Union Soldier

[Jason W.]

Hi All,

Taking a break from the dio to work on this fella.

Just a typical Union infantryman in winter camp, relaxing with a pipe, contemplating the upcoming spring campaign.

I wanted to keep him simple but yet w/ a little challenge. This challenge being layered clothing. Studying works by Bill Horan inspired me to go that extra "mile" to create a more natural look, the open collar and jacket front for example.

 

[Jason W.]

The head is a Hornet by the way. He had that perfect sneer for a pipe smoker.

The jacket skirt was made of rolled out MS and attatched in two sections. Then carefully folded and creased.

I used the left over rolled out putty to create the knarled branches for the "corduroy" street.

 

[Kreston]

Nice work, Jason. The layering on the clothes looks really good. The upturned brim on the forage cap adds a nice bit of character. Another nice touch is keeping some of the upper buttons closed on his frock...a style characteristic of the times.

Kreston

 

[y_wong]

Dear Jason,

It looks good. I particularly like the way the left hand moves aside the jacket shirt. A simple yet effective pose.

regards

 

[garyjd]

Jason, That is just awesome. The layered effect of the clothing is great. His trousers are fantastic. Great stuff my friend.~Gary

 

[LCoote]

What a beauty Jason! Fantastic work!

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by Kreston@Mar 30 2005, 10:11 PM
The upturned brim on the forage cap adds a nice bit of character.

Thanks Kreston! Yeah, I love that "look". It's amazing that this style of wearing a forage cap, that was so popular w/ CW soldiers, are never seen on CW miniatures.

 

[Jason W.]

Wong, thanks! The pose had to have something to it, since there's no equipment, etc, etc.

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks Leigh!

Gary, you may recognize the pose of this guy from a Rick Reeves painting entitled "Darkest of All Decembers". He's the Reb w/ a captured Fed frock on the far right of the painting. This is where I drew my inspiration.

Thanks,

Jason

 

[Guy]

I have to agree with everyone else Jason........beautiful work

 

[Anders Heintz]

Amazing how cool a 'simple' figure like this can be! Superb job Jason, I really like the over all feel of the piece, and ofcourse, it is beautifully sculpted like all your stuff.

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi Jason

Please, please, please get this cast commercially, I would love to paint this one, just superb

Dave

 

[megroot]

Jason,

This is incredible sculpting. Further i must echo what has said before.

Thanks for sharing.

Marc

 

[Roy]

Hello Jason...what a beautifully posed figure, sometimes the simple poses are the most difficult to bring into realisation, but you have done a lovely job. You must have put a lot of thought into all the different areas...just the fact that the braces (suspenders) are just visible is such a nice touch.....really well done...

Please, please, please get this cast commercially, I would love to paint this one, just superb

Daves about 6 or 7 miles from me and I can hear his brushes rattling in their box.. :lol:

Lovely work Jason..

Roy.

 

[Roc]

Hey Jason, nicely sculpted,I like it.

Cheers

Roc

 

[bosko b]

An impressive combination of excellent sculpting and a great choice of head.

Regards,

Luka

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks guy's! Appreciate the kind words. It was a fun piece to sculpt and I'm pleased w/ the results.

It was a quick sculpt, with the majority being done in one day. I over came another one of my modeling phobia, and that is using rolled out putty for a hat brim. In fact the whole cap was sculpted in one session! The top part of the cap was cured MS cut into a circle and glued to the top, then the "body" was sculpted and finally the brim.

Thanks again,

Jason

 

[thegoodsgt]

Jason, great to see something new from you. I thought the dio was almost done, so I can appreciate the need to work on something new! You have a real talent for...well, everything! Folds, character, anatomy, etc.

Will you be at MFCA?

 

[garyjd]

Jason, Do you find that sometimes doing another project on a whim can lead you to doing some of your best work? Sometimes I feel that that spending too much time planning a single figure let alone a diorama can sometimes stiffle the creative side of the project. Again great job on the figure.~Gary

 

[jitch0t]

SWEET!