Sir Edmund Hillary

[Einion]

Nice work John Great sculpting and the painting looks good too. I bet that shirt took a while!

Einion

 

[Jacek Spychalski]

Excellent work!!!

All the best!

Jacek

 

[Cicero]

Very impressive sculpting John. The hands are so lifelike, they drawed my immediate attention. I hope to see soon more of your figures!

Johan

 

[PHIL WALDEN]

Hi mate,glad you posted him, I think hes your best....cheers man Phil.

 

[brentonrj]

Hi John,

Just superb mate. I could stare at this figure for days!

It's just great to see and hear of a figure modeller - and competent - sculpturist from the southern hemisphere!

It would be great to see some of your other work too.

Cheers
Brenton

 

[pgarri27]

Hi John,
An excellent figure. Much nicer than Andrea's I must say. Quite right to be proud of this one! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Pete

 

[yeo_64]

WELL DONE,John !!! An excellent tribute to the great man himself. Cheers !
Kenneth.

 

[John Belcher]

Thanks Guys for the very enthusiastic response to my figure of Sir Edmund Hillary.I have had very good comments in New Zealand also at different shows that I have displayed the figure.It always gives you encouragment to create when you hear positive comments.
Brian I cant seem to view your figure of Tenzing Norgay.The picture wont display.I would love to see him.Yes guys I like painting tartan,suprise suprise.I thought when I saw a picture of Ed Hillary in his plade shirt it would be a good contrast.As you can see I have portrayed Ed Hillary on one of Everests lower slopes before he was using the oxygen marsk,hense so you could see his face clearly.Always a good challenge when you attempt to create a likeness. Happy modelling, Kind regards John.

 

[nagashino]

Hey John

It's all been said mate. This is just excellent. A perfect representation of an admirable character.

What else have you got tucked away

Cheers
Phil

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi John

Phil is right, it has all been said...

Great work

Dave

 

[JP PRAJOUX]

This is beautiful !
A perfect sculpture on an unusual subject.
Congratulatuons.
Bye
JP

 

[bwildfong]

John et al.,

Okay, let's try this again. Here's my 54mm sculpt of Hillary's summit partner Tenzing Norgay, based on Sir Ed's famous photo from May 29, 1953:

Sorry it's a little small - I'm pushing the limit on my bandwidth allowance.

Cheers,

Brian

 

[Guy]

This ones on me..........see if it helps.

 

[Guy]

Great work Brian...........you have captured the photo

 

[John Belcher]

Hi Brian,Thanks for sending your photo of Tenzing.Your figure looks Great..I know the photo well that you have worked from, you have got the pose perfect.Love to see more of your work.Kind regards John.

 

[y_wong]

Dear John,

Somehow I miss out on this thread. Luckily, I came across it today. A very lovely piece of work that you have done. Simply remarkable.

regards

 

[garyjd]

John, Fantastic job on the figure. I love the plaid shirt, though I'm sure you've heard that a number of times.~Gary

 

[bwildfong]

John, and Guy,

Thanks gents for the kind comments - and thanks also Guy for spotting me a little extra picture size. I'll try to post a bit of an sbs on Tenzing - once I upgrade my bandwidth of course !

Cheers,

Brian

 

[Blind Pew]

John you are a star.
makes Andrea's offering look amateurish by comparison, really does.

 

[Daniel Ipperti]

Just one word : bravissimo !

Daniel :lol: