I got inspired by a pic I saw online of a cocky little dude striding purposefully down a road later in the war. He is obviously a veteran as he has stuff slung all over but he moves like it is part of him. But nothing extra! I am going to make him represent the 30th Inf Div. in the northern part of the Bulge.
Began with this Dragon fig and a Alpine head with helmet.
Bent him a bit forward at the waist and moved his torso back a tad. Adjusted his head so it remained horizontal but I decided the helmet looked wonky from the side view.
…it went bye bye and was replaced by a Hornet head and Dragon helmet. I also adjusted the torso yet again. Happy now with the over-all pose. I puttied up the gaps to lock it in and added the t-shirt collar and began adding the tops of his boot straps.
You can see the whole pose and the idea you are going for coming to life as the modification goes on.
I always like to see the whole thing like this as I feel you can learn more this way- I know I’ve learned a thing or two over the years looking at builds like this where you can see the work going on.
That is looking great! Looks like there is not much left of the original figure, you sure changed a lot…
Wouldn’t mind to see the picture you based it on.