My latest addition to Bill Mauldin's Army 3-D

Great work! Love to see those cartoons come to life. Your paint work and scratch building are outstanding. as a whole it is very convincing, love the faces. I will say that my eye was emediatly drawn to the torn pants. Having them almost exactly in the same place may be a little redundant if it was not intentional. A very nit picky observation I know, nothing to worry over for sure. Looking forward to more of your work!

Having them almost exactly in the same place may be a little redundant if it was not intentional.

Torn pants are a Mauldin signature..

Another outstanding work, mein Fruend... Especially with a Mauldin piece that I've never seen before (at least I don't recall seeing it)... I best get hot with m' Mauldins...

OUTSTANDING!!! Love the scratchbuilding, and your figure mods are stunning.

Are you, or have you, entering this coolection at a show somewhere? Its a lot of fun looking at these, senojrn.

Steve

Thanks for the compliments, gents!

As I interpreted this cartoon--and part of the reason why I titled this "Unlikely Hero"--it was of a boy who is looking up to this G.I. and, from the look on his face and his posture, is trying to mimick him and almost seems to be proud of the fact that he's sitting next to the soldier.  The similarities (posture, ripped pants leg in same general spot, both are wounded in some way), I think are what drew me into building this one. 

Also, my scan of the cartoon may not be as good as the original, but the dark spot on the boy's pants is supposed to be a tear--which coincides with the tear on Joe's pants leg. 

Steve--yes, I have entered most of my Mauldin series into a couple shows--mostly around the Kansas City and Little Rock, Arkansas areas--those are the two closest shows to me.  I'm hoping to branch out a little farther sometime in the relatively near future, depending on fuel costs. 

Thanks again for looking and for the compliments!!

Mauldin had a way portraying the relationship between kids and the American GI...

One of my personal favorites:

The Prince and the Pauper

 

 

I just thought of another Mauldin cartoon that would make great figure dio, it was the shot of Willie meeting his much younger nephew who was a captain in the AAF.  His nephew clasps him on the shoulders with outstretched arms and exclaims, "Uncle Willie!"  The contrast between the tired scruffy dogface and the clean-cut kid was really driven home.

"Uncle Willie!"

Well done! When you get going on one of these things you really nail 'em! Even the rock wall looks like the individual rocks are in the same location as the cartoon!

When it comes to your groundwork, do you use static grass there too? The hay looks a little large and the greenery looks a little small for the staric grasses I've had experience with...

I'm struggling in that department. It looks so-so after it's all glued down and repainted, but in the mean time I get it all over the place! haha

This is really top notch though

I'd love to see a WIP if you had the time or the motivation, not necesarily a Mauldin, could just be a basic thing on converting figures or sculpting groundwork/scenery etc.

Psstoff,

Thanks for the compliments!  I try very hard to replicate the cartoon as much as possible to make it a 3-D version of the drawing...it is tough and requires a lot of fitting, re-fitting and positioning and adjusting to all aspects of the build. 

Yes, I use static grass.  The grass in the front of the B.A.S. (and the little boy's hair!) is Woodland Scenics static grass--a combination of the dark green and harvest gold colors.  The hay on the floor is actually natural fiber twine (kinda like a hemp rope) that I have had for years (picked it up in my dad's workshop one day after reading in Shepherd Paine's "How to Build Dioramas" book that it makes great long grass & weeds).  It's a natural hay color, so I just took a bunch and snipped it to the length my scientifically calculated eyes () determined to be 1/35th scale hay, then attached it with some brushed on Elmer's white glue. 

About the WIP, I'll see what I can do...no promises right now, but I'll try to get one in! 

Great job all round

Your work definitly pays off!

I'm going to try and get my hands on the Woodland Scenics grass, I'm not sure what brands I used but I wasn't happy with the colors OOB(Out of Bag )

No promises necessary- glad to hear you're considering it!