War Photographer-vietnam War, 1971

[Jason W.]

This bust is modeled after an image of famed Vietnam War photojournalist, Larry Burrows (1926-1971). Burrows captured many popular images of the war, from 1962 till his death. He and three fellow photographers were killed when their helicopter was shot down over Loas, covering Operation Lam Son 719 in February, 1971. The bust is a monster at 1/10 scale, and is offered through LIFE MINIATURES. I was commissioned to paint him black and white. It's painted with acrylics. I used pretty much the same palette that was used in my Airborne figure earlier this year. The construction of eyeglasses was a bit intimidating at first, but really wasn't as hard as one would think. It took a lot of "eye-balling" and checking of proportions, but a fairly quick project. I simply used clear plastic card and carefully carved out the lenses. Built up putty to make the frame and re-sculpted the hair around the ears. I hope I did this beautiful bust justice.

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[FigureLover]

Stunning work, its funny but I wouldnt have thought to do a B&W version of him but I must say that it fits perfectly. Love the glasses and yes you have definately done it justice
Ben

 

[Joe55]

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

Joe

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Fantastic!
Is this the same one I saw on Japan Militaire Forum?

Great work, and in black and white, nice tribute to a photographer who probably worked mainly in those colours!

Cheers