Verlinden 200mm Lasalle Bust

[Neil Merryweather]

Lee - Keep an eye on him for me.

Steve - The braiding is always heart-in-the-mouth stuff.

Bob - Apparently he was a bit of a tearaway - hard to control and always off on impetuous charges. It's what got him killed in the end.

Richard - :thumb2:

The head:

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I may darken the hair with a wash or two, as it's looking a bit red at the moment.

Looks the BIZ to me

[Guest]

Very nice Peter :smiling3:.

[Tim Marlow]

Interesting chap Lasalle, a bit like Custer but with brains......his head has come out well Peter.

[Guest]

Neil - Cheers. He looks nothing like Lasalle, but it's quite a nice sculpt anyway.

Ralph - Thank you.

Tim - Not sure about the brains, but very like Custer. Interestingly he had a presentiment of his death in the days before the battle and wrote several letters to be delivered should he be killed, including one to Napoleon petitioning for the care of his family. He was shot between the eyes by a Hungarian grenadier.

[Lee Drennen]

Peter. Nice start as always watching JR closely sir

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Nice finish on the head, and another auburn head of hair too!

That seems to be your go to hair colour, subconsciously?

The sculpt seems older than the reference paintings, though 34 isn't too bad.

The box art definitely added 20 years!

And a black uniform jacket, which should be a nice backdrop to all the glitter.

Its another grey cold and wet day ahead, hopefully you will get some decent light for the todays painting.

Have a good day

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Lee - It's the matches I worry about.

Steve - Morning. I'm not over enamoured by my efforts on this one, as so far it seems to be resisting a better finish. However, I'll endeavour to get the torso done today - the jacket is actually bottle green, which will help liven it up.

[Guest]

Binned this one. Not up to scratch - the sculpt or my painting.

[adt70hk]

Sorry to hear that Peter. Hope the next one goes better.

Andrew

[Lee Drennen]

Peter sorry to hear that exiting now

[Neil Merryweather]

:rolling:
my bar is way lower than yours, Peter. I'm just happy if it looks something like a human being!

[Guest]

It happens

[Steve Jones]

Sorry to hear that Peter. Onwards and upwards my friend