That is :eekne incredible 1/6th portrait of the man, Tony.
A load of bravo's to you and your masterful, very accurate craftsmanship :thumb :thumb :thumb
A load of bravo's to you and your masterful, very accurate craftsmanship :thumb :thumb :thumb
Vassily Zaitsev , 1942 .
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Vassily Zaitsev :
The most famous of Russian snipers of the Great Patriotic War, partly because of the propaganda effort made during the war about him , partly because of his autobiography , but mostly because of the rather disappointing film featuring him which appeared a few years back , " Enemy at the Gates " , starring Jude Law .
Mr Law is a decent actor , and the settings in the film were superb ( East Berlin standing in for Stalingrad ),and there are some brilliant set-piece scenes , but the script was an absolute plonker , based on a spurious legend about a duel between Zaitsev and a top German sniper, for which there is no real evidence.
The real Zaitsev is a little difficult to disentangle from propaganda : if you Google him you will learn more than you need to know , but how much of it is really true is difficult to say.
Be that as it may , I'm only concerned here with his actual appearance .
Apart from a famous pic showing him in a snowsuit training other snipers , there are not many pics that I've been able to find, and my figure is based on two of the better ones: once you see them, the casting of Jude Law seems somewhat capricious…
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The bigger pic seems to show him in his autumnal Officer's rig , posed for propaganda purposes : he obviously didn't dress like this whilst sniping , but since we don't have much detail of his field dress , I've followed that picture .
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This figure is a replacement for one that I made some years ago for my friend Martin ( an authority on sniping ) which was destroyed in a container fire when Martin moved to France . I am glad in retrospect , because I now have more pics , and a little more practice , and this figure is much better .
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He started as a Naval Officer , hence the " anchor " belt plate , and the black leatherwork . Otherwise he's in absolutely standard woolen gymnastiorka and breeches , with subdued collar patches, with an ushanka fleece hat , and is wearing two medals : the left is the Red banner , but I'm not sure of the identity of the other : it may be something a bit special ( it's very big ), and any suggestions would be welcome.
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The rifle is the standard sniper version of the Mosin-Nagant , which Zaitsev seems to have used throughout his career . I've replaced the sling with a scratchbuilt one.
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The uniform and rifle are DML , the boots Newline , the ushanka and equipment scratchbuilt.
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The most famous of Russian snipers of the Great Patriotic War, partly because of the propaganda effort made during the war about him , partly because of his autobiography , but mostly because of the rather disappointing film featuring him which appeared a few years back , " Enemy at the Gates " , starring Jude Law .
Mr Law is a decent actor , and the settings in the film were superb ( East Berlin standing in for Stalingrad ),and there are some brilliant set-piece scenes , but the script was an absolute plonker , based on a spurious legend about a duel between Zaitsev and a top German sniper, for which there is no real evidence.
The real Zaitsev is a little difficult to disentangle from propaganda : if you Google him you will learn more than you need to know , but how much of it is really true is difficult to say.
Be that as it may , I'm only concerned here with his actual appearance .
Apart from a famous pic showing him in a snowsuit training other snipers , there are not many pics that I've been able to find, and my figure is based on two of the better ones: once you see them, the casting of Jude Law seems somewhat capricious…
The bigger pic seems to show him in his autumnal Officer's rig , posed for propaganda purposes : he obviously didn't dress like this whilst sniping , but since we don't have much detail of his field dress , I've followed that picture .
This figure is a replacement for one that I made some years ago for my friend Martin ( an authority on sniping ) which was destroyed in a container fire when Martin moved to France . I am glad in retrospect , because I now have more pics , and a little more practice , and this figure is much better .
He started as a Naval Officer , hence the " anchor " belt plate , and the black leatherwork . Otherwise he's in absolutely standard woolen gymnastiorka and breeches , with subdued collar patches, with an ushanka fleece hat , and is wearing two medals : the left is the Red banner , but I'm not sure of the identity of the other : it may be something a bit special ( it's very big ), and any suggestions would be welcome.
The rifle is the standard sniper version of the Mosin-Nagant , which Zaitsev seems to have used throughout his career . I've replaced the sling with a scratchbuilt one.
The uniform and rifle are DML , the boots Newline , the ushanka and equipment scratchbuilt.
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