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Ciao a tutti,

After a looong period I've finally managed to finish this figure, one of my old passion a napoleonic figure.

I've to thank many friends who helped me finding the right documentation to make the piece as historical accurate as possible.

Let me know what you think.

Ciao

Giovanni

Ciao a tutti,

Thanks to my friends Stefano Borin, Francesco Simoncini and Ivo Preda, I realised that the pellisse was actually dark blue and not green...

I had to repaint it, but instead of stripping all and paint from scratch, I've used a series of filters, washes and inks to turn the green to dark blue.

I'm quite happy with the result and it looks like the hue of the picture.

I've also finished the red trousers and started to outline all the gold embroiders.

Still a lot to do!!

I hope you like it and let me know what you think!

Ciao


Giovanni

Ciao a tutti,

Finally I've managed to do some painting on my dear De Rigny.

The face, undergarment and green fabric are done, I've also applied a basecoat for the golden laces and chevrons.

I'm really pleased with the results, hope you like it!

Ciao

Giovanni

Ciao a tutti,

Weather is really really owful and I managed to finish sculpting the figure.

I've also undercoated in black, sooner than later will start to paint it!

Ciao

Giovanni

Ciao a tutti,

Awful weather here, good for my modelling...

De Rigny is almost done, I need to add few bits and is ready for paint.

Doing all these thin laces has been painful but has helped me learning new tricks.

Hope you like it, and maybe tomorrow I'll finish it!

Ciao

Giovanni

Ciao a tutti,

I have to admit winter helps with my modelling!

Here is the De Rigny with his arms done as well as the sword (lengthened) and the shako.

I hope to finishe the hands by the end of the week, I'll finally be home this weekend so I will be able to work a bit.

Hope you like it.

Ciao

Giovanni

Ciao a tutti,

I'm going on with the sculpting of de Rigny.

I'm sculpting the pellisse with all the laces and trimmings. It took me 7 or 8 attempts to get to this point, I probably should have tried with a different putty, like Duro, oh well, next time will be better.

I'm not 100% happy but as a first attempt is ok, first time I tried I've managed to have only 8 rows on the pellisse, now we are at 16th!!

Anyway, I'm now waiting for few missing items to carry on.

Let me know what you think!

Ciao

Giovanni