 deadhead  | 13 Oct 2017 11:32 a.m. PST |
Now I have shown this figure in his "Greenstuff stage", but tonight Ged has sent me the painted version. This is good, very good, I think. He does actually look like the "Great Thief of Europe". Not sure I have seen a better Napoleon in 28mm. I never paint eyes…because mine never work out like this. I love the shading around the reins. They will always be a solid chunk and hard to disguise that. Not sure about Napoleon's Cockade, looks gold to me rather than tricolour, but that is truly nit picking. Others have asked about his hands. Reins in right….not impossible. Left hand? I would leave it to the purchaser to maybe give him some Legion d'Honneur medals to hand out, or a map to work out where is Grouchy? What could he do with his left hand (that is appropriate for the internet)?
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| AuvergneWargamer | 13 Oct 2017 10:56 p.m. PST |
Bonjour Deadhead, He does look absolutely fantastic! Can't wait to get one. Cheers, Paul |
jammy four  | 14 Oct 2017 1:44 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 14 Oct 2017 4:44 a.m. PST |
Just got several more pictures of him. Well worth showing I think….. this is skilled painting as well as sculpting. and the cockade is faultless after all!
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| grecian1959 | 15 Oct 2017 1:06 a.m. PST |
Ged go to the top of the class AGAIN
Well done classic sculpt!!
Peter |
| jammy four | 15 Oct 2017 3:40 a.m. PST |
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| Footslogger | 18 Oct 2017 4:16 a.m. PST |
Woo! Somebody's just had some news he didn't like. What a scowl! |
| deadhead | 18 Oct 2017 2:13 p.m. PST |
"Sire, you know what we said about observing de Grouchy approaching Plancenoit…….well……" |
| von Winterfeldt | 19 Oct 2017 4:20 a.m. PST |
very very nicely painted, first class |
| arthur1815 | 19 Oct 2017 4:52 a.m. PST |
Looks like tear streaks through the grime of battle – he's met his Waterloo!
But a beautiful model. |
| archiduque | 21 Oct 2017 8:34 a.m. PST |
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| davejl | 23 Oct 2017 7:22 a.m. PST |
That's a brilliant representation. Belly, posture and facial representation brilliantly done. |
| deadhead | 23 Oct 2017 8:03 a.m. PST |
Must say I do agree. This is the Napoleon of Waterloo, rather than Austerlitz. Many commented on how his whole appearance had changed and aged |
paints a Napoleonic caricature.
