Battle of Rivoli

[blaster]

Hi All,

I've just completed this shadow box diorama by HFE Philippoteaux.
Hope you like it.

Rgds Victor

 

[sd0324]

Wow. That is really nicely done. I like it a lot

 

[Oda]

Exceptional.A very artistic approach.A very handsome creation indeed.

Oda.

 

[akaryu]

Extraordinary!

Pierre

 

[Nap]

Hi Victoe

Great to see you posting ....again you have done a wonderful piece of modelling and painting ....a really difficult subject to recreate like this .and you've succeeded

Great background work a well

What's the scale on this ?

Why not enter a piece into the class of your choice in our May's FOTM comp and also vote in Aprils classes as well

....And enter in Vignettes & Diorama #3 which will be running till 31/12/21 with voting till 31/01/22

Always good to see the artwork

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to the next

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[blaster]

Hi All,

Thank you for your very kind and gracious comments. The figures were all converted sculpted from discarded Historex parts from failed projects. I also used some odd 1/35 and 1/48 scale parts for the background figures to simulate forced perspective.

Rgds Victor

 

[fogie]

Clever work, Victor...... Maitre Leliepvre and Rene Gillet would be proud of you.

Mike

 

[OldTaff]

They certainly would ! So would dear old Lynn Sangster. Masterful piece, of museum quality, should be displayed in an art gallery. Marvellous to see Historex used in such an effective way.

Alan

 

[blaster]

Dunno those guys Way way before my time.. Of course that didn't stop me from acquiring lots of Historex kits and parts. Historex parts were a natural choice for me doing this shadow box diorama.

Victor

 

[OldTaff]

Allow us to enlighten you, Victor. Mike and I and many others on here sometimes forget how long we've been around Eugene Leliepvre did all the artwork for Historex, and Rene Gillet was the proprietor of the company. Lynn Sangster was the original British agent for Historex, and was largely responsible for the rise of all those kits ' popularity outside of France. Modellers like Max Longhurst, the late Jim Booth, your very own master, Sheperd Paine, plus many others in the US and Europe too numerous to mention,turned converting and painting figures into an art form in its own right.
Your brilliant piece is a manifestation of all that we would have liked to achieve.....you are continuing a fine tradition.

Alan

 

[blaster]

Allow us to enlighten you, Victor. Mike and I and many others on here sometimes forget how long we've been around Eugene Leliepvre did all the artwork for Historex, and Rene Gillet was the proprietor of the company. Lynn Sangster was the original British agent for Historex, and was largely responsible for the rise of all those kits ' popularity outside of France. Modellers like Max Longhurst, the late Jim Booth, your very own master, Sheperd Paine, plus many others in the US and Europe too numerous to mention,turned converting and painting figures into an art form in its own right.
Your brilliant piece is a manifestation of all that we would have liked to achieve.....you are continuing a fine tradition.

Alan

Hi Alan, I was just waiting for you to recite a litany of these guys and their great contribution to the hobby I met Max Longhurst at a SELWG show in the late 70s? He had with him his terrific Borodino piece and allowed me to take some souvenir pics of it. A really talented Modeller. I better stop here before it goes off into a nostalgic thread. Victor

 

[OldTaff]

And here's me thinking you were a new kid on the block ! You sure know your onions, mate. Yes, they were great shows and days.

Alan

 

[Sergey]

Wonderful!

 

[Grod]

Superb job.
Gordon

 

[blaster]

And here's me thinking you were a new kid on the block ! You sure know your onions, mate. Yes, they were great shows and days.

Alan

I’m a new kid compared to you.hahaha. I also did meet with the likes of Don Disley, Peter Wilcox, Roy Dilley etc being a member of the olde BMSS.... I really miss those early to mid issues of Military Modelling. best mag ever. Vic

 

[blaster]

Thanks again to all of you for yr gracious and kind comments on my piece. Victor.

 

[custer760]

Wow...Fantastic artwork...love it, Bravo Victor....Excellent
Regards
Pete

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful ,great work and painted

Mobo

 

[Wayneb]

Masterful...... In more ways than one.....

Wayne

 

[Ferris]

Great modelling! I almost thought you had posted two versions of the painting!
Simply excellent bit of modelling.

Adrian