This is a WIP I've been working on forever. It's meant to be a re-enacting buddy of mine. The figure is SST Berdan Sharpshooter with new curly hair
& beard grayed out like Jim's. The shirt is a police shirt I modified into a M1881 with Cav piping. The trousers were a Grab-Bag item I added
suspender buttons on and drew in the saddle reinforcement in the seat. The boots are NLM Japanese Officer with new pebble-grain leg portion so they're
M1884 (with SST spurs). The hat is a M1883 Campaign Hat I made from a plastic cowboy hat from Michaels. Cut the brim and hit it with the hair dryer and
shaped it. Then I added itty-bitty eyelets for the brass vents and a ribbon hat cord. (His is really that rumpled). The holster is mine (he wears a different
model I'll need to make) and the belt is the start of a M1881 Cavalry Cartridge belt I started at least 15 years ago when I hoped to rebuild Marx BOTW
guys. The carbine sling is DS, and I'm working on building new ones from scratch. The M1877 Carbine is my latest job. It's a DS Trapdoor that I
added about four scale inches to, then repainted. Mohawk03 and Valkyrie6 finally beat into me how to paint wood grain on rifle stocks, and it all came
together. I hope to do a tute on rebuilding the DS Carbine soon. I'll add detail shots when he's done, but it's taken me all evening to get this
one to load onto Photobucket. Let me know what you think. Just remember how easily I cry.






