"Old Guard dies but does not surrender"

[bilsonius]

I can't help wondering, if there were another serious crisis at the International Monetary Fund, might newspaper headlines read "Christine Lagarde meurt, et ne se rend pas..."?

[Cryns]

Dear Alfredo,

My compliments for this very nice diorama.
Great painting, realistic dirt on the cloths, good composition and lovely to see how you recreate that painting. I think at Waterloo, even at this late time of the day, the Old Guard was still wearing their greatcoats and dark blue field trousers during the battle but the real specialists should correct me if I am wrong. And anyhow, you are creating that painting and you did that very well

Mr. Dodson and Mr. Mischak are such specialists and they definitely have a point concerning the flag:

I would suggest the flag would not be left lying on the ground as it would be either defended to the death or hastily removed to the rear as a trophy.

the eagle/flag is not for 1815

Alfredo, I think you are misunderstanding the point of Thomas Mischak here:

You are quite right, Too bad I did not have a flag of 20 or 25mm! It would have been nicer and credible put the flag with the French, behind the wounded. And a gold Eagle.

He does not mean the size is wrong or the eagle is missing: he is talking about your 1804-1812 flag pattern with blue and red corners. By the time of Waterloo French flags had the 'trois couleurs' pattern with three colored fields like the modern French flag has it still today.

Pity that some pictures are a bit darker.

Especially in the first few pictures the light is problematic.
My advice: USE A DARKER BACKGROUND so your models will catch the light in stead of the white sheet behind them. Just do a second photoshoot and post the pics again. Your work deserves that!

[Lacc]

Mr. Cryns:
thank you very much the advice about my pictures.
I am going to do it when I'll have some time.
About the flag, you're right. I thought the mistake was the size.
My english is very poor, sorry.
Regards
Alfredo

[Bramble15]

wonderful realization of your initial concept. I am always impressed when member post dios like this. It is very impressive to me to see skill, attention to detail and creativity like this on display. Thanks for sharing.