Here's my latest, and none too soon for the show next weekend. It's a Kentucky coal miner from the depression era.

Looks great as always John!! Good luck at the show!

Looks really nice!

What scale and what are the keys, photo etch?

John, great work as usual, keep them coming.

Cheers
Roc

Thanks gang.

Glenn, the board has chits on it. The miners used these to tell who was and was not still in the mine. I made them by punching discs out of copper with the blunt end of a small drill bit. Then I punched a small hole using a needle tool. It's 1/35th scale. I used a Hornet head and hands from Historex.

Very fine finish to a great idea and well-sculpted figure! I don't want to hijack your thread but I'd like to share some other Depression era images that just fascinate me. These are from the Library of Congress collection of photos. What a wealth of subjects!!!

All the best,
Dan

Excellent work John. I look forward to seeing this this comming weekend at Tulsa.

Hi John compliments Beautiful Work .......

Nice piece with atmosphere over it.

Cheers

John,
I always find the unusual figures, from unusual objects most attraktiv. This one is no exception... Extremely well sculpted and painted. The setting makes it definetely off.
Great work.

marc

very nice work my friend!!!!!!!!!

excellent!!!!!!!!!

really great work my friend. Bravo

hi john. love it. tell me is thier a reason for the 'N' in no being the wrong way around. great work. dave.

Great work John,interesting subject!
CHRISTOS

John, That's excellent. I really like looking at these subjects done outside of the norm, i.e. Military. Like Marijn, I think you're going to inspire miniaturists to explore these other possibilities.~Gary

very interesting kind of study
Beautiful work my friend

ciao da Stefano

Nicely done John . I like these non miltary themes .
I'm under the impression that these anternative scenery's are gaining popularity .

excellent figurine and congratulations with your original idea !!

Nice work, John! My wife's grandfather was a coal miner, and I've always intended to do a figure like that. Well done.

Looks great!

This figure is awsome and I'll take as an examplar for my miner (you might have seen him here in the forum).

Lennart