HAHAHA!!!! ... Does it now!?! .... HAHAHA!!!! Thanks for checking in Tom ...
As you tell from the first picture, the ACH helmet got some special treatment from my dremel. I just didn't like the look of the goggles and the helmet looked a little too bunky. It was shaved and sanded down considerably to look more like an ACH without a cover.
I then started in on the M4 rifle. The original barrel was a little long for my taste and it was bent. So instead of heating and bending it back to shape I cut it and made it a "shorty" barrel. A small wire piece was inserted into the barrel to give it some strength. The flash supressor was drilled out and the ACOG sight was replaced with a scratch-built EOTECH holographic sight. The trigger well was also drilled out, the stock cut and shortened some, and a small piece of wire was added ot make a front sight post.
After playing around with the weapon, I broke out the Millliput and got to work on the figure scratching such things as a pistol belt and detailing the drop leg holster and a drop pouch. These things really helped tie in the torso and the leg pieces. I also used Milliput to fill some seams at the shoulders after correcting the fit and angle of the M4, detail the ACH helmet, and add in some shoulder straps for an assault pack to come later.
The assault pack that I decided to add is a spare and comes from the McFarlane Military Figure line of vinyl figures. The scale is technically a little different, but it really fits. I made a "shorty" radio antenna from brass rod and added a radio cable by making a wire coil and then slipping it into a length of heat-shrink and then lighty heating it up to make the radio cable. Here's a couple of overall shots before the primer was laid down....
The only other thing that I've got so far to post is the completion of the face. The shots are a little close up so the detailing looks a little rough, but I'm pleased with it. I might blend in the scruff a little more, but I don't want to over power/ darken the face too much.
Please let me know if you guys have any comments so far ... I can't get better without them. Thanks for checking things out....
Working on completing the M4 tonight, so more to follow.....