Completed Britt - Magnificent Seven, 1:9 Mitches Military Models

[Marcin Morawski]

... that is James Coburn. Rather reticent, but accurate. Except for the situation when he aimed at the horse and hit the rider .
I'll have a little more to do with this. I will have to make the brim of the hat from GS, because the shape is completely different.
I will have to spray it with the primer, because the face also seems a bit too square, too masive by te jaw - though I might be wrong. Painting can do a lot, and screw up a lot.
Shirt very nicely detailed!

Have a best day, friends!

 

[Nap]

Hi Marcin

Look forward to this being worked on

You'll do this fine ...be interested to see how the new hat brim will look

Happy benchtime

Stay safe

Nap

 

[Airkid]

Nice work so far Marcin - that looks like James Coburn to me. He had a rather wide mouth exactly as you have sculpted it . Fine actor. I liked him as Steiner in "Cross of Iron" but his acting catalogue was far wider than action heroes. I think he had a war record? Somebody will know.

Phil

 

[Richard Baxter]

Joined the US Army in 1950 as a truck driver. Missed Korea, spent some time in Germany.

 

[Airkid]

Joined the US Army in 1950 as a truck driver. Missed Korea, spent some time in Germany.

Thanks Richard . You can often tell if an actor playing a military role has "done a bit" - he looks comfortable in the kit

Phil

 

[Marcin Morawski]

Nice work so far Marcin - that looks like James Coburn to me. He had a rather wide mouth exactly as you have sculpted it .

Actually, my work as far was to unbox this bust . Pavol OFFO Ovecka sculpted this, he's very talented man!

According to the photo above, I should fill the gaps on the right cheek and slightly change the shape of lower lip, what do you think, guys?

 

[Airkid]

Ah, my mistake. Offo is a talent for sure. I just finished his Bigeard bust.
I think the hollows in the cheeks are probably OK, but the lower lip may need reducing in width to give that slightly pursed look. The tip of the nose could get reduced a bit. In the photo you posted his nose is rather less hooked that Offo has sculpted it. Point of the chin needs rounding out to make it less angular. If it's any consolation, the Steiner bust (Young Mins??) doing the rounds is nowhere near as accurate as this one IMO. I'll watch developments with interest

Phil

 

[offo]

I wish you good luck with this bust.

 

[Airkid]

Nice one Offo !!

 

[DaddyO]

Not to add to your work, but look closely at his ears and you will see that the sculpt has 'generic' ears that are a different shape

Personally the sculptor has nicely captured the actor IMO. I agree that you can adjust the features slightly to bring it closer to the picture, but it is undeniably James Coburn (That said I'd probably do the same as you and tweak the lower lip so that it blends more into the chin and reduce the depth of the sides of the face and cheekbones. Not too complicated and it will be easier than trying to disguise them with clever painting)
Cheers
Paul

 

[Nap]

Hi Marcin

My thoughts are well done for looking so closely at the features , I would do the lower lip first and round off the chin and then relook at it

Do share the putty work on this

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Marcin Morawski]

Dear friends!
I want to thank you for your help and all suggestions. I really appreciate that! I am currently browsing JC's fb page and looking at his photos, I come to the conclusion that I need to start painting the bust before I start remaking it.

Because, by the way, it would be strange for me: all the busts are practically identical to the originals and suddenly one would be not so good?
As for the hat. Is this rodeo, cattleman or cutter style?

 

[Airkid]

The US Navy photo is very much like Offo's sculpture. Can't help with the hat style, but it is possible it was his own hat, rather than the studio's.

Phil

 

[Marcin Morawski]

Cowboy hats had different cuts, especially the brims could be different and I asked about that, but never mind.
Quickly - tried a bit of hat design.

I slightly chamfered the top to obtain a fairly ovoid shape:

Too narrow, as you can see, it should curl more:

As Bob Ross always said - what the heck, let's go crazy :

Better. I'll keep trying tomorrow, but I think I should go this way?

Here the cardboard is delaminated, but I will use a single layer cardboard for final production and I strength it with CA glue.
Watchathink?

 

[Airkid]

Yup - last two photos look like you've nailed it! Wider at back, narrowing at front is how I remember them from the movies. Nice work so far

Phil

 

[Marcin Morawski]

Thanks, Airkid
Last photos for today:

Cutting here:

Stay safe!

 

[Nap]

Hi Marcin

Well done interesting you've not used rolled out putty

The hat shape certainly has been looks good ...as Phil said " you've nailed it "

I take it the casting line on torso will be removed !

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Marcin Morawski]

Hi!

I take it the casting line on torso will be removed !

Of course! In its time, I'll fill all gaps and remove all mold lines
This is what the finished hat will look like:

The first dose of CA. The cardboard is quite absorbent, afterwards I will sand it with fine sandpaper, on both sides.

M.

 

[Airkid]

That's a much better way to tackle that job, using card instead of trying to roll putty to a uniform thickness and then getting it to stay put while it sets. Good tip Marcin

Phil

 

[Nap]

Hi Marcin

Nice result , as Phil said .... a good tip .......although with all that CA about I would probably stick my hand to the bench ...be interesting to see how many layers of CA you will use

Happy hat work ...it's a nice bit of rework ...I believe Ofgo sculpted it as it was to allow for casting

Nap