Marcel Bigeard - Mitches Military Models

[Airkid]

Hi all

Here are a couple of pics of my take on the Mitches Marcel Bigeard bust, which was my first bust since 1998. It has taught me a lot of how to deal with large areas of colour.
Painted using oils for the flesh and AV /Citadel for all else. Comments and critique welcome

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Nap - medals mate loadsa medals!!

Phil

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Nice work, Phil - especially the camo smock & medals.

 

[akaryu]

Nice work!

Pierre

 

[Nap]

Hi Phil

Good to see this posted mate ...one or 2 medals there ...ye hah! ...

I wimped on my version and didn't do camo ....yours looks really good ...like the fact you built up the back of the bust to show more of the patten

Nice work on the medals as well

This was featured as a well written article in th BMSS mag ( memo to self ..do articles ! )

Hopefully not your last bust !!!!

If I may put our 2 together here with akaryu' camo version..always good to see how others looks




Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Great paintwork

Mobo

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Bravo for this magnificent painting.
In France this General is almost a legend.
From a simple soldier he ended up General, famous for his commitments and his reputation in Indochina, but also in Algeria, he was even Minister!
This is the archetype of the paratrooper soldier in France, he is still famous and almost revered by all the parachute regiments still active, his the 6th BPC (Bataillon de Parachutistes coloniaux), now the 6th RPIMa ( Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine - new name of the colonial) was dissolved.
For the anecdote, his radio code name has become his nickname "Bruno"!

Bruno in Dien bien phu opération Castor

Bruno in Algeria with the famous cap " Casquette Bigeard"

Bruno in Algeria with his wife !

Bigeard in Indochina

Bruno at the end

Transfer of the ashes of "Bruno" to Frejus, heart of the colonial army and its museum.

 

[Airkid]

Thanks everyone, especially Zastrow - love the photos. What a legend!

Nap - thanks for lining up the three pics. Interesting to see how we dealt with it. I see Akaryu opted for the later and more recognizable 49/54 camo scheme (which is probably more correct than my 47/52) - I had a smock to copy though.

Phil

 

[Viking Bob]

Very nice Phil, like the camo on the jacket.