Mexican Revolutionary

[Dan Morton]

This photo comes from a posting by Pat Holscher on the Military Horse forum. I'm trying to find out where he got it, etc. What a great subject for a figure! And no... I'm not intending to do it. Far too much going on already!!!!

All the best,
Dan

 

[KeithP]

He looks like the "We don't need no stinking batches" guy from the Treasure of Sierra Madre. Are you sure it's not the actor? :lol:

I do agree that it would be an intersting subject.

Keith

 

[garyjd]

I L I K E that. What a character piece.~Gary

 

[Dan Morton]

All I know about him is what Pat Holscher tells me!

Gary - he's all yours, fella!!! Woohoo! Try downloading the photo and blow it up a little. I think it gets better. The shirt he's wearing is strangely fuzzy and almost knobby...unusual. And look at the ornate knife. That must be a one of a kind.

Keith - nah...that guy was much uglier than this hombre.

All the best,
Dan

 

[Christos]

Very nice subject indeed!
Thanks Dan!
christos

 

[btavis]

I am doing three guys like this on horseback for my Patton piece. Love these bandito types.

 

[captnenglish]

What a great figure that would make. This one of my favorite subject and has been since I read John Reed's book on the Mexican Revolution. I actually have an idea for a piece, I am just waiting for enough figure to come out to fill the space I am dealing with (large building facade).

 

[AJLaFleche]

Originally posted by Dan Morton@Dec 14 2006, 07:45 PM

Not a big stretch from Andrea's Billy the Kid. New hat and a knife sheath, slight repositoinoing of the rifle hand, other minor surgery.

 

[Dan Morton]

It wasn't the pose that attracted me. It was the immense hat, the leathery skin, the seamed face, the veiny hands. I disagree about converting Billy the kid into this guy. I don't think it would work. Besides, he needs to be sculpted from scratch by somebody who knows what he's doing - and that obviously lets me out - how about um...Gary!!

Subtle, huh, Gary?

:lol:

All the best,
Dan

 

[Alex Lopez]

Originally posted by Dan Morton@Dec 14 2006, 06:45 PM
And no... I'm not intending to do it. Far too much going on already!!!!

Why not my friend? I will like to see this figure modeled by you Dan, beside, the works that we think dificults are the best to learn.

I´m agree, this subject are specially, and there are not much figures about, specially REAL Mexican revolutionaries, this soldiers were more than "big hat drunked men"

Share you another image that I´m working on...

Regards.

Alex

 

[Jimmy S]

Great subject we need more knobby shirts (LOL)...

 

[Dan Morton]

Alex, my friend, thank you for the encouragement, but honestly, to quote Dirty Harry, "A man has to know his limitations." I'm not actually concerned that I couldn't do the figure justice. I just have too many going on in various stages of disrepair. If I add one more to the bench, I'm afraid the darn thing will fall down! Anybody that wants this one can have him!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! JOYEUX NOEL! FELICE NAVIDAD! HAPPY HANUKKAH!

Dan

 

[Dan Morton]

A bit more about our friend the Mexican Revolutionary above from Pat Holscher.
The photo comes from the Library of Congress and a defunct news service.
TITLE: Mexico - a peón volunteer [standing in front of wall and holding a rifle]
CALL NUMBER: LOT 12349-51 <item> [P&P]
Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-91187 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1909 and 1932]
NOTES:
National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SUBJECTS:
Laborers--Mexico--1900-1940.
Military personnel--Mexican--1900-1940.
FORMAT:
Portrait photographs 1900-1940.
Photographic prints 1900-1940.
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b37531 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b37531
VIDEO FRAME ID: LCPP003B-37531 (from b&w film copy neg.)
CARD #: 96513528

++++++++++++That's all, folks!

All the best,
Dan

 

[Dan Morton]

According to Pat --

"Here's a more typical example of Mexican revolutionaries. These are Carranza's troops, prior to Carranza become President.

These are probably infantrymen, but note their dress and Mauser rifle. A couple of these fellows are children. Sad indeed."

All the best,
Dan

 

[vergilius]

The pose is a little too much static but there's a lot of character in the person.