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Well, at long last, he is done. The first shot is of my buddy Jim as I chose to finish him.



The old pic doesn't show it, but the shirt was a mess, so he gets to wear his 1874 blouse over it. The blouse has the DS Sgt's chevrons, as well as the 3 service stripes near the cuff. The lower one has a red border denoting service in war. The boots are a little better here. The spurs are SST with all new straps with buckles made from wire.



The back shows the completed carbine sling with brass buckle & tip (photo-etch) and rebuilt DS snap swivel. The 1883 Campaign Hat has 2 brass eyelets to simulate the brass screen vents of this model. The extra cord is Jim's addition. He wears it in back when dismounted and out of the wind. The reinforced seat on the trousers is drawn on.



The right side of the 1885 Cavalry Cartridge Belt shows the 3rd pattern 1881 holster. Jim was NOT wearing this in the photos, so now I'll have to build him a 1/1 version. The cap pouch is SST, modified as per Mohawk03's tutorial, except I added the "US" stamp as they did on many after 1875. (They also removed the inner flap and wool, to hold metallic pistol cartridges.)



The guantlets are DML German ones. I cut out the velcro and stitiched them, and penciled in the stitch pattern that was on the 1884 issue pattern. The saber and 1881/1885 Saber Sling were posted previously, but the 1881/1885 Saber Knot is new - made with thin leather lace strap, and a strip of leather thinned out and fringed, then rolled tight for the tassel. The upper tassel and the 2 slides are very thing leather, cut in a croos-hatch pattern to simulate braided leather.



We're meeting Jim and his wife for dinner tonight, and he has no idea about this figure. If you think I was over the top on the detail, you would understand if you knew him. If it's cav and it's wrong, he'll spot it. I think he just might not have much to say. I hope. I hope you like it, too.