Model the subject into thin metal sheet with raised and recessed relief, with hammer marks and chased lines kept, highlights controlled, never smooth chrome, like a bronze shield or armour panel. Achilles, the Greek hero of the Trojan War, standing tall before the walls of Troy seen from a low angle: a strong young warrior in a crested bronze helmet and a bronze breastplate with a large round shield on one arm and a long spear in the other, a cloak blowing behind him, the high stone walls and towers of the city rising in the background and a chariot wheel at his feet.
Light: the low sun from the left striking the chased edges of the armour and the helmet crest as bright copper and gold highlights along the hammer marks while the recesses fall into deep umber and bronze-green shadow, the sky above the walls in beaten pale gold; the vertical figure and spear rise through the tall frame; palette of bronze, copper, gold, umber and verdigris; heavy, heroic metalwork finish.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the figure rising through the height of the frame. A dignified, respectful depiction in draped or armoured dress; no readable text, inscriptions, letters or logos anywhere.
