WIP Critique Marechal Ney bust (~1/6)

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Colin, A museum quality piece. Looking forward to your finished results. Regards, SG

 

[osceola]

Great job!

 

[Richie]

Hi Colin,
Does he talk to you! Magnificent mate, eagerly awaiting the next update, get cracking.
cheers
Richie

 

[MalcC]

Well, I can't say GOOOD and so on , so how about CRACKING.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Beginning his Legion plaque. Also a pic of Ney's actual plaque sold at auction a few years ago. Note the two medals (Legion and Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy) and the Order of Christ are still incomplete.

Colin

 

[ChaosCossack]

As always, I'm blown away by your eye for extreme detail.

Can't wait to see this Saturday

Colin

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Order of Christ of Portugal added. With a photo of Ney's actual award.

Colin

 

[Fokionas]

This is a very unique piece, amazing painting and the extent of detail is just ashtonishing...................
I really appreciate the fact that you presented this piece step by step so that all of us can learn something!
My congatulations.
Fokion

 

[ChaosCossack]

This is a very unique piece, amazing painting and the extent of detail is just ashtonishing...................
I really appreciate the fact that you presented this piece step by step so that all of us can learn something!
My congatulations.
Fokion

What he said
Colin Junior

 

[megroot]

very good detail in this bust.
Like it.

marc

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I finished NMM on is epaulettes this morning. After completion I decided to taint the NMM by washing all the gold embroidery on his uniform, including his epaulettes, with heavily diluted Liquitex gold acrylic ink. The shading shows through to the eye much better than the pictures indicate. I still need to add the insignia of the marshalate to the crescent of the epaulettes. Also need to complete his Legion sash and medals. A base is in the mail.

Colin

 

[tiberius57]

Awesome work! I had last night the great opportunity to admire this fantastic piece.
Love it!
Cheers mate.
Zeno

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Awesome work! I had last night the great opportunity to admire this fantastic piece.
Love it!
Cheers mate.
Zeno

Thanks Zeno and thanks again for troubling to teach groundwork methods to such an unruly class. I learned a lot. And it was great getting together in a small group. For those who are wondering, we have a small informal group of figure modellers in the south-western Ontario and GTA area who started out at The Sentry hobby shop (now sadly closed) and who now meet at members' homes, back alleys, under bridges or whatever. Thank you again Brian for hosting on the first storm blast day of the year. I for one had a different sort of blast.

Colin

 

[yoshi]

Only one word: Bizar!!!

 

[tiberius57]

Thanks Colin! Glad that I could help. It was a great meeting and thanks Brian for hosting it. I'm already looking forward to the next one. It was a great way to spent an afternoon.
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[MalcC]

Colin

Excellent work, I'm really impressed with the detailing.
The words, Awesome, Brilliant and Stonking some to mind.

Any idea's what going on the bench next?

Malc

 

[Tonton]

I keep thinking this couldn’t get any better but it does. Fantastic work.

Jeff

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks Malc....I still want to do the Alexander Dunn portrait but not right now. So I am toying with a bust of Col. Gourgaud in this light blue Officier d'Ordnance uniform or Henning Von Tresckow (think Ken Brannagh's character in Valkyrie who put the Cointreau bomb on Hitler's plane in '43).

Colin

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I keep thinking this couldn’t get any better but it does. Fantastic work.

Jeff

Thanks a lot Jeff.

Colin

 

[MalcC]

Whatever you choose to do next, I'll be following with interest.