US Sniper France 1944-45

Thanks, guys.

Everything you see came in the box. Well, almost. The barrel at the end of the rifle broke off removing the pour plug and I had to go to Tamiya's WWII weapons set to steal the barrel end from that sniper rifle.

How long did it take?...Hard to tell, I was working on several other projects at the same time. In all, maybe 12-16 hours of actual work.

He's cool A.J. real cool.  I can see him scanning for his target, and  maybe he's thinking that Warriors coulda included a spotter for him.     The model is good as is, and  the marksman looks fairly dangerous. I like those Warriors figures alot.

Very nice AJ .... I like this one a lot.

If I may .... the only thing I've got for this one would be to clean up the seam on the right shoulder a bit. Maybe a little putty or gap-filling CA would do the trick, prior to painting of course. Or .... you could go back over it now w/ CA glue .... Add a small drop w/ a pin near the armpit (while holding the fig upside down) and let it flow into the gap. Then, just shoot it again w/ a flat coat.

Other than that ... looks like one I might be putting on my "to-do" list for later.

Thanks for posting it!

Thanks for the comments, Scott. Good eyes.

I will definitely take another look at that shoulder. The parts match along a seam line. The arm fits in a recession in the torso and this may be an effect of the lighting.

Real nice, Al. I like the job you do with the Native Americans and other 19th century figures, and I always wanted to see your take on some WWII figs.

If you had a second, the only thing I might suggest is dusting up his boots a bit more, for realism sake... but that's just me.

Steve

Good call on the boots. I'll have to shave some pastels for them.

As to WWII subects, my current project is a slightly larger than my usual scale WWII guy whose sculpting I fell in love with. Almost bought him last spring, but wasn't pleased about a certain sub assembly, then found him on sale for half the real price, not the one third price the major catalog/on-line seller claimed. It was still a good deal. keep watching for him.