"Unfortunate Son" Vietnam 1967

[JamesOLeary]

This is a figure I originally sculpted back in 2002 or 2003 that had taken an unfortunate accident in 2013 or 2014 when it got damaged when it got blown off the back of my car while I was gathering my stuff to go inside at the Texas Figure Show. I fixed what I could, used a different head that I had sculpted, and changed the right hand as that had been damaged. The boots had broken off and I restored them. I then sent the figure in to be cast by Custom Dioramics in their Yanks figure line and I recently painted it for the box art prior to this year's Tulsa Figure Show.

The figure is wearing the second pattern jungle fatigues and has a casualty tag tied to the epaulet on his left shoulder. The bamboo is a 3d printed product from Black Ops Models out of Australia. 




Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Rhino]

James certainly has his jungle on recently!

 

[JamesOLeary]

James certainly has his jungle on recently!

The last few figures I did before the Tulsa Figure Show were pretty heavily vegetated. After I saw how they had turned out I ended up ordering more of the 3d printed bamboo and more preserved plants from Diorampresepe so I have a larger stash of vegetation for future projects.

 

[Steve Ski]

Brother, you've been busy, excellent work!