Johnny Reb

It's been a long time since I did a Civil War figure so I thought a Confederate Infantryman would be interesting especially with the challenge of making all that great equipment he'd be carrying. He'll be a fairly large figure, probabl in the 16-18" range depending on how he holds his rifle.
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The only thing different so far is the method of attaching the bill of his Kipi. I made it out of Tupelo as when wet you can literally tie that stuff in knots. I carved a deep groove just under the hat band and using a profile gauge I whittled the thin piece to where it fit snugly into place. I then used epoxy to anchor it and held it in place with toothpicks as you can see in the gallery photo. Once the glue sets up you can easily pull those out before it completely sets hard.
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Lastly, I burnt on some details and ran it through the flap-sander to soften the edges and clean up the carving. I used two decorative nails for the hatband studs.
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This should be a real impressive figure as I've been going through a lot of research material to make sure I get all the equipment he'd be fitted out with. I'm thinking a bedroll across his chest would be a really neat detail I haven't tried before.
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Hope you like him. Lots of photos and lots more to come. Comments welcome.