Le fonde de la giberne 54mm flat.

[billyturnip]

I started this 54mm flat from Glorious Empires on friday and haven't been able to stop

Le fonde de la giberne was painted by Edourd Detaille & Alphonse Neuville and shows a wounded soldier giving his cartridges to another soldier during the Battle of Champigny during the Franco Prussian war 1870-71.

http://www.invalides.org/images/14-18-light fiches DRHAP/giberne.pdf

Still got some way to go but this is how far I have got;

 

[phc35]

I like it a lot,nice reds

Jay

 

[Guy]

Excellent work Roger. I enjoy painting flats myself and you have done an excellent job with this one.

 

[tonydawe]

Beautiful painting Roger.

 

[captnenglish]

That's really impressive

 

[Jason W.]

Wonderful work Roger. I'd like to get this flat myself.

Jason

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you gentlemen all for the replies.

Anyone with an interest in flat figs should give this a try.

The website is;

http://www.gloriousempires.com/

and for our friends across the pond also avaible here;

http://www.thelittletinsoldier.com/...th=50&osCsid=9d83e59c264f79db5f4a1b49b50f6554

$19.95 or €10 for two figs as nice as this, not bad fella's.

Roger

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Nice work, Roger. Looking forward to seeing the final product. Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you Pat, I've just replied to you at the "flatties" forum too

Roger

 

[megroot]

Impressive painting so far.

Marc

 

[Ulrich]

Hi Roger.

I think we have found a new brilliant flat painter. Looks really good. And you are very quick, but only month painting and one month on sea. So you must do during that month at home a lot of things (painting, beer brewing) which you can´t do at sea.

Ulrich

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you Ulrich.

There's a lot of things that I have to get done in a month and then it's back to dreaming of them for another.

Roger

 

[Dan Morton]

Roger,
Very well done - I agree that you have a real talent for flats, managing to give them convincing depth. Nice one!

All the best,
Dan

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you Dan. This one is nearly finished just waiting for a base to arrive and then I'll get it mounted. I'll post some photo's when it's finished.

I have more flats on the way from Germany & France. There's some interesting subjects in the pipeline which will test how well I actually am at this flat painting lark.

Roger