Rocky Balboa Sylvester Stallone Lifesize Howard S Bust That I Painted Up

[🪦 monteburns ●]

I recently finished painting up my Howard S Rocky Balboa Sylvester Stallone lifesize bust.

I started with trying to get a nice realistic skin tone & then giving it a sweaty wet look like he just went 12 rounds with Drago.

The sculpted hair was a real challenge to paint especially over the fore head. I may add some strands of black wire in a few areas to simulate more hair.

I also added prop eyes, eyelashes to bring him to life.

Stallone is one of my favorite action stars next to Arnold so I was real happy to add this bust to my collection.Before pic.

[🪦 Martoch ●]

Wow! You did an incredible job, buddy...very realistic looking! Great choice of colors and you nailed the "sweaty look".
:thumbsup:

[🪦 dougie ●]

Awesome job man!!

[🪦 twopinacoladas ●]

That looks really good, nice job =)

[🪦 vezolution ●]

Very nice paint up, looks great!

[🪦 JOEY ●]

NICE!!!

I\'d love to own these Howard S bust and be able to paint them up myself. You have some skills man.

[🪦 monteburns ●]

Thanks again for the positive comments on the paint up.

I have seen a few other collectors paint up these Rocky busts that tend to overdue the blood/bruising. I wanted a suddle light bruising effect that did not overpower the overall look.

The more I paint the caucasian skin tones it tends to be a little less difficult. I basically eyeball the mixes to get a desired skin tone & that way you never get the exact same skin tone twice.

With the amount of money that you can save by painting up your own pieces you can put it toward future projects/busts.

[🪦 stainboy ●]

Monte, just let me know when you want to sell that baby to me. I have money and I live close by!

Haha...seriously though, great pickup and great paintup.

[🪦 Chainsaw ●]

This turned out great man! Well done! I can understand why the hair on the forehead would be somewhat of a pain to paint... gotta have some steady hands.

[🪦 mybankey ●]

Great paintup! And you got the sweaty look down to a t.
Tom