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Dan Morton

Dan Morton

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I'm working on two figures - this one will be for The Old Contemptibles.

- Horizon Bleu great coat
- Goatskin jerkin with fur showing around edges
- Tarte with bugle insignia
- Dark blue culotte type half trousers
- Dark blue putties
- Brown boots and ammunition containers
- Mannlicher – Berthier Mle. 1916 rifle
- Two "hairbrush" type early war grenades
- full field pack, water bottle, haversack, small mountain pick in black leather carrier
- Large circular loaf of bread
- Captured German pipe - with porcelain bowl and long, ornate wood stem

Lots and lots left to do. You'll notice that I've had to rip the putties off one lower leg. That's because the ankle has snapped-off and I have to repair it.

Roger Newsome will be painting the box art for this figure.

Hope you like it!

All the best,
Dan
 

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Matthew, Vergilius, Tony, Roger and Marc - Many thanks! Marc - I've just had to re-do and strengthen one of the legs because it broke above the ankle. That's why one of the legs has no putties. Both legs are a bit skinny on purpose for a bit of artistic effect.

I neglected to post my reference photo. The soldier is a Chasseur of the 297th Infantry Regiment ca. 1915.

All the best,
Dan
 

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John and Andy - Many thanks! Andy - yes that enormous walrus 'stache in the photo and the goatskin jerkin is what got me! The rifle is one that nobody has done in a 1/16th scale kit - a Mannlicher-Berthier converted to a 5-shot clip. Did you notice the two "hairbrush" grenades? Early in the war, the Entente didn't have enough grenades and the French and British made them in the trenches from two sticks of gelignite or dynamite, a piece of wood and a fuse. Sometimes they went off where they were supposed to.

Fun to do a Poilu!

All the best,
Dan
 
Interesting subject Dan I particularly like the sheepskin jerkin
I visited the musee "memorial du ligne" in the voges mountains a couple of years ago where the chasseurs alpin fought a major engagement in 1915. The opposing trenches can still be seen literally yards apart and on top of a mountain, the conditions must have been appauling
 

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