PiliPili

[akaryu]

Hello Planeteers!

Our three children having grown up with dad's "little men", I decided years ago to paint them a special figure or bust for their 25th birthday. This month our youngest one has her 25th birthday, so this is what she'll get: my version of PiliPili's Cairo Belle bust.



Thanks for looking,

Pierre

 

[Landrotten Highlander]

I really liked the work put out by Pili Pili. shame they no longer trade

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Fantastic piece, Pierre - I like the skin tones you’ve used & the weathering on the face of the tambourine.

I can also remember the Pili Pili range from seeing them on display at the old Euro Militaire in the 1990s, their subjects were never my thing but the sculpting & artwork were truly spectacular.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Very nicely paintwork

Mobo

 

[akaryu]

Thanks for the comments guys!

To be complete, the first one, our son and a keen photographer got this one in 2015:


The second one, our eldest daughter and a very strong-willed lady got this one in 2017:


And now the youngest daughter, the artistic one with the strongest signs of our distant mediterranean roots got this one:


I tried to give them a non-military figure related to a character trait or hobby. Now I can return to my favorite subjects!

Pierre

 

[megroot]

nice work, and lovely present.

Marc

 

[Chris Oldfield]

The skin tones on the photographer & the little girl are fantastic Pierre - I would have loved to receive presents like those.

 

[akaryu]

The skin tones on the photographer & the little girl are fantastic Pierre - I would have loved to receive presents like those.

Thanks Chris!
But to get these they had to endure an army dad!
cheers,
Pierre

 

[HansDig]

Wow, that's a nice habit!!! I recently made a nice one four my son's girlfriend.
Very nice painting, really good !!
Regards from an old, but still going strong, Graspopper!!!