New Head (likeness attempt)

[pokrad]

I think that I can see the wire in few scenes now that You mentioned it...

 

[pokrad]

As I said, bit by bit, small steps

 

[pokrad]

Meanwhile, she wanted out...
He is one of the survived Valkyries, often she picks up morons that stay late behind the screen sculpting till morning, and takes them to land of deep sleep

 

[pokrad]

Now that this is out of my system, back to Caine:

 

[vince wai]

Your works are getting better and better.

 

[pokrad]

Thx Vince !

Wrinkles, stitching, zipper, buttons - most of the stuff not even visible...

I'll add some texture to the face and cap and cal it finished.

 

[pokrad]

Most of the face texturing is visible only in higher contrast and close. That's it, I'm done with this one:

 

[JackG]

That looks impressive. My only constructive comment would be the cap badge - it looks like a cloth badge, but needs some thickness to it since it is made of metal.

 

[pokrad]

The badge is not metal, but embroidered - i just learned new word in English At least I think it is, visible in this pic:

But I forgot that i have currently the wrong version of the badge (see the beginning of this thread), so I have to fix it...

 

[Eludia]

Yup, cap badges are generally metal up to the rank of WO2. WO1 and officers would have a cloth cap badge. But as you can see in the pic, they have a certain "cushioned" appearance.

 

[JackG]

Ah yes embroided or bullion thread - it is a much heavier thread, but even the construction of it has some thickness to it, as opposed to a cloth or felt badge with regular thread.

 

[pokrad]

The right version of the badge (the one with the sword), and "cushion effect":

Thank You Jack and Eludia for being very helpful !
You might notice that concerning insignia, uniforms and other history stuff I am very ignorant.
That is by the choice, I was scale modeller once, and learned from there that one lifetime is not enough to learn all needed history stuff together with learning scale model techniques.
So I decided to be historical ignorant and learn only sculpting

 

[pokrad]

 

[pokrad]

 

[pokrad]

As usual an ignorant seeks help
Picture is worth thousand words:

 

[JackG]

The shoulder strap displays his rank. Easy find, just look up the movie character and it will state his rank
Michael Caine
Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur CO, 3rd Battalion (Infantry), The Irish Guards, The Guards Armoured Division, XXX Corps, British Army[6]

Then search for British Lieutenant colonel shoulder rank.
http://www.britishmilitarybadges.co...pips---rank-of-lieutenant-colonel-pair-1.html

Both the pips and crowns appear to be metal:

 

[pokrad]

Yes, sure, easy when You know what to look for
Thanks man !

 

[JackG]

No problem, if only all details could be that easy.

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The upper arm shoulder title, I can't find an exact WW2 example, and will have to assume it should be two words, and not just IRISH?

 

[Scotty]

The guards have their own rank badges (pips) as well so make sure you look for Irish guards rank badges. Good luck this is looking great.
Scotty.

 

[Scotty]