Au Tonkin!

[akaryu]

Here is my latest one!

A "Sergent du 1er Régiment Etranger au Tonkin 1890" in walking out dress.

Made with parts from Verlinden, Dream catcher and Magic Sculp, painted in oils over Humbrol as usual.



Thanks for looking,

Pierre

 

[SUPER ANTO]

Very nice. Great job.....

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Excellent as always, Pierre. You can never have enough French Foreign Legion subjects...….

 

[Dimonikus]

Superb paintjob!

 

[akaryu]

Very nice. Great job.....

Muchas gracias, Antonio.

Excellent as always, Pierre. You can never have enough French Foreign Legion subjects...….

Thanks a lot Chris! And you're right, there are a few dozen Foreign Legion figures & busts awaiting in my grey army...

Superb paintjob!

Спасибо большое, Дмитрий!

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[Nap]

Hi Pierre

Another one leaves the bench and a one off as well which is nice ...like the medals and he certainly has a " French" look about him

Was the torso from a Velinden piece ?

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to more from your brushes

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

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[akaryu]

Hi Nap,

Thanks for looking.

The torso is from a rather unassuming Verlinden bust, of which I got two:



Head & sun helmet are from an old legionnaire bust by Jean Jacques Lance made for DreamCatcher, the long defunct Belgian figure manufacturer, of which I got two also and painted one in 2014:


That leaves me with two French heads and two busts to combine, once I've worked out the uniformologic possibilities! BTW the original Verlinden got it all wrong: the officer has a captain's triple piping on his kepi, but has a contre-epaulette on his right shoulder, whereas he ought to have a full epaulette on both shoulders! Got to get this off my chest!

cheers,

Pierre

 

[KenBoyle]

Beautiful conversion and painting Pierre!

Cheers,
Ken