The Art of JOHN ROSENGRANT

[Woods457]

Hey John,

Was this one of your sculpts, if so was it ever officially put into production?

I saw it for sale on ebay once but it was clearly a re-cast so i stayed away from it..

Sort of regret not buying it but i don't do recasts..

 

[John Rosengrant]

Was originally sculpted for Kirin but never went into production a long, long, time ago in 1993 I believe. Not quite sure how a re-caster got hold of it .......

30 years ago. 1/9th scale

 

[Woods457]

Was originally sculpted for Kirin but never went into production a long, long, time ago in 1993 I believe. Not quite sure how a re-caster got hold of it .......

This one was for sale on ebay "France" but later found itself being sold to me via "ebay" UK, once i saw it was a recast i requested my money back from the seller and shipped it back to him.

I thought at some point in time i'll acquire a genuine un-started in the original box example, little did i know....

I have also seen this image floating about the net too..

 

[Martin64]

As far as I know the former owner of Kirin (and Jaguar Models) gave away some preproduction castings of this Fallschirmjäger without a box - at last I got my figure from him. There was a similar figure in the Warrior Models line where John had replaced the head and the arms with a new weapon.
Because I liked the sculpt so much I built up both back then. (The magzine pouches for the FG 42 were scratchbuilt by me and were not part of the kit - the same goes for the camo net)
Cheers, Martin

 

[John Rosengrant]

They look great Martin

 

[John Rosengrant]

One more for Raptor in 1/16 closing out the DAK crew....magic sculpt short boots with socks this time

 

[Steve Ski]

Wow, looks great, John. You guys that can not only sculpt, but paint too, yall got the corner on the market. You can pretty much set the scene for whatever your imagination can conjure up, awesome!

 

[Nap]

Wow, looks great, John. You guys that can not only sculpt, but paint too, yall got the corner on the market. You can pretty much set the scene for whatever your imagination can conjure up, awesome!

Agree there ...excellent sculpt ......surprised it's not got individual eyelashes ...lol

Great to see John thanks for updates

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[John Rosengrant]

Thanks Steve and Nap

 

[MalcC]

Wow. . Can't think of anything else to add.

Malc

 

[John Rosengrant]

thanks Malc

 

[Richie]

Wow, looks great, John. You guys that can not only sculpt, but paint too, yall got the corner on the market. You can pretty much set the scene for whatever your imagination can conjure up, awesome!

No he doesn't....can I hell tempt him into 1877-1879

Hi John,
Great Dak figure I just hope all that effort and detail on the soles does not get lost in the casting process.
cheers
Richie

 

[John Rosengrant]

lol Thanks Richie ...me too on the soles

 

[John Rosengrant]

This is one I just completed in 1/16th scale . This was a unique opportunity (commissioned by my friend Zongwen Huang) to sculpt a really interesting subject-82nd "Cowboy" at Normandy 1944. Hope you guys like them

 

[John Rosengrant]

Big thanks to not only Zongwen but Ron Volstad and Christopher Mrosko

note some things are blu-tacked in place

 

[sd0324]

This is one I just completed in 1/16th scale . This was a unique opportunity (commissioned by my friend Zongwen Huang) to sculpt a really interesting subject-82nd "Cowboy" at Normandy 1944. Hope you guys like themView attachment 471424

That's so f*cking cool! What a unique and interesting sculpt. I really like that a lot. Thanks for posting that.

Steve

 

[Robert Jan de Wit]

Great looking figure John. Must have been a challenging project. Hope to see it painted in a while. Is it a one off commission?

regards,
RJ

 

[Steve Ski]

Excellent, great subject matter, and certainly very well sculpted, John! I like it!!!

 

[Babelfish]

This is one I just completed in 1/16th scale . This was a unique opportunity (commissioned by my friend Zongwen Huang) to sculpt a really interesting subject-82nd "Cowboy" at Normandy 1944. Hope you guys like them

Is this based on a period photo or is it an idea from the guy who commissioned it?

Either way it's a lovely original piece and I hope we get to see it painted up. Thanks for the share!

- Steve

 

[Martin64]

Mario Patruno, 23, F Co 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division on horseback rue du Cap de Lainé in Sainte-Mère-Eglise--who commented on his success in "liberating" a horse at the Osttruppen, east of the Merderet, not far from the 505th PIR DZ.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/photos-sainte-mère-église-during-battle-normandy-john-fenzel

Obviously he was not alone in capturing a ride...