Gas!Gas!Gas!!

Professor Gangrene Fan wrote:

Hawkeye wrote:

Professor Gangrene Fan wrote:

Liking the outside pictures you have done Hawkeye.

Thanks Alex it's great to get things outdoods

I’m very much a true believer in your figures going on missions outside .  

Cheers Alex you get a lot better photo's outside in natural light as well as some great surroundings

Chip wrote:

Hawkeye wrote:

Chip wrote:

Love the custom work on the Horse . is his Gas mask leather ?

Hello Chip yes the mask is made from leather, I used that as a material I like to work with as it can be formed, I make quite a bit of kit using leather including the saddles and bridle

Would you be kind enough to P.M some tips how you work with it ? I get the impression you have to pre make the holes before you sew it ?

No problem Chip I start by making a template of the head by taping felt to the head, then I cover this completely in a skin of tape, I then cut the tape from throat to chinand remove it from the felt I then open out the taped shape and I make cuts in prefered places so the tape template will lay flat, on an intricate piece like this mask I needed to cut the tape template into the pieces, I then transfer the shapes to card, and mark where the pieces will connect, I then mark the leather and cut the three pieces out, the next stage is make holes in the leather where each piece stitches to the next (make sure the holes line up with the holes on its jointing piece) I then sew the pieces together, once sewn together I soak the leather mask and place it on the horses head, I then cover the mask in thin felt or clothe and bind this tightly on using electricians tape so the leather is kept tightly on the horses face, I then put the horse in the airing cupboard near the hot water tank (Not too near as the horse could get damaged, leave it in there for 2 days but after the first day start to remove sone of the electrical tape to allow the drying to occur, after 2 days remove the tape and felt, at this stage the leather hasnt dried fullyso gives you a chance to make sure that everything is lined up correctly, you can then put strips of felt and a couple of pieces of electric tape to hold everything in place until it's fully dried, I then trim anything that needs tidying and then I dye the leather and buff then I then burnish the leather edges to seal and finish the mask edges then cut and make the lense and straps for bridle sorry this is a bit long winded but I've tried to condense a lot of work in this hopefully it's helpful
Thanks for your interest Ian

Blondeactionman wrote:

Excellent stuff, Ian

Thanks Dal it was a nice piece to work on

Much more in depth than I first thought , What do you make the holes with Ian ?

Chip wrote:

Much more in depth than I first thought , What do you make the holes with Ian ?

I use leather hole punches you can buy specific hole sizes in the pink pair or the universal metal revolving punch with a few different sizes, I used the small pink that is approx 1.5mm

Thanks for further info Ian .

Chip wrote:

Thanks for further info Ian .

No problem glad to help

WW1 German Gas Mask with a newly fitted breathing filter ‍️ Oh! and also a new miniature working briefcase

That's a great looking gas mask Ian.

May I ask how you did the cigarette?

More great scratch building .

Very cool, Ian!

TNshooter wrote:

That's a great looking gas mask Ian.

May I ask how you did the cigarette?

Thanks, Daryl the gasmask went well I'm pleased with it This figures head has a hole in the mouth corner to take a cigarette or pipe or cigar the cigarette is easy to make as is the cigar all you need is a small piece of a wooden cocktail stick paint it white or brown then using a lighter set the end alight and blow it out leaving an ember just glowing on the end, wet your fingers then gently put out the ember this then leaves the end of the cigarette looking like it has ash on the end, then on the other end using a sharp knife feather the tip enough for it to fit in the hole in your figures mouth it's pretty straight forward just mind you don't burn your fingers

Chip wrote:

More great scratch building .

Thanks, Chip The hood was sewn leather with eyelets for eyes the gas breather filter is made from 2 metal denim jeans buttons and a cut down 303 rifles bullet case all drilled and held to the mask with a machine thread screw

Blondeactionman wrote:

Very cool, Ian!

Thanks Dal it's worked quite well but still more to come

Hawkeye wrote:

...a cut down 303 rifles bullet case all drilled and held to the mask with a machine thread screw

Wow, is this the first Action Man custom to use actual bullets as a component? Well done, very intimidating.

TheNewGIjOEwithKungFuGrip wrote:

Hawkeye wrote:

...a cut down 303 rifles bullet case all drilled and held to the mask with a machine thread screw

Wow, is this the first Action Man custom to use actual bullets as a component? Well done, very intimidating.

Thanks TheNewGIjOEwithKungFuGrip I try to use all sorts to make my kitbashes, you could say with this one I make every bullet count

I set up a bit of a mock Close Quarters Battle in our front window  

Enjoyed looking at these pictures of the mock Close Quarters Battle.

Professor Gangrene Fan wrote:

Enjoyed looking at these pictures of the mock Close Quarters Battle.

Thanks Alex I've been working on the German today I'll add some pics shortly

My WW1 German Gas Attack is looking much better now with this fully lined real steel helmet thanks to David Leigh Pearson Cheers mate thanks for this it's Brilliant

I very much agree with you Hawkeye on that the fully lined real steel helmet dose look much better on your WW1 German Gas Attack kitbash.

Professor Gangrene Fan wrote:

I very much agree with you Hawkeye on that the fully lined real steel helmet dose look much better on your WW1 German Gas Attack kitbash.

Thanks Alex I'm still adding to this but he's nearly finished

Newly-made German belt webbing and Gas mask canister

The webbing looks great Ian.

Looks spot on, Ian!