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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

FFL WWII


Bir Hakeim was a battle in North Africa in 1942 between Free French Forces and German and Italian troops.

These are master figures from Odemars. They make 1/72nd scale soft plastic figures.

Sculptors start with a wire armature and use various types of clay to sculpt the figures. Sometimes figures are sculpted in the same size as the final figure and sometimes they are sculpted larger, for greater detail, and the pantographed down to the smaller size.



These are pretty early in the sculpting process, the wire armature is still visible at the feet of the figures.




This figure set is still a long way from completion, there will probably be fourteen poses in the set if it follows the usual patter from Odemars. It could be as long as a few years before the set is ready. It looks like it could be the best set ever from Odemars. Check out their website and their unique line of figures.

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