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Thanks everyone : this figure seems to have struck a chord here , rather more than my previous ones . I have done conventional sculpted figures as well , in fact I still make small scale figures, but the large size is an altogether different game. The poseability gives you so many options , and...

Dear Moz, In the light of those remarks , I withdraw all criticism !

I hesitate to criticise an excellent figure from a great hand... but are we sure that Mine rifle is long enough ? They were about 55" overall, the same length as the preceding muskets, which came well up towards the average man's shoulder.

That's really nice . Good proportions, nice sense of style.

Vallejo Luftwaffe Blue 816 would be a good start. As has been said these, things are very tricky and somewhat subjective , but that's a pretty good match with an RAF tunic I have here.

There's one illustrated in Turner's " Soldier's Accoutrements etc " which has become the bible on equipment since it was published in 2006. No frame . The flap at the back might also be closed with buttons instead of straps. Sorry you are stuck with the wrong item : would it be huge job to...

I think the goatskin ones had a canvas lining, rectangular and about 18" wide, but that would be invisible : all you would see was the goatskin and the buff straps. There was no stiffening in them beyond that. Goatskins mostly white but sometimes white and brown in patches .Three short buff...

Very, very well done.

A little more blending on the face perhaps ? Couple of accuracy points... The lining of the hood should be the same darker khaki woolen fabric as the collar . And the RTR badge is white metal, not brass , so you might want to change the colour of the big one on the plinth .

This chap was made as much for the challenge as anything , since the uniform is quite elaborate, and took some planning to put together. He represents a Grenadier of the RWF at Dettingen , 1743, and is based on the 1742 Cloathing book and the Morier paintings from a little later. The...

Lovely piece of work. If I might remark : the helmet should be apple green rather than that dark shade, which was used in late WW2, not 1916. And the webbing is perhaps too light .

He's a great subject, but I rather suspect that he's dressed up for the photo, rather than being an enlisted soldier. He's wearing a sort of generic outfit, rather than something regulation, but it's reminiscent of Mounted Infantry for some reason.. Be interested to hear some other opinions. I...

Those are truly excellent.And what a refreshing subject.

If you want long straight fine hair as you explain, your best bet would probably be a doll's house shop r supplier, who sell very fine acrylic hair for wigging 1/12th dolls. It comes in rather vivid colours , but they may be what you want. Leave the cat alone....

I add real hair regularly to 1/6th heads, but they are of course so big that it's not a particularly difficult job. For smaller scales it might be rather harder. The best material is the finer sorts of hair from soft toys, cropped from the toy in tufts and then rammed into small areas of glue on...

Those are brilliant. Best 1/72nd figures I've seen for a long time.

His work making large-scale figures was my direct inspiration to make historical 1/6th figures.

The little leather bag attached to the rear of the sling is a frizzen cover, which slides over the frizzen or striking steel pan cover part of the lock. It stops the flint scratching the frizzen , and prevents accidental sparking.It's not a muzzle cover : I don't think it would reach ! Those...

The change in the lace occurred with the complete change in style of the jacket, with the 1812 changes which took effect in 1813.

Excellent.Nicely judged colours .