Here are the shots of the finished character; GR21.
When I say finished, I mean I give up. The wrist unit isn't right, the baton doesn't extend, and the knife is wrong, but I spent way too many hours on this. It looks great on the shelf. For those curious... It's a baby face Sam, wearing SOTW cammies. Took three tries to get the vest close (number of eyelets in back is wrong). Shoulder pads are foam and masking tap and wire. They also are the third attempt at pads. Webgear is a combination of stained shoelaces, nylon velcro with the velcro shaved off and thin pleather. The gaters are from Dragon, as is the push knife. The headset was custom made (from various dragon sites, paper clip and styrene), as is the bulky 80s laser site on the MP5K. Gloves and shirt are from a SOTW WWI machine gunner sweater. Grenades are SOTW, last wave, with removable pins. Patches are printed on Fabric self-adhesive paper and seem to be staying on without extra glue. I couldn't begin to count how many hours I spent on this one, because I kept nitpicking at stuff I had wrong. I'd still be obsessing, but I've moved on to some other customs that I am fighting accuracy and doability on. |
Really nice work old friend! Boy, I bet that armor of his was a pain. It's good to see a baby face Sam back in some customizing action here. A very cool project all the way around. Special thanks for sending it in and sharing it with us. - GL |