WIP Early Napoleonic French General Officers 28mm

Clibinarium · Post by **Clibinarium** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:32 pm

I've been working on a few French Revolutionary generals. They began quite some time ago as practice sculpts but were abandoned, recently ressurected. I am doing a set of five.

These guys are still WIP, there's bits to add and fine tune, but they are mostly there now.

First two are General Adam Philippe de Custine (General Moustache) and Desaix. The other three will go up as they are closer to being finished. Hope you like them

Greystreak · Post by **Greystreak** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:50 pm

Superb! I think they capture the swagger and panache of the Revolutionary period generals very well indeed!

obriendavid · Post by **obriendavid** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:07 pm

Extremely nice figures! I wish I had the talent to be able to produce my own figures like this.
Cheers
Dave

Rob Herrick · Post by **Rob Herrick** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:39 pm

Very very nice!

Clibinarium · Post by **Clibinarium** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:30 am

Cheers! Young Bonaparte himself is almost done, here's some shots. Kleber and Kellerman will follow tomorrow.

sharnydubs · Post by **sharnydubs** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:12 pm

I really like these. You have the captured faces (and moustaches) and poses really well. They look natural and have that confident arrogance that so epitomises the paintings you see of the period. Well done.

Clibinarium · Post by **Clibinarium** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:35 am

Thanks Peter! Last two figures, Kellerman and Kleber. They have lagged behind the other three somewhat, and need a bit more work, especially Kellerman. I've been sent some additional information on the coats so all five will see some additional detail now.

Its looking very likely that they'll be going up on ebay on Thursday night for auction, so quite possibly they'll end up being cast and sold.

kiwipeterh · Post by **kiwipeterh** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:53 am

Clibinarium wrote: Its looking very likely that they'll be going up on ebay on Thursday night for auction, so quite possibly they'll end up being cast and sold.
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These are really nice figures ... even if they don't wok too well for my favoured year of 1813!

I hope that they will be cast and available to the general public. The world would be a better place if it were so.

Salute
von Peter himself

Sheepman · Post by **Sheepman** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:32 pm

I want them and I want them now!
Really fantastic sculpting. Please some manufacturer buy these up and get them on general sale.
Well done mate.
Dave.

obriendavid · Post by **obriendavid** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:20 pm

Sheepman wrote:I want them and I want them now!
Really fantastic sculpting. Please some manufacturer buy these up and get them on general sale.
Well done mate.
Dave.

Couldn't agree more!
I eventually plan on doing the early Italian campaign in the future but these are such lovely figures I think I would just get them now just to enjoy painting them up. Do you plan on doing any Austrian commanders?
Keep up the fantastic work.
Dave

Clibinarium · Post by **Clibinarium** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:32 pm

Thanks everyone. Well they are up on ebay now, not the ideal way to dispose of them, but I have to.

Item 140491338167
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0491338167

Please note its only a three day auction; they'll only be there until Sunday night (22.40 UK time). I'm not a napoleonic gamer so my knowledge is limited, but if you want help the chances of them going on general release and there's manufacturer you think would do a good job on them, perhaps nudge them in this direction. I hope that's not too cheeky a suggestion.

Austrians; I'd be happy to do them if these guys achieve their value, but if they go for a low price it wouldn't bode well. We'll see. Occasionally the buyer of such items asks for similiar complementary items, so you never know.

18th Century Guy · Post by **18th Century Guy** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:07 pm

One thing that would be nice is to have that 'Buy it Now' option and you set a price closer to what you would like to get.

gensdarmes · Post by **gensdarmes** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:07 am

Absolutely exquisite. Bon chance!