Stormtrooper

feeds@yuku.com (gus2003) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:00:45 GMT

Here's my entry for a competition on another site.

Poilu, French Infantryman, 1916-18

feeds@yuku.com (JohnSedgwick6) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:27:41 GMT

Hey, I thought I'd show the results of my efforts as a scatch built figure. There were typically some color variation and I had some darker blue material (sky blue, royal blue, periwinkle, I don't know). He has a white shirt, GI Joe Civil War, tunic and pants, leggings and black shoes. He has the single breasted greatcoat, 6 buttons, and a helmet I modified from a SOTW US helmet liner. The Adrian seems to be a rather small form fitting helmet, a bit lighter than the competition so...

WW1 U.S. AEF, 371st Infantry regiment, 157th (Red Hand) Division, 1918

feeds@yuku.com (cablecommander) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:53:25 GMT

Corporal Freddie Stowers

1896-9/28/1918

Medal of Honor

Questions regarding French Tunic and Greatcoat

feeds@yuku.com (JohnSedgwick6) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:48:21 GMT

Hey, I was going to try and reproduce some garments and I was wondering about the 1915 Tunic. I found few pictures and haven't seen the Sideshow Poilu without his greatcoat on. Does anyone have more info or pics on this garment.

Here are a group of poilus wearing the tunic, and this includes the only view I have of the back. They are wearing only belt gear with ammo...

AFC Pilots Uniform

feeds@yuku.com (grover) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:38:34 GMT

Hi I'm new here .
Can some one suggest what Uniform pieces I need to do a WW1 Australian Flying Corp Pilot. (Captain Elwyn Roy "Bo" King )

I was thinking about using DID John Colman's Uniform re-dyed....

Australian Light Horse - finished

feeds@yuku.com (NikToo) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:44:07 GMT

I bought this figure a few years ago as Sideshow was having one of their "look what we found"-sales. Didn't really know what to do with it, so it lay around in the workpile for a while. Then I got a couple of Soldier Story S2 bodies and I just started trying out different outfits on them, and this one really worked on the S2. Dug around in my Tony Barton heads-pile and found a head which really looked the part as well, so I finally had some impetus to do the figure.

I...

Australian Light Horse hat colour

feeds@yuku.com (NikToo) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:28:48 GMT

I'm redoing my Sideshow Australian Light Horseman, and I'm thinking the hat could probably do with a repaint to a more khaki-like green. Would that be correct? Also, what colour would the pugaree be?

Henry Allingham RIP

feeds@yuku.com (Better ole) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:11:34 GMT

Henry Allingham, the worlds oldest man died today July18th in his sleep.
Henry was one of the founder members of the RAF, having been in the Royal Navy Air arm before the merger in April 1918.
He took part in the Great War's only major sea battle at Jutland and was then posted to Belgium, where he maintained fighters and took part in recovering shotdown and crashed aircraft.

" Per Ardua ad Astra"
Sleep well and God Bless Henry.

There are now 2...

Early war French gaiters

feeds@yuku.com (nooker21) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:25:03 GMT

Does anyone have any good reference photos of August 1914 French gaiters that would have been worn with the red trousers? All my pictures are very small and don't help with customising too well. I've been using the Sideshow French Legionnaire boots but they have a different type of gaiter and I'd like to try and make them more accurate...

Thanks,

Michael

Sopwith Camel

feeds@yuku.com (mkboyd) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:02:40 GMT

Here's a few shots of the Sopwith Camel.
http://news.webshots.com/photo/2218690220063866125pDdZSR

I'd love to be able to take it outside, but it's in my basement, and this thing is pretty big to carry up the stairs.

Action Man WW1 Tommy WIP part 1

feeds@yuku.com (nickengland) — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:45:18 GMT

Since I was a kid, I wanted a WW1 Tommy Action Man, but as we all know, they don't exist!

When I started re-collecting them again last year, I thought why not try and kitbash one?

So, with the invaluable help of Tony Barton, the project is now well underway.

Firstly, I bought a vintage fuzzy head Action Man in need of repair.

I bought...

Tommy dress cap

feeds@yuku.com (nickengland) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:00:20 GMT

Hi there,

I'm looking to make a Tommy dress cap for the Action Man Tommy kitbash I'm working on.

Does anyone know of any tuitorials here (I can't seem to find one), or would be able to advise me what material to get hold of, and how to put it all together?

Many thanks,

Nick

Aces of the Western Front Videos

feeds@yuku.com (Dubar1) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:01:54 GMT

Video segments of the movie:

ACES

WWI AERO FORUMS

feeds@yuku.com (Dubar1) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:26:27 GMT

Here's a couple of forums I have found, one a few years ago and another today:

WWI AEROPLANES

THE AERODROME FORUM

I found the WWI Aeroplanes forum today. There's a load of folks around the world building WWI planes!!! Look in the FTS Projects section, one guy...

FUTURE WWI FIGURES???

feeds@yuku.com (Dubar1) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:44:14 GMT

Anybody heard if there's anything else coming out on WWI?

The only figures I have are Richthofen and Rickenbacker and wouldn't mind a few more flyboys.

Anybody know what kind of uniform the aircraft maintenance crews on both sides wore?

Tommy , 1918 .

feeds@yuku.com (Tony Barton) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:27:22 GMT

10th Battalion South Wales Borderers 1918.

This figure is directly inspired by one of Mike Chappell's plates in his Osprey book on British Battle Insignia in the '14-'18 war. I had just made a leather jerkin , and needed a figure to put it on : this is the result.
Having got that far , I got a little carried away , and added a few extras.

WWI 1/6 Database (Updated 12/12/09!!!)

feeds@yuku.com (siquisiri) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:58:40 GMT

Companeros,
Being a WWI 1/6 collector, I decided to put together a 1/6 WWI Database. Please post any info I missed I will update the list ASAP:
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21ST CENTURY TOYS

M-1917 Browning 30 Cal Machine Gun

MG08/15 in 1/6th

feeds@yuku.com (Shutze) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:31:52 GMT

I posted this over on the Barracks in a discussion on 3D printing, and since I haven't posted anything new here in quite awhile, I thought I would post it over here too.

This is a photo of a WWI 08/15 I created in 3d and had "printed" to 1/6th scale ) about 8.75" long:

This is a rendering of the 3D Model:

Sgt York (1918)

feeds@yuku.com (siquisiri) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:58:04 GMT

Companeros,
With lack of WWI figs from SST, I decided to use the "Legacy of Valor" Sgt York as an experiment. The figure is priced at $25.99, and its not a bad. Although made for kids in mind as a base figure to modify, its a great starter.

MODIFICATIONS
- The uniform looks too bright, so I darkend the uniform by giving it a black wash and painted to give it a "used look"
- got rid of the elastic straps and used leather
- The helmet was...

WW1 Aerial Warfare in Color

feeds@yuku.com (AV8TORJoe) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:17:09 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/wa...oJsaI&feature=related

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