Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The Jackal Revisited
Here are details of my most recent project posted on AMHQ...
"For those who recall, my first project was a custom VAM figure from the movie ‘The Day of The Jackal’. As I always intended, I have revisited this movie and made a second version of ‘The Jackal’. However, this time he is dressed in his war veteran’s disguise from the latter part of the movie.
If you’re a fan of the movie, I won’t need to explain the figure. However, for those that haven’t seen the movie (or read the book for that matter), the figure may look a bit odd! Spoilers below!
Essentially, ‘The Jackal’ is an assassin-for-hire, who at one point during the movie, conceals his identity by disguising himself as a WW2 French war veteran – complete with crutches and an amputated leg!
The pin-striped suit, white shirt, tie, sock, etc. were obtained from Ebay and complimented with a black waistcoat from my spares collection. The black beret started life as a green Dragon beret, which I dyed. The two crutches are original VAM/G I JOE in origin (slightly shortened in length and painted silver). The single boot is VAM in origin. The three medals he is wearing were constructed using images I found on the net. The medals I used are the same as those portrayed in the movie, namely:
1. Order de la Liberation (the second highest French order)
2. Croix de Guerre (same as the VAM one and awarded to commemorate a mention in dispatches, etc.)
3. Insigne du Blesse Militaire (Military Wound Badge – nice choice considering he lost a leg in the war!)
It was kinda cool that the makers of the film used the appropriate medals, etc.
The only downside to the project is that I didn’t have a nice Parisian backdrop for the photos! However, I was able to track down some nice French war posters on the net which you can see in the background of some of the photos.
For those interested, I have four additional VAM projects in various stages of construction. Whilst I still enjoy customising/kitbashing the figures, the process of making the retail packaging for each successive project has become a bit repetitive. For this reason, I’ve decided to retire the current packaging design after the next project and try my hand at something different. The changes won’t be too radical, but I think the original design has run its course."
Photos to follow...
"For those who recall, my first project was a custom VAM figure from the movie ‘The Day of The Jackal’. As I always intended, I have revisited this movie and made a second version of ‘The Jackal’. However, this time he is dressed in his war veteran’s disguise from the latter part of the movie.
If you’re a fan of the movie, I won’t need to explain the figure. However, for those that haven’t seen the movie (or read the book for that matter), the figure may look a bit odd! Spoilers below!
Essentially, ‘The Jackal’ is an assassin-for-hire, who at one point during the movie, conceals his identity by disguising himself as a WW2 French war veteran – complete with crutches and an amputated leg!
The pin-striped suit, white shirt, tie, sock, etc. were obtained from Ebay and complimented with a black waistcoat from my spares collection. The black beret started life as a green Dragon beret, which I dyed. The two crutches are original VAM/G I JOE in origin (slightly shortened in length and painted silver). The single boot is VAM in origin. The three medals he is wearing were constructed using images I found on the net. The medals I used are the same as those portrayed in the movie, namely:
1. Order de la Liberation (the second highest French order)
2. Croix de Guerre (same as the VAM one and awarded to commemorate a mention in dispatches, etc.)
3. Insigne du Blesse Militaire (Military Wound Badge – nice choice considering he lost a leg in the war!)
It was kinda cool that the makers of the film used the appropriate medals, etc.
The only downside to the project is that I didn’t have a nice Parisian backdrop for the photos! However, I was able to track down some nice French war posters on the net which you can see in the background of some of the photos.
For those interested, I have four additional VAM projects in various stages of construction. Whilst I still enjoy customising/kitbashing the figures, the process of making the retail packaging for each successive project has become a bit repetitive. For this reason, I’ve decided to retire the current packaging design after the next project and try my hand at something different. The changes won’t be too radical, but I think the original design has run its course."
Photos to follow...
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