This past month I got commissioned to do a figure to be presented to an organization that sponsored some fishing trips for the Soldiers at Fort Sill's Warrior Transition Unit. Since the organization was comprised of primarily Vietnam Veterans, I was asked to make something that had to do with Vietnam and fishing. I was originally going to sculpt a figure fishing from a river bank, but due to the deadline I had to meet I had to go with a production figure so I could meet the deadline of the presentation date. Since I had recently received several figures from Bravo 6 in the mail, I found one that seemed almost perfect for what I wanted to depict. The body of the figure is from the Jerry Cans kit from Bravo 6. The Left arm is from the Dog Handler, the right arm is from the assistant gunner from the Greedy Pig kit. The head is a Hornet head. The figures are from Mantis Miniatures. The fishing pole is fashioned from styrene rod, a turn signal from a M151A1, other pieces of plastic, and brass wire. The figure was painted using acrylics from Reaper and Vallejo.
The groundwork is terra cota Miliput with various dried and paper plants. The water was achieved by painting a part of the wooden base and then applying several layers of gloss coat.
I think it turned out quite well for a quickly done project. It really helped that Bravo 6 figures are so well sculpted and posed.
In a way I kind of did not want to give the figure up because I was pleased with the outcome and thought it would be a nice display piece for some upcoming figure shows, but I guess I can always make another one.
Cheers,
James
