Preview French Imperial Guard

[carl reid]

Hi Guys,

Here is a piece I have just completed for a client, he asked me to post images prior to release.
The due launch date is September, Euro Militaire!

As you can see it depicts a French Imperial Guard Waterloo.

Scale is 1:9th It will be cast in resin with some white metal parts.

Price and official launch will be posted by the owner in due course!

Thanks for looking.

I hope like him!



Carl

 

[Tarracus]

That's great! God will bless you for sculpting the txt on the flag..

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Beautiful....he would also do really well for the Emperor's 1814 goodbye to the Old Guard before his trip to Elba (recall the scene in the movie Waterloo)...the sadness of the eagle bearer is evident in your sculpt.

Colin

 

[megroot]

Euro is gonna be very expensive this year with all these goodies coming out.
Excellent sculpt.

marc

 

[smudger1960]

This one is a definate must have for me,great sculpt and a great subject 10/10

 

[MCPWilk]

There's one of these bearskins in the National Army Museum, Chelsea. Even allowing for the passage of time, it is merely a tube covered in (now threadbare) bearskin with a front plate and top plate poorly attached. You wonder what these bearskins looked like on the morning of Waterloo after the night's rainfall. Had they been covered or were they looking bedraggled?

A very nicely executed bust, as is to be expected by a master of the genre.

Mike

 

[fabrizio1969]

Amazing sculpt

 

[polyphemus]

Reminds me a little of the 100mm scale "Old Guard at Bay" sculpted by Mike Tapavica and released by Hinchliffe Models back in 1981. No that didn't have the lettering etc sculpted in the standard.
Beautiful job on this one Carl.

Geoff

 

[carl reid]

Thanks guys for the positive response! Glad you like him!
I'm sure it will be encouraging for my client to read!

Thanks again!

Carl

 

[Tonton]

I think I’ll have to give this one a go. Lovely pose and modelling.

Jeff

 

[clrsgt]

Holy m---e. A must have.

 

[DEL]

At last a Cameronian
A stunning sculpt Carl, this will be one of the hot busts at Euro this year
Looking forward to the show all the more
Cheers
Derek

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Carl, There are undoubtedly many who would like to see this done as a full figure, but in bust form, the expression on his face becomes even more powerful. A very beautiful piece Carl, the detail is amazing. A must have for me. Congrats, with Regards, SG

 

[Daniel.M]

Amazing sculptwork. Congratulations, Carl, very cool bust.

Dan & Katka

 

[ghamilt1]

Again, an example of where the boundary between hobby and art is blurred. Needless to say I am already clearing a space in my display cabinet for this one.

 

[carl reid]

Thanks a lot guys, I really do appreciate all the positive comments. I hope he sells through for my client!

See you in a couple of months Del for more fun and frolics...

Carl

 

[Gra30]

Superb, art at its best

 

[tonydawe]

Carl Reid , you da Man.

 

[Mark S]

Beautifully done, very evocative, superbly sculpted.
Excellent work yet again Carl.

 

[Ventress]

Not my period of choice, but you might have converted me, Carl!