The figure is a standard 28mm figure but the sculpt is so reminiscent of the nose art particularly on American WW2 bombers flying from Britain to bomb Europe during WW2.
The
figures in WW2 did tend to be "Saucy" rather than rude so more
suggestive then crude. And this figure really looks like one of the
things that would have been painted on the "Nose" of a Bomber. They did
also appear on fighters but were more common on bombers. With luck you
will accept this model as nostalgia not because it is my personal
nostalgia but that of the airmen who served our nations. Quite often
they would be parted by armature artists in the squadron. Modern Nose art seems to be more politically correct Things like wasps, Lightning bolts or thunder clouds or even shark's mouths and just slogans. These forms of art did exist in the past as nose art Icons but generally one thinks of the pin up girls. The era of female inspired nose art seems to have passed, yet they did look spectacular.
So many things have changed for the worse today. The nose art in WWII is iconic and still valid today.
ReplyDeleteWell done Clint!
Thank you Anne. I found "Nostalgia" a hard round as it really is so very different for everyone.
DeleteClint, now we're talking my kinda nostalgia! Cheers PD
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. Nose art is very glamourous and in keeping with the era.
DeleteExcellent work Clint, didn't think we'd see a purple bra in the challenge??
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. Everyone loves a purple Bra! My cousin asked for it to be Orange, but it did not look right with the skin tone.
DeleteExcellent work Clint, didn't think we'd see a purple bra in the challenge??
ReplyDeleteOne comment is enough Ray, excellent work old boy!
DeleteIt's a step up from a gimp mask!
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DeleteMillsy - you can always have the purple bra as well as the gimp mask ;)
DeleteThank you Fran.
DeleteThank you Ray and Millsy . One just never knows what will turn up on the challenge.
DeletePurple Lingerie, Gimp Masks and budgie smugglers. Honestly my mind just boggles!¬
Nice figure!
ReplyDeleteThanks Barks. Painted for my cousin and her girlfriend.
DeleteNear where I live there's an American War cemetery (at Margraten) many Airmen are buried there. Last year the care-takers have tried to put pictures to the names on the crosses and I went and visited it with a friend driving a 1943 vintage Willys jeep. Almost all of the airmen were pictured with their planes on the background of the picture and most of them had artwork like this, so yes this is nostalgia and yes this is a very fitting tribute for those heroes who flew for our/ my liberty. Thanks heaps!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sander. I do like aircraft nose art. I like the subject and the style and also that mostly it is/was done by serving aircrews. I would like to think if I were on a Bomber I would have some nose art on the plane.
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DeleteNice work Clint :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Tamsin.
DeleteWell isn't she just lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michael. I had a feeling you would like nose art.
DeleteFine work, Sir!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sidney. We all like pin up girls.
DeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Thank you Christopher. Nose art is a great and expressive art form.
DeleteGreat work Clint. You captured the irresistible perkiness of these WWII poster art girls.
ReplyDeleteThanks Curt. WE all see our own mistakes the most and it is the eyes ad mouth that I might re-paint if I get a chance.
DeleteThis is an excellent example of the genre, executed with flair and a good deal of affection for the subject. Great work, Clint!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words. It is of course just a shadow of how inspiring the real ones were.
DeleteShe does look like she stepped off the nose of a B-17! Great job ,Clint,and the purple bra is perfect! ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you David. As I have mentioned before ....who does not like a purple bra?
DeleteLove it Clint, I must have missed it when I did my first read through. I'll bet you spent hours on her bra and hot pants. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sean, actually NO. they painted right the first time with almost no effort at all, sometimes you just get lucky!
DeleteWords we just don't here enough on the challenge "Clint the purple bra is perfect!"
ReplyDeleteThank you PD. I agree not words that you hear enough on the challenge!
DeleteClever idea for a nostalgia story and miniature.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathon. Nostalgia is so individual it is different for everyone.
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