sprueguy

I'll make the next one a SBS.

With US troops deployed to the boarder with Mexico, I thought I'd post this work I started in 2016, to show how little History changes. The figure represents A US soldier (National Guardsman) on duty on the US/Mexico boarder. This 1/24th scale figure is of a US Inf. soldier just prior to the US intervention into Mexico. The figure is made from sprue and this coat of paint is used to detect flaws in the figure. A little more sanding/filling and it should be ready to paint. Any advice or thoughts would be welcomed.

Thanks for the kind words

These are a few update pictures of a Cont. Marine firring from the fighting top. This coat of paint is used to find flaws in the sculpting and is not ment tobe a primer coat.

That is some real great paint work...really creepy...love it!

Thanks Gil: yes sir both figures are made from sprue. The basics are: take a small portion of sprue on the end of a wood burner and build up the plastic. For repetitive piece guns, canteen, ect, I'll make a master out of sprue, then make silicone mold and heat plastic with a toaster oven,then push the soften plastic to fill the mold, (Kind of a poor man's injection molding). The WW2 figure was added to show they do look better.

Here are a few WIP of a Marine I'm working on. The figure is 1/16th and made entirely out of sprue. I wish my photography skills where better. They look better finished

Sorry I'm so late with a reply. Really need to write down my passwords! I'm in Amarillo Tx.

Great video enjoyed it vary much.

Nice build. I like the early Shermans' myself, so what part of Texas you in?

Nice bulid looks great.....

Looking real sharp!

Turned out very, very nice...

Great work..

Great build so far

Outstanding work!

Great works!

Great painting, the subjects not my thing, but I do like the way you did them up.

nice one, a real classic piece, and you did a great job on it.

WOW! I thought it was 1/35th

Good stuff!

Well I feel like a real slacker, I only finished one figure this year

This is really a very good !st dio, keep it up

Great work

Real nice work, great weathering