Finished a project just now which I have been painting over the last 4 months, which is Athena from Blackcrow Miniatures. I had an idea for this when I was painting my first version of the Athena bust. I wanted to paint a battle hardened Athena in the middle of a battle (compared to the last one I painted). Having Athena fight in the Trojan war was a fitting way to display her.

I was able to have a 3d sculptor, Tim Gathercole from the UK, assist in achieving my vision of the battle scene by 3d sculpting the Trojan horse, the fire and castle walls for the plinth so I could 3d print them. Thanks for the help there Tim!!

Aimed to paint the piece with a war torn background (abstract) with lots of fire and OSL on her right side. Also painted a freehand medusa on her shield with lots of effects to simulate fire etc and added in small bits of fire on the plinth to round the piece out. Adding in the cast shadow on the inside of the shield also helped push the effect to sell the piece.

Overall it was an enjoyable sculpt to paint a second time and achieved my vision for the piece.

Thanks to Tim Marsh for all the tutelage and guidance with the piece over the last few months, particularly with the shield and fire/OSL elements. Thanks for Tim Gathercole for 3d sculpting the extra pieces to achieve the vision! Thanks to Benny Layton for providing invaluable feedback on the shield and making me change the original medusa head I had on the shield....this one is much better. Than

  • OrigalumPLUS

    Let it burn!

  • Fabrizio SchiragaPLUS

    you managed to convey an incredible atmosphere, a very difficult model to paint. gold

  • TimPLUS

    Your best piece yet dude. It’s absolutely smashing. Gold and Editors

  • Clive Jackson

    Fab realisation of this bust...all the work paid off! Gold!

  • Malte Dueholm

    Gold gold gold gold gold mate

  • eric wolfsPLUS

    Great painting ! Vote Gold

  • Roman LappatPLUS

    A very strong piece, Jared. Very cool storytelling and detailed work that went into this. Paintjob and basing is splendid. Really lovely. The only thing that is a little off for me personally is the plinth size. I think it works lovely from the side of the shield, but on picture #7 there is a lot of open space that feels not really good from high-level compositional aspects. Could have all been packed a little tighter, but then maybe on a thighter plinth or even in a frame. Nonetheless it is a lovely piece with tons of work, passion and quality in every inch. Gold and Editor's from my side!

  • Tommy Gunn

    You can feel the heat. Gold all the way.