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    New bust - Maj. Talbot Papineau PPCLI c. 1917


    ColinRF

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    Here's the latest 1/6 scale (i.e. GI Joe size) bust in progress. Talbot Papineau of the PPCLI in Oct. 1917. He was KIA at Passchendaele on Oct. 30, 1917, putting an end to an almost certain meteoric political career .

    Colin

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    Wow! Really looks like him! You managed to capture that smug little face perfectly! Well done!

    Thanks Frank. As someone on another modelling site said, it's the 70's porn star moustache :-)

    Colin

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    There are 2 reasons why the ribbon might be off center like that...

    1- The ribbon(s) of the campaign/war medal(s) in which the M.C. was earned aren't worn at this time (for some unexplanable reason) and room is left to affix them after the M.C. ribbon.

    2- Simple sloppiness...

    If the only ribbon. it is to be centered on the breast pocket.

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    Frank & Peter - here is a shot of a group of my pieces entered into competiton at the OMSS show this morning. Not all of them but at least quite a few. Also I removed Papineau's MC ribbon and widened his pockets.

    Colin

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    Thanks to both of you - very kind comments. I will post Papineau when I am done. Other idas I have for WWI personalities include Arthur Currie, and a group of poets (Owne, Sassoon, Tolkien etc.). There will probably be lots of WWI stuff coming up as we approach the centenary.

    Cheers

    Colin

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    I absolutely love the self made ones. It's one thing to paint a bought model really well but quite another to build your own model and then to paint it. The possibilities are just mind blowing.

    What would I build if I could do this? What would you build if you could do this?

    Part of a square at Waterloo? The last standing of the 300 at the Hot Gates? PFC Martin who said "I'm 82nd Airborne and this is as far as the bastards are going"? SS Fallschirmjager 500 defending Berlin?

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    Thanks spasm - yes you are right....there is a real freedom in being able to model and individual, any scale, any period. I prefer to do portraits of actual personages rather than anonymous soldiers. Then I can research their bios.

    Appreciate the kind words.

    Colin

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    Almost done - minor details to complete and a base to add. The "VP" buttons are in progress and not yet complete. Frank thanks for your input....you can see that I re sculpted his pockets and moved his MC.

    Colin

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