WIP Critique "The African Queen" - Bogart in 1/6

[Colin_Fraser]

Here's my start on a portrait of Humphrey Bogart in his iconic role as Charlie Alnutt in C.S. Forrester's "African Queen." A bit harder to get a likeness of one of the world's most famous movie stars than a Napoleonic general with one or two extant oil portraits. I am happy so far but it needs a lot more work.

Sculpey firm. 1/6 scale.

First some inspirational photos.

Here is a great book by Kate Hepburn that got me into this project.



And work so far. Lots of wrinkles and stubble to come.

 

[akaryu]

My oh my Colin! Where can we get a prescription for those creativity pills of yours?
cheers,
Piet

 

[Mike Stevens]

That will be cool.

 

[Scotty]

Looking good Colin, you are an inspiration. Hurry up now, I want to see the rest.

 

[Joe55]

Yup, like Mike said, this is gonna be cool !

Joe

 

[Dan Morton]

Colin - A fine, fine start! Good luck with this!

My two cents - slightly more prominent cheek bones, slightly more prominent eye ridges and flatter, maybe a bit concave cheeks. Feel free to ignore me if you don't agree.

All the best,
Dan

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks Dan. I tried the cheekbones but they distorted the shape of his face vs some pix I am using. I agree on the cheeks. I think the brow us pretty much set as changing it would cause havoc. Appreciate the input

 

[ChaosCossack]

Great start Colin... You bit off a big chunk with this one, probably one of the most recognizable faces out there. I'm sure you're more than up to the task.

Missed you at the Fernando weekend... it was a blast!!!!

Colin

 

[Ferris]

Good start Colin.
getting likeness must be the hardest thing....good luck!

My observations would be that the nose and lips should be a bit 'bulkier'.

Cheers
Adrian

 

[Mark S]

Great idea Colin,.....I'm sure this'll be a brilliant, unique piece.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Version 1 head done and rejected. Some features are OK but they don't add up to Bogart. Back to the drawing board

 

[Scotty]

You'll get there mate, onwards and upwards. All the best.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I added his cap and it looks better. I will post him once he is tidied a bit and then decide.

 

[Gaudin]

My oh my Colin! Where can we get a prescription for those creativity pills of yours?
cheers,
Piet

Its not what he is taking, its what he stopped taking.

Getting rid of regular Viagra did miracles to his cerebral blood flow.....

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Never tried viagra....don't need it as my hair grows just fine thanks.

Here is where I landed. Better than he looked last night but not great. I may try painting him and see how je looks. I may declare him a mulligan and have a do over.

 

[Gaudin]

needs fuller larger lips and more prominent chin, with a deeper crease. Also slimmer face among other things.

I will try to do some Photoshop magic this evening and get you a better comparative itinerary (if you still want delay painting it and look into those details).

 

[antonio argudo]

nice subjet Colin, I bet he is going to improve on the second round!! I found some inspirational references, some life masks, hope it helps, all the best mate!

 

[Adrian Cowdry]

Hope you do a Casablanca bust - superb subject matter.

 

[arj]

That's a great face, full of character.

needs fuller larger lips and more prominent chin, with a deeper crease.

Perhaps it's just my eyes, but I think that the nose looks too sharp. The pictures and death mask show a more bulbous one.
Looking forward to seeing this progress.

Andrew

 

[Colin_Fraser]

nice subjet Colin, I bet he is going to improve on the second round!! I found some inspirational references, some life masks, hope it helps, all the best mate!

Thanks Antonio. I am not sure if that last one is motivating or intimidating. Funny how Bogie looked different in various roles. The face you posted is an excellent Rick Blaine but the ruffian face from African Queen looks very different, at least to my eye. Anyway I shall have another bash at it....don't expect miracles