WIP Perry 28 mm Duellists vignette

[Briggsy]

Getting caught up on this, really great painting.

Cheers Simon

 

[NigelR]

Lovely work indeed. This will be a great vignette when done.

 

[Ernie]

Your screen name is Nap and you haven’t seen “The Duellists!?!?” All I can say is you have an extraordinary pleasure awaiting. My favourite film of all time.

Thanks for the encouragement.

colin

Barry Lyndon Lyndon apart, The Duellists is IMHO the best movie ever, as it comes to depicting napoleonic years and uniforms.
Amazing how a short story by Conrad became an absolute Classic.
By the way, is it only me that always took Feraud's sides , despite his unsavoury manners ?
D'Hubert should come out as the good guy in the end, but somehow I felt he's a bit too smart and kind of an opportunist

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Barry Lyndon Lyndon apart, The Duellists is IMHO the best movie ever, as it comes to depicting napoleonic years and uniforms.
Amazing how a short story by Conrad became an absolute Classic.
By the way, is it only me that always took Feraud's sides , despite his unsavoury manners ?
D'Hubert should come out as the good guy in the end, but somehow I felt he's a bit too smart and kind of an opportunist

It’s a matter of taste Ernie. I always liked d’Hubert more and sympathized with him being a hostage to honour…agreeing to duel after duel with no real choice and no vested interest in the outcome except perhaps his own survival. I always see Feraud as a thug and a bully.

Interestingly, his real life counterpart Francois Fournier is one of my favourite Napoleonic generals. I have modelled him multiple times as I love the uniform and I have even sought out and acquired a document signed by him.

One thing about The Duellists that rarely gets mentioned is the excellent musical score.

Cheers

Colin

 

[Ernie]

It’s a matter of taste Ernie. I always liked d’Hubert more and sympathized with him being a hostage to honour…agreeing to duel after duel with no real choice and no vested interest in the outcome except perhaps his own survival. I always see Feraud as a thug and a bully.

Interestingly, his real life counterpart Francois Fournier is one of my favourite Napoleonic generals. I have modelled him multiple times as I love the uniform and I have even sought out and acquired a document signed by him.

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One thing about The Duellists that rarely gets mentioned is the excellent musical score.

Cheers

Colin

Certainly not a nice character to deal with, though d'Hubert is the kind of guy who always makes the right choices at the right time.