The piece is inspired by "Saving private Ryan".

What I want is:

Paratrooper from 101 airborne with more or less complete gear
Wall should be typical stone wall from northern France - maybe with some rubble and partially demolished.
It should be a full figure and it should look dynamic (not a static bust )

So, nothing that I did before, i want to get out the comfort zone

Here is the first sketch:



Rifle is here just for illustration, it should be replaced by Thompson.

That is an ambitious challenge. What scale are you working to?

Well, details should be enough for at least 1/16 scale...

It’s a great start looking very good indeed. Love the subject PM sent.

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

Not much, but more than nothing

Looking good so far, keep it up.

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

Love your work

Hi just to let you all know TFB Miniatures will be producing the 101st Airborne figure in the near future. It’s planned to be in 120mm other scales may be announced at a later date.so now enjoy watching it come together .

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

Satisfied with the boot shape, started adding details:



Also played a bit with the stone wall:

Looking good so far .

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

Boots done:




M1A1 next...

They look great, it’s coming along very well indeed keep it up.

Steve

TFB Miniatures Team

Forgive my ignorance but are you sculpting the boots to add on at a later point? I haven't a clue about digital sculpting but it looks really interesting.
Scotty.

Yap, I'll put the boots on the paratrooper

A question about the left foot, does the boot allow that twist?
An interesting pose

My workflow with the gear is to model base mesh (which is exactly what above images show). Then i "pose" the boot, which will deform the boot and mess it up a bit, but I will fix it and add some "folds".
The biggest problem on the boot are shoelaces and holes for them. That's why they are totally separate, when I "pose" the boot, i will have to adjust them... but it is much less work than sculpt each boot separately.

Here how it works: some posing, few wrinkles and adjusting the shoelaces, about 45 minutes of work, it is essentially the same boot

And my paratrooper has a new shoes

Some more texturing on the wall