FFL Indochina, bust so far.

[amcairns]

Hello All,
Most of the work on this bust is done ,with a few details to add.
What Im happy most about this bust is the lie that runs from under the elbow to arm pit around under the bust to the other side.This is a very strong line that keeps the balance in place.Leaving out the waistbelt gives a better profile and avoids dead space.
Comments welcome.
Andy

 

[akaryu]

Excellent work so far, glad to see this! What MG is he carrying Andy?
cheers,
Piet

 

[megroot]

Looks great to me.

Marc

 

[Nap]

Andy,

Looks really good Andy what scale is he ?

Like the pse is it based on a picture ?

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[DDantel]

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Andy,
Excellent work, but Why FFL ?
FFL are free french in WW2, indochina's War is later this period

Thanks for sharing
Didier

@ Piet
I think it's "Le fusil-mitrailleur de 7,5 mm modèle 1924 et modèle 1924 M29"

http://armesfrancaises.free.fr/FM Mle 24-29.html

 

[akaryu]

Merci Didier, quant à FFL avec ça il veut dire French Foreign Legion.
Piet

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Andy,
Excellent work, but Why FFL ?
FFL are free french in WW2, indochina's War is later this period

Thanks for sharing
Didier

@ Piet
I think it's "Le fusil-mitrailleur de 7,5 mm modèle 1924 et modèle 1924 M29"

http://armesfrancaises.free.fr/FM Mle 24-29.html

You right for FFL (for French thats means Force Française Libre), but i think Andy use this because it is a most telling acronym (French foreign Legion) for Anglophones like says Akaryu!
Hey guys, DDANTEL is Didier Dantel , famous sculptor in France and others countries, you know well its works :

Etc....
hey Andy, thanks another time for working on French Forces in Colonial wars (after WWII )
Another great figure in coming !!!!

 

[Gellso]

Hi Andy,
It was a real pleasure to meet you at Euro.

This si looking great.
I love the artistry you've achieved with the fingers and hands. You've captured them beautifully.

Cheers,

Grant

 

[Joe55]

Looks great!

I see him wading through a murky swamp.

Joe

 

[DDantel]

Doh!

French Foreign Legion, of course !! paratrooper perhaps ?

I just forgot Planet is an english language forum What dummy I am

Thanks Luc remembering my oldies

So great work! Andy

Didier

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Doh!

French Foreign Legion, of course !! paratrooper perhaps ?

I just forgot Planet is an english language forum What dummy I am

Thanks Luc remembering my oldies

So great work! Andy

Didier

Oldies !!!! Not so, Great figures, you are in my list of best sculptor !
Mais si vous continuez à faire le modeste, je poste votre interview sur figurines TV
As it is a website in English, here is the translation of what I wrote in French:
But if you continue to do so modest, I post your interview on TV figurines.
For our Anglo-Saxon friends and elsewhere here are the French paratroopers in Indochina :

French paratroopers in Indochina:
Metropolitan (blue & red berets) Colonial (red berets), SAS (jump& English helmet), Foreign Legion (Green Beret),korean* Battalion (black beret).
*Koren battalion= Bataillon de Corée, French Unit how fight in Koréa under US 2° ID, Their most famous feat of arms: removal of the 931 called odds Heart-breaker.

 

[amcairns]

Thanks for the comments guys,
Scale is 1/10 ,he carries on his shoulders an M24/29 LMG.
Cheers
Andy

 

[Adrian Cowdry]

Andy

wish I hasd known you were at Euro would loved to have met.

Great subject - put me down for one.