Hello friends.

Just starting the famous Bessières newly and superbly cast by B. Leibovitz.
Do not pay attention to the railway modelling grass which will be clean and cut later on.

A great figure. I see Masteclass is releasing a Bessieres too. I will watch this one develop.

Colin

The one of Masterclass is much less elegant (IMHO) and the boots are inaccurate.

Nice sculpt. Looking forward to seeing some colour on this.

Colin

Great figure.... I paint bessier 2 years ago...I follow you ciao Luca

I've seen yours, Luca. Beautiful red.

Seems a very good figure

Marc

Fisrt cass photo ! Great job !
A superb figure from LEIBOVITZ, for and exceptionnal soldier, killed on the battlefield !
A little anecdote on this brilliant Cavalier
At the opening of the campaign in Saxony, in 1813, he was appointed commander in chief of all the cavalry of the army, but from the first commitments, received a bullet in the chest and was killed. His aide, Baudus says that Marshal had certainly had a premonition of his death. Indeed, at breakfast the fateful morning of May 1, he said: "In fact, if a shot should take me this morning, I do not want him to take me on an empty stomach! ". The death of this loyal and upright man saves him at least the vision of the great disasters of the years 1813 and 1814: perhaps it was all he wanted.
Source
Dictionnaire Napoléon, éditions Fayard, 1999

Fantastic sculpt and posture! Knowing your outstanding talent Paul, this will be mandatory to follow!
Cheers and keep us updated with as many details as possible!
Zeno

Great figure and knowing your quality of paint job... tgis figure is going to be a true gem.
Regards

Look forward to seeing his develop, I have mine in the grey army so it might tempt him out of hiding

Keith

Hi
Trying to finish this one for Lyons show next week.
Do not pay attention to the surface granularity, especially the face. It looks much smoother actually.

The figure is looking good. I will enjoy following this one.

Its a pleasure to see this step by step.

Almost finished

Like that, thanks for showing.

End of the journey. This piece is really a must have.

Beautiful brushwork Paul! You did a superb job on this excellent sculpt!

Joe

A beautiful painting. Would you please share your gold mixes?

Pretty much perfect.

Colin