Hello All,
This bust is not far off from completion.Chinstrap needs to be done and the optic adapter is still being worked on the helmet.comments welcome.
Andy

WOW, where did this one come from, yet another fine looking modern piece to add to my wish list, just started the Modern british fig, will have to put this one in the production line. Top stuff mate, keep em coming.

Cheers Andrew

I dig it Andy - love the hand jesture

Hook'em horns

It is a great piece and I love the hand gesture, but I would suggest changing the older type handguards with the more up-to-date RIS system.

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Mario

Andy. excellent sculpting and the detailwork is amazing.

I also believe according to one of our U.K News channels who said yesterday that the hand gesture in Italy means... your wife is having an affair.... If any of our Italian members can verify this I would love to know if it's true.

Cheers Ken

Thanks for the comments guys.Does the gesture not mean some kind of "Rock on" theme in Modern America?Doesnt the palm have to be facing out for the Italian gesture?Comments please.
Andy

Would like to do this one i have a son that is a MARINE.

Andy, explanation of hand gesture "Corna" Consisting of a clenched fist with the second and fifth fingers straightened out, the corna (‘horns’) hand gesture has most recently been adopted by fans of rock and heavy metal music, first used by Black Sabbath vocalist Ronnie James Dio. The gesture carries only a vague meaning, implying the presence of Satan, malevolence and loud guitar music, and is used in much the same way as headbanging. The gesture was actually popularised as a Satanic salute during the 1960s, appearing in many editions of the Satanic Bible. Nowadays many Americans use the gesture simply to mean “rock on”, or in support of the University of Texas in Austin (known as the “Hook ‘em Horns”).
Occasionally used by baseball players to indicate “two outs”, the corna is actually a positive hand gesture in Buddhism and Hinduism, known as the Karana Mudra in such circles, and is used to dispel evil – an interestingly opposite meaning to its contemporary significance.
Historically, however, the symbol basically means “cuckold” (or rather, “your wife is cheating on you”), and its origins are Mediterranean, possibly dating back to Ancient Greece. The corna is still popular in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Colombia, Brazil, Albania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and seems to be used most often to disagree with football referees - perhaps their wives are taking advantage of their husband’s occupation to score with hunky football players - though only when the referee make an incorrect decision, of course…

Great explanation Les and if any further proof is needed here's the original news item I saw it on http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/29/gps.last.look.3.27.cnn?iref=allsearch
Andy you're right though about the sign being palm outwards.

Cheers Ken

With his thumb stuck out like that he's also very close to signing "I Love You" in ASL.

Hello All,
The chinstrap has been added and the buckle for the rifle strap.A couple of details to add to the carbine yet.comments welcome.
Andy

Stellar job Andy

Top job Andy, great looking bust mate.

Steve