Completed Critique 1/5 bust Gl. de Bgd. Fournier 1810

[Colin_Fraser]

Here is my substantially finished scratch bust of Francois Fournier, known as the "Terror of the Grande Armee" for his contemptuous behaviour towards Napoleon and other authority figures and his constant duelling. Fournier was the inspiration for Joseph Conrad's character Gabriel Feraud in the short story "The Duel." Ridley Scott made this story into his first feature film in 1977, winning an award at Cannes for best debut picture. "The Duellists" is my favourite film and was an inspiration for this piece. I also love the uniform.

The figure was sculpted to give a bit of a contemptuous expression. I tried to assist that look in paint as well. The model is entirely done in sculpey firm and braided twine. It was painted in acrylics and inks.The piece is 95% done, needing only some small touch ups. After photographing it, I decided that the pelisse fur needs more work. I will post a few more shots when he is 100% and based.

Colin

 

[Gra30]

Beautifully done Colin, from sculpt to paint
I have been following this throughout.
Congratulations and best wishes

 

[Evgeny Golubev]

Perfectly done work, bust gorgeous!

 

[pmfs]

Hi Colin!

'The Duel' or ' The Duellists' is one of my best movies to...
Colin, splendid work, you are a very talent modeller and I would love to see or works going to comercial...


Cheers

 

[Captain Lol]

Great paint !

 

[garyjd]

Beautiful job Colin.

 

[Tarracus]

Beatiful work both sculpting and painting, one cannot fail to be impressed by this piece even he's not into napoleonics.

 

[bistray]

Fabulous job Colin

 

[Chris Mortimer]

Mate, my jaw is on the floor! I couldnt even tell you how long I've sat and stared at the pics but it's fair to say Im suffering from significant 'missing time'. My hat is off to you sir. Mind blown.

 

[Nap]

Colin,


"Clunk"......the sound of my jaw also dropping ......a great result th laceork is stunning , agree about the pelise fur .....

Love the way he looks down slightly almost with contempt

...a really enjoyable SBS and the end result amazing ...shame it's not in my collection!

Looking forward to the final pics

Thanks for sharing

Here's to the next

Nap

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks gents. I am pretty happy with the result and again I learned a lot. Someone I showed the pics to here said the initial larger one reminded her of an oil portrait so I will take that as a checkmark. Tomorrow doing some tidying on Fournier and back to Gourgaud. Lots of ideas in the pipeline too.

Colin

 

[ChaosCossack]

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap bravo! bravo!
That's my "slow clap building to cressendo"

Seriously, THIS is your best finished work to date. Beyond the awesome final product I am amazed at the speed at which you work.

What's next?

Colin

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks brother Colin. Back to finish Gourgaud and then on to either Lannes or Wellington I think. No more hussar officers for a bit.

Colin

 

[Nap]

Colin ,

Like the sound of Wellington ......and Lannes


Bring it on young man

Nap

 

[Edward]

Excellent work Colin!

 

[Alex Long]

That really is some work to be proud of Colin. Very well done

Alex.

 

[swralph]

Outstanding work all round

 

[Jeff T]

That is superb work Colin!.... Both sculpt and paint.

Excellent.


Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[Tonton]

A truly great piece. Am looking forward to seeing “Old Nosey” if you opt for Wellington. I’ve no doubt you’ll capture his haughty expression.

 

[Aveleira]

Terrific work Colin!
Congratulations!

Regards
Pedro