"Ian" Redux: Dragon's first British Paratrooper promoted, repainted, updated and re-equipped - Oosterbeek, Holland, Sept., 1944.
Ian was the first realistic British paratrooper on the market, so he is in need of a do over. Nothing but the head sculpt remains!
He is shown here in the woods of Wolfheze, in and around St. Elizabeth's Hospital - where the 1st Airborne's back was eventually broken, trying to fight their way through the Waffen SS to relieve Col. John Frost at the bridge - the Hartstein Hotel, the streets of Arnhem, and finally the church at Oosterbeek where the last stand and withdrawal began.
I initially had trouble matching the color hue of the figure with that of the background. The worst photos, I converted to black and white, and the better ones I gave a faded color photograph hue, for a better historical feel.
Ian has his webbing painted Blanco KG1 with Vallejo "yellow green", and his (BBI) bandolier was painted Vallejo "Khaki Grey" for a more realistic, darker webbing color. Only his sten-gun and his head-sculpt are the same.
Enjoy!
0 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
0-1 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
0-3 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
0-2 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
0-4 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Here Ian stands before Oosterbeck's Saint Elizabeth Hospital (It is today an expensive condominium).
0-6 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
0-5 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Note the Battle Gear Toys .45 shells in his tanker holster:
0-7 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Inside St. Elizabeth's:
0-8 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Staring at the bridge he couldn't reach!
0-9 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Anachronism alert! Pretty Dutch girl in the jeep!
0-13 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Outside the Hartstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, as seen today, the former divisional headquarters.
0-10 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Outside the hotel in 1944:
0-11 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Sgt. Ian stands inside the Oosterbeek Church, scene of the division's last stand, and its successful evacuation back across the Rhine River.
0-14 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
SHOW ME YOUR BRITISH PARATROOPERS!
Ian was the first realistic British paratrooper on the market, so he is in need of a do over. Nothing but the head sculpt remains!
He is shown here in the woods of Wolfheze, in and around St. Elizabeth's Hospital - where the 1st Airborne's back was eventually broken, trying to fight their way through the Waffen SS to relieve Col. John Frost at the bridge - the Hartstein Hotel, the streets of Arnhem, and finally the church at Oosterbeek where the last stand and withdrawal began.
I initially had trouble matching the color hue of the figure with that of the background. The worst photos, I converted to black and white, and the better ones I gave a faded color photograph hue, for a better historical feel.
Ian has his webbing painted Blanco KG1 with Vallejo "yellow green", and his (BBI) bandolier was painted Vallejo "Khaki Grey" for a more realistic, darker webbing color. Only his sten-gun and his head-sculpt are the same.
Enjoy!
0 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr0-1 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr0-3 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr0-2 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr0-4 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrHere Ian stands before Oosterbeck's Saint Elizabeth Hospital (It is today an expensive condominium).
0-6 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr0-5 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrNote the Battle Gear Toys .45 shells in his tanker holster:
0-7 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrInside St. Elizabeth's:
0-8 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrStaring at the bridge he couldn't reach!
0-9 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrAnachronism alert! Pretty Dutch girl in the jeep!
0-13 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrOutside the Hartstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, as seen today, the former divisional headquarters.
0-10 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrOutside the hotel in 1944:
0-11 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrSgt. Ian stands inside the Oosterbeek Church, scene of the division's last stand, and its successful evacuation back across the Rhine River.
0-14 by Stephen Duffy, on FlickrSHOW ME YOUR BRITISH PARATROOPERS!
