Sargon II by king derelict - Art Girona - 54mm

[king derelict]

Something to occupy idle hands while stuff is setting elsewhere.

Another nicely detailed 54mm figure from Art Girona. Sargon II was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 722 BC to his death in battle in 705.

This is a nice figure but a nasty casting. All the joints are full of excess metal and a lot of filing was necessary before attempting to fit anything together. Even then I have had to use a lot of putty compared to other figures, generally I have hardly used any until this one.

The major parts are assembled for priming and painting. Ive used ca glue again, it’s so much less messy than epoxy, at least for me.

We’ll see how things look when primed.

 Thanks for looking in

Alan

 

 

 

 

[Jack12477]

[Old Collingwood]

This chap looks to have lots of detail  - looking  forward to this one.

 

OC.

[Canute]

This one looks pretty busy. I'm on this one Alan.

[king derelict]

On 7/11/2025 at 2:53 PM, Old Collingwood said:

This chap looks to have lots of detail  - looking  forward to this one.

 

OC.

Thanks OC. My friend who is a professor of ancient history has sent me a couple of pictures of neo Assyrian costumes and the model looks quite accurate.

alan

[king derelict]

11 hours ago, Canute said:

This one looks pretty busy. I'm on this one Alan.

Thanks Ken

Plenty of purple and gold on this one. All ready to come down on the fold.

alan

[king derelict]

11 hours ago, Canute said:

This one looks pretty busy. I'm on this one Alan.

Thanks Ken

Plenty of purple and gold on this one. All ready to come down on the fold.

alan

[king derelict]

I managed to get the black primer and the directional white sprayed on. The filled areas look good so I think I am good to add glazes during breaks on Huron.

 for looking in, the likes and comments.

alan

[Jack12477]

 Nice detail! 

[king derelict]

58 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

 Nice detail! 

Thanks Jack. He should be fun to paint.

alan

[Jsk]

Looks to me like Sargon is pointing accusingly at his pet cat after it destroyed his latest attempts at rigging a model ship. 'Bad kitty! Bad kitty!'

 

 

 

 

[king derelict]

That’s something that didn’t occur to me but you’re right. Maybe he just found a hairball. That’s more likely with my two.

alan

[king derelict]

Time to make a little progress with Sargon. 
I started adding glazes to his cloak and tunic. The cloak is probably about right now, probably a few more coats on the tunic. The orange fringes are the base for the gold thread. Somehow it look more like material than metal if I use and orange base.

It might have worked with his cat but I’m not sure pointing like that does for dragons.

Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments.

alan

 

[Old Collingwood]

The paintwork is looking  Excellent Alan.

 

 

OC.

[king derelict]

20 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

The paintwork is looking  Excellent Alan.

 

 

OC.

Thank you very much OC, this one is nice to work on.

alan

[king derelict]

I worked some Amaranth Red into the fringes to complete the base for the gold. I then dry brushed gold lightly over the base. I think it distinguishes the fringes from the gold plates he wears over his tunic. His leather belts were painted saddle brown and then dry brushed gold. The patterns at the bottom of the tunic were also dry brushed gold. I’m not too happy with the hair and beard but I’ll see how the face looks. I’ll probably add some dry brushed dark blue to the hair and then a satin finish.

Its amazing what an afternoon can accomplish with these guys.

Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments.

alan

 

[Jack12477]

Love the colors in the tunic. Lighting makes it pop also. Nice work Alan!  Nice photography also.

Edited Saturday at 01:06 AM by Jack12477

[Canute]

Excellent work so far, Alan. Yeah, his beard and hair would give him a more menacing look with a bit of a shine to them.

[king derelict]

18 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

Love the colors in the tunic. Lighting makes it pop also. Nice work Alan!  Nice photography also.

Thank you very much Jack. This is very nice figure to paint.

alan

[king derelict]

7 hours ago, Canute said:

Excellent work so far, Alan. Yeah, his beard and hair would give him a more menacing look with a bit of a shine to them.

Thank you very much Ken, yes I need to do something about that featureless black blob.

alan

[GrandpaPhil]

On 7/24/2025 at 5:24 PM, king derelict said:

It might have worked with his cat but I’m not sure pointing like that does for dragons.

Alan,

  That explains the other arm!

 

Incredible paint work!  Looking good!

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 10:34 PM by GrandpaPhil

[king derelict]

1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Alan,

  That explains the other arm!

 

Incredible paint work!  Looking good!

 

 

 

😁. Thanks very much Phil. I hope I can make his face suitably imperious.

alan

[king derelict]

I brushed a little Vallejo gunmetal blue into the hair and beard. Initially it looked too metallic but after adding a satin varnish I think it looks good and it does lift the black hair up so the details can be seen. Maybe I should add some glitter to his cheeks.

The face was painted with basic skin tone and then I worked warm skin tone over the areas that needed darkening. Bushy eyebrows and I think he looks fairly imperial.

 staff and arm are added along with the shawl, just the sword to add.

I don’t think the base needs any elaboration, just the paving stones darkening into the shadows.

A bit of touching up in a few places will see him finished.

Thankd for looking in, the likes and kind comments.

alan

[Jack12477]

Wow ! Impressive !  Nice work Alan. Love the colors!