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Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by bchilstrom, Mar 10, 2004.

  1. LCoote New Member

    Country:
    Australia
    That's AWESOME Bill (y) I love seeing your work, you make it look so easy.
  2. yeo_64 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Singapore
    Bill,that's really AWESOME WORK there,my friend (y) (y) ;I really like what you've done so far ! I'm tempted to do a Japanese sniper for my next project,any particular references that you'd recommend me to consult ? Looking forward to more SBS on the remaining 2 Japs.Cheers !
    Kenneth :lol:
  3. Roc Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Looking good.

    Roc. :)
  4. bchilstrom New Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Hi Kenneth,

    I would love to see you sculpt a Japanese Sniper. The later Osprey books on Japanese WWII subjects are a great, and easy to find source for reference. My friend Dave Harper was lucky enough to come by a large 10 volume series of photo books published in Japan in the 1980's. These books are a WEALTH of information on the Japanese forces from the 1930's through WWII and even a little post WWII. Photo packed with photos from the Japanese archives, many of the photos in this series I have never seen anywhere else. They serve as both inspiration and a great source of reference for how things actually appeared in the field.

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  5. yeo_64 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Singapore
    Hi Bill :lol: Thanks for the reply to my post ! Wow,the pictures look awesome ! Any particular ones that show the typical getup of a Japanese sniper ? So far,the Osprey books are the only ones with a nice illustration of a typical sniper.Sure,if you can send me some more photos,I think that I'll be able to pull it off for my next project.Hope to hear from you soon.Cheers !
    Kenneth :)
  6. bchilstrom New Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Hi Kenneth,

    The uniform of a Japanese sniper was identical to the regular infantry issue uniform. The only change would be in that the Arisaka rifle would have a small scope mounted. Japanese snipers would sometimes bind their limbs with a series of turniquets(?), so that they could take wounds and still function.

    Bill
  7. yeo_64 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Singapore
    Thanks,Bill :lol: ,I'm on it now ! I'm thinking of showing the sniper in a cut-away section of a ground-level spider-hole,sighting out his next target.What do you think of the idea ? I hope to show my initial mock-up either this evening or tomorrow.Cheers !
    Kenneth :)
  8. bchilstrom New Member

    Country:
    United-States
    That sound like a very clever way of displaying the figure. Maybe with a bit of foilage placed into his helmet net cover? Or some camo face paint. Dave Harpers father was a Marine in the Pacific during WWII. He said that some Japanese snipers wore a type of grease paint facial comoflauge of green and black. Just an idea.

    Bill
  9. yeo_64 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Singapore
    Thanks,Bill,for the tip on the facial camo ;) I might just do that for my sniper figure.Wish me luck.I'll post some initial sculpt pictures soon.Cheers !
    Kenneth :lol:
  10. bchilstrom New Member

    Country:
    United-States
    You're welcome Ken. I look forward to seeing it in progress!! :)

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