I look like him !! ...lol ....

"That's another fine mess you've got me into Stanley"

Verbal update on this bust .....

Repainted the uniform colour and working on the belt

Drinking coffee atm !

Stay safe El Vesty

Nap

Might be a "slight" waistline difference ....lol

Been looking at the belt Ithink it looks like a US pistol belt which came in shade variation ...but very happy to be told different !!



Here's what our man wears



Notice on the sleeve a badge ....Mmmmm was this worn at the reference picture time ??

Here's another great picture



Stay tuned

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Nap

Hi everybody

Bit of a verbal update ....aguilette basecoated , belt completed

Following on from this picture in which we see a diamond badge



I consulted Pierre ( Akyaru ) a fountain of knowledge on the Legion who replied thus:

"This diamond shaped badge or lozange is the unit badge, part of the French system to identify both unit and arm of service, in Bigeard's case the 3e RPC later renamed 3e RPIMa.

It is worn only on the left sleeve, because the divisional patch is worn on the right sleeve, in B's case the famous 10e Division parachutiste.

It was not worn as a general rule in the field, some units did others not and Bigeard being somewhat of a law to himself the choice is entirely up to you.

On parades it was of course seen more often.

BTW the system is still in use today, with the patches being held on by velcro, to be taken of on operations."

Interesting ....

So looking at this picture as well in which you can see the division badge being worn



..I have added both badges ...the diamond one is painted with the divisional one just needs the eagle painted ..a job for today !

Pierre also says the centre colour on the division badge is the colour of the beret

Here's the actual badges



And here is another very good Osprey elite book on FFL para's includes lots of badges and great colour plates as well

and the later reprint

More Osprey on the FFL





Big thanks to Pierre for the details

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Nap

Hi Folks

Bit of another verbal update

Painted the diamond ...happy ...did the divisional patch on the right arm .......kept looking at it .....it was too small !!!!.....off it came ...

Now put a larger one on and painted the 3 background colours .....next is that eagle .....AGAIN!!!!!

Also nearly finished the beret colour , keeping it to the red on the patch as advised by Pierre but with shadows and some highs ...will look at it again next

Talking of badges in particular the divisional patch ...Pierre kindly sent a great ref of it being worn ....on a camo jacket ....great option if you want to do a version

In this photo it shows Jacques MASSU, commander of the 10e DP in the Battle of Algeria , where you can clearly see the wearing of the divisional insignia on the camouflage jacket.



and one of the general with Mr B ....camo and no divisional patch !!.....thanks again Pierre



Pics coming soon !

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Nap

Hi everyone

Some Iffyvision pics

Reworked the trefoil on the lanyard at the back

This is where I am atm ......will replace the cord on the additional aguilette ..it's not a twist as I added ...easy enough !!

Beret virtually all done ...badge to complete

Eagle to paint on the right arm badge ...again !

Aguilette to paint up , then fleshwork and sorted



This is now on its way to me ...Rolett ..."Father of the Legion" ...early birthday pressie !




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Nap

Couple more Iffyvision productions

With the untwisted aguilette above medals



I was also sent by a PF member (apologies can't remember his user name but think it was a "Steve" ) this repro badge which when I display will be alongside



Off to paint

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Nap

Hi everyone

Yes it's that time for a Iffyvision presentation

All is now completed less the flesh and hair

One thing I noticed is in boxart he has quite a heavy 5 o'clock shadow ...that's going to need a lot of control from me !!!

Hopefully you will see the additional piece on the aguilette and the badges

As always comments welcone ...good bad or suggestions !!

Thanks for lookng in

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Thank you Chris , I am pleased with the end result ..just need to do the face !!!

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Nap

Hi Geoff

Good to have you looking in .....the medals etc are all finished now as in the pictures .........will get better pics !

"Just" the flesh and hair to do

Rollet arrived today ...loads of excellent details and really well cast

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Nap

Excellent work Nap!

About time to dust off mine!

The one in the photo in your post is Lieutenant-colonel Pierre Jeanpierre, legendary commanding officer of the 1st BEP, later 1st REP, but you knew that of course! Sadly only a very small bust exists of him, not a great likeness , by Warrior. So there still is a lot of work to do for Pavol! If you read French there's a very good biography of Jeanpierre by Raymond Muelle, a former commander of the 1er bataillon parachutiste de choc: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lieutenant-colonel-Jeanpierre-légende-Raymond-Muelle/dp/291596016X



If you need info on Rollet, just shout!

Happy painting,

Pierre

Hi Pierre

Thank you as always for your post , I began looking at Jeanpierre ...another legend ....not seen that warriors bust ...I think

Thanks for the book link as well

As for Rollet , it arrived as I said from Gilles at Atelier ...in a week really sharp casting and ...excellent updates and extremely well packed so a shout out to him

All pctures are welcome of Rollet , by PM if you can or email , think I have the medals sorted as I reviewed it a while ago but as said all info very welcome

Nice to see you here , thanks for the comments , still not 100% happy about uniform so will relook at it and push highs a bit more .....after I have finished face !

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Nap

Hi Daniel

Nice to hear from you and thank you for the comments , your work is as detailed ...in a smaller scale as well

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Nap

Cheers JIMBO ...nearly finished the flesh so it's coming to a end

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Nap