Hello all,

Please find few pics of my first ever complete sculpting (except head, hands and shoes) of figures in 1/35.
The three guys will represent french troops during the taking of Sfax in Tunisia in 1881, which lead to Tunisia becoming a french department. This battle ahs been really fierced. First, french fusiliers marins had to land and the beach and fight in the muslims trenches, and then had to take the towjn houses by houses. I want to depict a small squad enterring the Medina. I took the inspiration from a Detaille painting.
comments, tips and help are more than welcomed

looking ok so far julien, just make sure you dont go oversize with the manaquins as they will grow too large once you start to add the cloathing,the second figure looks most at risk in his torso, always best to keep them on the slim side to allow for bulk of the cloathing.

Nice work mate and i look forward to watching this one develope.

Steve

Thanks Steve.
In fact I've decided to represent three kind of morphologies, a tall guy, a big guy and a normal one. I agree I have too be careful that the second one doen't look too fat.
This is really exciting to sculpt its own figures.
I was afraid also with the proportions between legs and torso, but apparently it's fine

Julien

Good luck with this Julien and if you need any help just ask.
Now you mention proportions regarding torso and legs i assume the last figure is the tall guy, he has a danggly appearance to his stance.

Steve

Hey, Thanks Steve for your remark.
What do you mean exactely by dangling stance. He is a bit lower on the left because is searching is right side cartouchière. Is that you refer to ?

hey Julien, long time no speak etc!
Interesting subject and great start, can't wait to see more!
JB

here is left leg. It's larger than the first one, but more realistic for me. I will have to redo the right one to add some volume.
Best,

hi Julien i was meaning that he looks tall .

I like the improvements you have done on the legs and i agree that the right leg needs more volume on the thigh, maybe just needs bulking out at the front.
The drapery is looking nice.

Steve

thanks JB and Steve.
yes, I will do it this way.
I have to be carefull with the tall guy regarding the postioning of his head. He must look within his cartouchière, so the head must be looking down.

Few pics of the guetres of the tall guy.
I guess I make them too large. Will have to work on the xacto on them..
Best,
Julien

I've redone the boots and advanced a little on the officer
Julien

Good to see you still at this one Julien and progressing well.
I think the first figures right upper leg needs more volume as it looks too skinny, add some volume to the back of it and it should be ok.

Good work mate,

Steve

Looks like a very nice action dio in the making Julien and on an interesting subject not often heard about. Will be following this one closely.

Hello gents,
Thanks beachbum. The saynette is inspired from the following pictures from Edouard Detaille (I love this painter)
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/eissteban/DOCS/sfax.jpg
Steve, nice to see that you are following this one too. You perfectly right, I need to add more volume on the right tigh and to simplify the curves on the above part. There is a difference in volume between right and left legs.
Some more progress :
Julien

Julien, your topic tells me what I've been missing the last months ! This topic made me decide to start sculpting a 1/35 German soldier for my diorama ! Thank you for this inspiring thread man !

You figure looks good, but I'm not an experienced sculptor so don't mind my opinion too much. I remember the fun it is to start sculpting the clothes, belt, gear of a figure, the stage you're at now.

I follow this !

Hello Guy !
Thanks, it's a pleasure to be a muse
I muust say that your thread on the old city building was qyuite inspiring but in the same time was quite frustrating because I know I will never be able to do the same.
Sculpting is very exciting. It gives you the impression to be the doctor in Frankenstein
Some progress pics. I thought I could give him a Nike bandage





Another one that get slim fast

Isn't that John Mc Enroe ! Signature please

very nice progress again Julien. Please keep us posted on that.

Guy : mac Enroe loooool ! refusing while contestting a point, he fesuses to sign fan's autographs behind him. That could be my next figure lol
Hey Engin, long time since the last post, how are you doing ? Thanks for the comment, and yeah, I will definitively post progress picture. This week end is a scuplture week end
Best my friends,
Julien

Some more progress.
I'm tryuing to have my display done for a figurinist meeting in Sèvres (near Paris) for end of November.
Comments, critics, tips etc welcomed

I liked the hair and cap.Nice progress mon ami.

Thanks Engin !

Ok here are the week end progress.
I reworked on the officer to make it a bit larger.$
Sculpting the lapels of the tall guy was a pain in the ass (three steps sculpt). I will try onather technique for the shooting guy.
Comment and tips welcomed as usual
Best,

and we continue with my third personnage. It's nearly done.

Good to see so much progress with these figure Julien, is the rifle on the last figure scratchbuilt ?
these are going to be some unique figures when complete.

Steve

Hi Steve,
Thanks for your comment.
No the rifle comes from the ICM box on 1870 franco prussian war.
I was scared few weeks ago to full scratch, now it''s ok, but I'm still scared by plastic cards !
Best,
Julien

Stunning progress, man this is exciting stuff. The third figure is absolutely my favourite one.

I particularly like the gear he's wearing.

His pose is accurate, the rifle must have been quite an operation to make it all match the way it is now ?

Good work so far Julien, I can learn a lot here !

Another very nice progress my friend

Great work so far Julien. Really like the action poses of the figures.

Hey Franck, long time since your last post ! good to read you; tHanks for you comment.
Thanks also Engin !
Guy, I really appreciate your word, this one is also my favorite. For the position of the rifle, I made it step by step, testting the fitting of the rifle with the arms in the fresh paste..
Some more progress over the week end :







Best,

Julien