Silver for him in the Bust and Large Scale (Standard) category at the Miniature Painting Open Online 2023. I definitely se myself delving more into painting busts and larger scale models in the future - especially as I've got a few of them sitting on the shelf, crying out to be painted!
