"View from my bench -2019 and beyond "

[Nap]

Hi Ivo

Thanks for sharing the artwork , great detail painting and the tiger skin could almost growl it's that realistic

Pleasure to see the art hope we'see more

Nap

 

[Moonraker]

Truly inspiring work Ivo. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ivopreda]

200 years ago Napoleon die in Sant'Elena... I finished this piece in time for a small tribute to him...
Napoleon in full dress on his white horse "le Sara"

le cheval "le Sara"

 

[Nap]

Hi Ivo

Just a classic Napoleon , beautiful whites on the horse

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[ivopreda]

this morning I had a good surprise... last number of figurementors magazine has one of my figures in the cover

https://figurementors.com/shop/the-...rD2tTh2VnbowDZHk2uyzuEKQ2hcDwtTTVOBEahQxrBJ3o

 

[ivopreda]

another good surprise... last number of figurementors magazine has one of my figures in the cover... two covers in a row... proud of it

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[Nap]

Hi Ivo

I can think of no better modeller of Napoleonics for cover pictures

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[ivopreda]

I finally finished the Carabinier kettledrummer...

 

[Waterlooman]

WOW.

W.

 

[Nap]

Always good to see your artwork and again this show your skill , the horse is really nice as is the detail on the drums

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[ivopreda]

A figure that has been on the table for a long time is about to be completed. It is a flag of the Rgt. Royal Two Bridges at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.

The piece was sculpted from the mannequin, head and hands by Figurinitaly.
The rest is Terracotta milliput, time and patience.
the flag is a copper sheet rolled around the pole and moved.


The reference documentation is the beautiful table of Rigo... what could be better?

other useful information, the cut of the habit and the hat

the man is walking and there are something better than the pictures made buy Muybridge?

inspirational pose, a piedmontaise reenactor

here the figure sculpted, Figurinitaly head from the set n° 5 and hands selected following the desired pose

soon some colors

 

[Nap]

Hi Ivo

Great to see this and a fine subject choice , lovely references , and top modelling

Really looking forward to seeing colour especially how you do the flag

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[ivopreda]

 

[Nap]

Nice start on the artwork like the blue with yellow facings

See your sketching in the flag design

Thanks for update

Nap

 

[ivopreda]

dear Friend...

all my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and for a beautiful 2022

 

[ivopreda]

my latest release for Figurinitaly...

Guard Imperial Chasseur flag bearer...

available in limited edition at [email protected]

 

[ivopreda]

I haven't published anything for a long time... I have many projects running in parallel and sometime some of them can be call finished.

here the last one a kettkledrummer of the Berry cavalry in 1720.
The figure is based on a publication written by Jean-Claude Colrat and edited by Le Briquet. Are 4 volumes on the french Kettkedrummers along the centuries rich of details and beautiful drawings.

The figure was sculpted starting with Figurinitaly head and hands, the rest? Milliput terracotta , some historex parts, a metal modeles horse and a lot of work and funny research on a field not usual for me

 

[ivopreda]

hi friends

I'd like to share with you this honour I received from MMSI next friday...

The MMSI's March meeting takes place at 7 p.m. Central on Friday, March 4, via Zoom.​

Hello, MMSI members! Join us for a presentation on Marshal Murat by Italian master modeler Ivo Preda. The pass code is MMSIMarch, and the Zoom link is https://colum.zoom.us/j/99502461947.
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[Nap]

Hi Ivo

Great result on the last figure you've shown

Many congratulations on the well deserved recognition enjoy the zoom presentation

Nap

 

[ivopreda]

Working on Bruno Leibovitz's pieces is always a subtle and rewarding pleasure.

This new project is a combination of Leibovitz pieces and Figurinitaly components. It is a portrait of Lasalle in 1803, as a colonel in the 10th Hussars.
the original inspiration comes from the below painting from Patrice Corcelle

Different from the usual iconography for which the character is known. The open dolman is taken from Lasalle's Figurinitaly kit (FI08) to which I mounted a Figurinitaly head likeness on which I sculpted the beak and added the mustache.

Two new arms have been sculpted to give a hint of realism in more, Figurinitaly hands have completed the work.