WWII Pacific Marine

[REMOVED]

Tell me about it! I paint in Braille I think...at any rate,,stick with it...your work is appreciated...by me anyway

 

[Matt McGrath]

As for older Marines serving, as a Marine Lieutenant in the early 80's, I served with several Korean War veterans. Senior Marine NCO's in WW II were the Privates and Corporals of WW I and the Banana Wars. Some were possibly still Privates or Pfc's with multiple Good Conduct Medals, who were "career Privates.

The sculpting is excellent, regardless of the origin of the photo.

 

[pokrad]

Pushing this one towards end too

Here is current turntable:
https://i.imgur.com/4QTAajS.mp4

Some work on fists still needed, they are looking unnatural...

 

[Steve headley]

Very nice indeed you are doing a great job on this well done looking forward to seeing the finished version.

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

 

[Nap]

Hi Pokrad

This is coming along well , think the ammunition belt/pouches look too uniform

Look forward to seeing more

Happy sculpting

Nap

 

[Warren SMITH]

Amazing work.. very interesting blog..

 

[PropBlast]

I think the helmet cover needs some deeper creases/folds like in the original picture. To me it looks too tight.

 

[Steve headley]

Hi I have to agree with PropBlast the helmet cover is looking a bit tight but apart from that it’s definitely a nice piece of work.

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

 

[pokrad]

Still working on folds, not satisfied with the folds on the rolled sleeves too...

 

[Steve headley]

Hi all just like to say that TFB Miniatures will be releasing this beautiful Bust from Pokrad in the near future. We are delighted to have this in our range. We will keep you posted on when it will be available and Pokrad will also keep you posted on this as he finishes the fine tuning.

Thanks for looking

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

 

[pokrad]

Worked on helmet, pouches, hands (and they are still not there) and separated the sleeves. At this point sleeves will be redone as they not feel right:

 

[Nap]

Hi Pokrad

Your definitely getting there

Perhaps the pouches are too uniform in shaping ....presume he's in a combat area ?

Look forward to more

Nap

 

[Steve headley]

It’s coming along very well indeed keep up the good work .

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

 

[pokrad]

Hi Pokrad

Your definitely getting there

Perhaps the pouches are too uniform in shaping ....presume he's in a combat area ?

Look forward to more

Nap

I do not think that full pouches could deform more. They are pretty stiff and uniform even when empty:

 

[pokrad]

But I did soften the sharp corner of the "lid" of the pouches, guess it gives it more "beaten" look:

 

[Steve headley]

Love how it’s going looking good.

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

 

[JackG]

Need to find photos of how the pouches behave when they are filled with ammo clips.

Something about the construction of each individual pocket . . . if am seeing correctly they do spread open like an accordion but the bottom or base is sewn flat across. Maybe need to introduce the stitching here ?

 

[JackG]

Screen grab from reenactor

 

[JasonB]

Couple of observation that may or may not be useful. First, I think the jacket (blouse in Marine lingo) is too tight. It fits a bit looser than that.As it is, it looks a bit like a fitted shirt and not a combat jacket over a T-shirt. Check the shape of the dog tags. Marine dog tags were more round than the army tags. These look a bit in between. And lastly, the ammo belt hung over the shoulder seems a bit of an odd choice to me. He would have remove his entire belt, unhooking it from the suspenders. Since it appears the suspenders are attached to something, he must be wearing his belt. Which begs to question, how are the ammo pouches hanging on his shoulder? Perhaps an ammo bandoleer (frequently carried) would be more appropriate. Also, in combat, Marine would rarely roll their sleeves up that far or that tightly. When I was in the Marine Corps, we would roll our sleeves neatly and tightly, but that was the 1980's and peacetime.

 

[pokrad]

Thanks Jack, I will add the stitches, they were not visible on my reference photos... probably because they were the same color as pouches...