Napoleonic Trumpeter 1/16 WIP

[davidmitchell]

Looks like you are of to great start with this figure Andreas, will watch this with interest.

Cheers David

 

[Andreas W.]

Hello Guys,



I'm figuring out the final pose
Trumpet is just a rough mock up and was just fixed with a bit of blue tac.
His thumb is also missing right now




Andreas

 

[mil-mart]

Andreas , very nice work, the folds and creases to the small of his back look great and look forward to following progress.

Cheers Ken

 

[TWOMOONS]

16 are you kidding me?? Well done young fella. You make me feel like an old, untalented fart. Great work and welcome to the Planet.

It must be a typo...he's 46, I'll bet! Outstanding!

 

[Andreas W.]

no,no typo





I got something like a small sbs for you today Last steps will follow.
( in advance,sorry for the bad pics...)

Making the trumpet:





























some remaining puttywork and I have to correct the general shape


more SBS pics will follow



Hope you like it

 

[Andreas W.]

Hello,



Ive got a question,can I sculpt him a knapsack,made from skin? or is this not typical for trumpeters?


btw.


sculpted the arm holding the trumpet and redid the trumpet with thicker wire.


pics hopefully this eve..


Best Regards,


Andreas

 

[Luis R.]

Hi Andreas,
French Napoleonic cavalrymen did not carry a knapsack. They carried their stuff inside a "portemanteau" which was fixed to their saddle.

 

[Andreas W.]

argh,


Ok no problem. would have been a nice feature though.



thank you very much luis!

so no pics today.We'll see when I get to take some



Andreas.

 

[gordy]

Looking really good! Keep up the outstanding work : )

 

[Andreas W.]

hey guys,


got an update today.

biggest changes are the now finished arm,and the complete rebuild trumpet.The thicker wire suits better in my opinion.Arm is removable for further sculpting and painting later on








BTW here is my attempt on the plume.If I would rebuild this thing in a more neat way,do you think I can use it?






cheers.

 

[Pekka]

Great work.I like it:
Pekka N.

 

[housecarl]

Coming a long really well, great work.
Carl.

 

[Andreas W.]

thank you guys!Youre the ones who motivate me to go on!

cheers.

 

[Andreas W.]

not that you think I would be lazy



played mike good with the reddish primer as I resculpted the eyes and added a bandage.
Most napoleonic figures look to new I think











Andreas

 

[Marcel]

Very nice sculpted figure Andreas, looking forward to the paintwork.

Marcel.

 

[Blind Pew]

Very well done. I like this a lot. Keep up the good work... at this rate I think I've seen the future of figure sculpting.

It's name is Andrea Wintraken.

 

[Andreas W.]

nono Andreas is right



thank you both!
It will go to Danilo Cartaccis personal collection,so some time he will paint it too.It's the greatest honor for me.


Andreas

 

[Andreas W.]

OK guys,



now I hate hungarian knots(well,who does not?)


any idea on how to produce them???


with the plume,I think I will go with gordys idea..


thanks,


Andreas

 

[Andreas W.]

Is there further interest to see this figure?

















Andreas

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Yes!!!

it is always good to see a figure move from the raw state, to the complete one,
so yes, I would be interested!

cheers