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I think it looks great! I really like the pose. Look forward to when it's finished! Where do you find the company that makes that line of figures and what do they run in the way of price? Best Wishes Steve

Happy Belated Birthday! :o Best Wishes Steve :lol:

Yes Edson! Happy Birthday!!!!!! Geez wish I was 24 again....*sniffle* Steve

It took me 16 years to get my own spot in the house where I could at least enjoy my hobby, rather than being hunched over the kitchen table or on a TV tray. The stash Now, I just need the time to build and paint. Steve :)

I agree with you 100%! Great suggestion! Sobel? Really? I have a few in mind, but I would need to think on them before I presented my wish list. Best Wishes Steve

Hey Robin, I see your point, I guess I should have rephrased that and said "how much of an inspiration does it give you to choose a particular subject, as an example, re-discovering the history of the unit one may have been assigned to." Like American units can trace their lineage to the...

That was pretty good!

Hi Folks! Wow, what a response and a fantastic cross section of "reasons". I noted that there was a common theme of "interest in ancestry". I was surprised that there wasn't any mention (including by me) of being influenced by past military service. ( although there was one regarding his...

I love it! I've no idea why I have this fascination of why we do what we do, I guess it's those underlying stories. I think it's why I gravitated to history. That's great Guy! You know, in some way I think we all have a little nomadic blood. :) One last thing, and this may sound a bit...

I promise this is the last "Curious George-ish" question, but I was asked what were the periods I liked and I answered that I liked the Victorian-British Army for a couple of reasons see post: http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3177 So, now I would like to pose the same...

Actually, my interest sort of spans the spectrum. I do however, have a penchant for the Victorian-British Army. I've no idea why, but I do. I think it may have been fueled by the movies "Zulu" and "Zulu Dawn" and then later reading Lawrence James' "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire"...

First, I wish to say thanks to all of you again for the encouragement I received regarding my first and second figure attempts. Many of you suggested that I try a larger figure and I thought I would show you why I decided to go back to a smaller figure to hone my painting skills. This is the...

Remembering what we smelled like after 30-40 days in the boonies, no showers and just a spit bath--they would need to issue gas masks at the shows. :o We made skunks do a 180. Steve

I can't really comment on the use of colors at this point given my newbie status, but I can comment on what soldiers look like in the field for an extended period from personal experience. Despite all of the hygiene lectures, extreme weather lectures, personal protection lectures and the list...

Brian, If I can be a bit forward, I was wondering how that figure did in the competition? I noted that there were a lot of military figures in the background and I share Janne Nilsson's comments about it being a non-military subject. It seems that the military subjects get most of the votes at...

That is awesome indeed. Again, the talent here is fantastic. I love the subject matter of this one. A very historical event and one that I would suspect the mainstream companies to ignore. Just really really great! Thank you for sharing that. Steve

Hi Anders, I live in central Kansas outside of Hays I grew up in far western Kansas (the Kansas Outback near the Colorado line). I went back to school, earned an MA in military history and I run a small library in another small community outside of Hays. My Wife teaches at the univesity in...

Hi Anders, No this one is in oils and enamels again. I just like that really smooth finishand ease of blending you can get (if I do it right) with the oils. Thanks for encoragement! Steve

Hi Folks, When I browse through this board I find myself in complete awe at the level of talent that drips from memebers of this site and I've been dying to ask, how many of you do this for a living? To be honest, I find myself really worried about posting here at times out of fear of what I...

Hi Jim, Yeah, I would like to grab a real figure, but I think I'd like to practice a little more on the smaller ones. I've read that you should begin with the smaller ones to hone your skills for the larger ones and being the way I am ( a bit picky ) I would want my first real figure to look...