Here is Thunderbird Miniatures’ 1/10 bust of Texas Jack Vermillion as sculpted by Carl Reid. The bust is based on the Texas Jack as portrayed in the movie TOMBSTONE with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. The actor portraying Texas Jack was Peter Sherayko. The bust is painted in Vallejo acrylics and features the Scale 75 acrylic flesh paints. The base is from Birch Tree Enterprises of Freeport LI, NY and the name plate from Dinn Brothers of West Springfield MA
The pose is from a scene where Wyatt Earp has just eliminated on of his adversaries and his posse is lined up. The gun, according to Carl Reid and confirmed by an internet search is a Kennedy-Whitney from the same company that made the cotton gin. The character in the movie is often seen with a pair of beaded gauntlets over his belt as depicted in the sculpt.
Texas Jack was a real person and accompanied Wyatt Earp on his Vengeance Ride to hunt down the assailants of his brothers, Morgan and Virgil. According to sources on the internet, Texas Jack rode with J.E.B. Stuart in the Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. Supposedly, when asked why he was called Texas Jack, he replied, “Because I’m from Virginia.”
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