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Title: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: lasgunpacker on 05 September 2014, 06:14:43 PM

Hello all

I am not much of a WWII guy, and therefore hardly make it over to this section of the site.  I did however get the limited Historicon figure from Warlord to paint as a present for my brother-in-law, who loves Band of Brothers more than you can imagine.  My wife looked around for a display case, and came up trumps with an over-sized mirrored baseball display box which was approximately a four inch cube (do cricket balls get collected in the same manner as baseballs?).

The figure itself is pretty good, although the thumb of the left hand is a bit muddy and blends in a bit with the gun, and there are similar problems with the webbing on the left side.  Most of that will not matter on the table top, but since this cost me $20 USD (with shipping) one wishes that the detail was a bit sharper.

Figure:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RQyfCaWnHOY/VAeLcd34qWI/AAAAAAAACDc/J5tzcxZVBOc/s1600/DW01.JPG)

Display base:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TdqlNKcvrpY/VAeLuoSuOmI/AAAAAAAACDs/tXu2Kpe7yxY/s1600/DW03.JPG)

Box:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2r04TU9VT4/VAeLyoMgTpI/AAAAAAAACD0/NEYssxTQkLE/s1600/DW04.JPG)

Link to my blog post with a few more pictures: here http://lasgunpacker.blogspot.com/2014/09/captain-richard-dick-winters.html?showComment=1409843211875#c9033153753407533147 (http://lasgunpacker.blogspot.com/2014/09/captain-richard-dick-winters.html?showComment=1409843211875#c9033153753407533147)

Previous discussion thread about the figure (and Warlord's pricing/ethics): http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=69060.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=69060.0)

Title: Re: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: Kane on 05 September 2014, 06:16:24 PM

Very impressive!

Title: Re: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: styx on 05 September 2014, 06:23:38 PM

Very nice!

Title: Re: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: Tommy20 on 06 September 2014, 03:38:55 AM

Damn, but that looks like Damien Lewis!  Nice job!

Title: Re: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: General on 06 September 2014, 04:57:51 AM

Looks good.  His face is painted dark here. http://www.badassoftheweek.com/winters2.jpg (http://www.badassoftheweek.com/winters2.jpg)

Title: Re: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: Kane on 06 September 2014, 09:41:38 AM

Quote from: Tommy20 on 06 September 2014, 03:38:55 AM

Damn, but that looks like Damien Lewis!  Nice job!

It really does, doesn't it? Especially the mouth!

Title: Re: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: Juan on 06 September 2014, 01:32:51 PM

Great painting work and scenery!!!

Title: Re: Lt. Dick Winters - Historicon Figure
Post by: lasgunpacker on 08 September 2014, 04:35:45 PM

Thanks all!  Now that I know how to paint Airborne for that period, it would sort of be a shame not to paint more...

And General, I wish I had seen that picture before I painted this figure... clearly shows where they got the pose!