[Alt history] Civil Defense Volunteer

Hello!

     I've finally done my volunteer to go with the officer. I went through a lot of uniforms trying to find one that looked okay, I feel the main issue I had was the fabric and the pockets since I wanted something that looked utilitarian rather than sharp and presentable like my army soldier. I originally had used a tan uniform but I didn't like how it looked, so I switched to two different USMC uniforms that had a more interesting fabric pattern and in the end I chose this one, obviously I went and bleached it and the whole thing turned into a nice orange color so after about a day of trying to bleach it without damaging the fabric I decided to just use fabric medium and a bit of a sand color to make it what I wanted.

Since I already posted a bit about the force I'll just expand a bit more on this one. Civil Defense Officer






Well that's my civil defense volunteer, for as simple as he looks he gave me much more trouble than all the others, I was originally tempted to leave the uniform orange but he looked more like a prisoner than a volunteer. I went back on my air force guy once again, he's probably going to win most problematic figure to put together award (if that's even a thing), I would like to make a national policeman of some sort but I still have no plans on how to put him together  on one hand a proper policeman would be cool, but on the other a prison colony sort of police man would also be cool, we'll see.  On the meanwhile I'll go back to my secret bashes and wishing you all a good day and remind you to stay safe out there.

Looks pretty cool. Nice backstory. If I had one criticism, it would be to add some sort of dried blood onto the bandage (brown mixed with red makes it look like it's dried -- and it doesn't even have to be a lot, as it could be a minor cut that isn't going to mean the loss of his eye). It's entirely up to you, however -- if it's even meant to be a cut at all. Looks good with your officer.

Very nicely done, I think they look well together, and like the contrast between the officer and the volunteer. Nice touch with the eye bandaging, too -- not something we see a whole lot.

Stryker2011 wrote:Looks pretty cool. Nice backstory. If I had one criticism, it would be to add some sort of dried blood onto the bandage (brown mixed with red makes it look like it's dried -- and it doesn't even have to be a lot, as it could be a minor cut that isn't going to mean the loss of his eye). It's entirely up to you, however -- if it's even meant to be a cut at all. Looks good with your officer.

Thanks Styrker, the bandage over the eye was just me trying to illustrate a member who would have otherwise not been considered fit for normal military service. Though I like your idea of the dried blood I'll make use of it in some other figure.

GubernatorFan wrote:Very nicely done, I think they look well together, and like the contrast between the officer and the volunteer. Nice touch with the eye bandaging, too -- not something we see a whole lot.

Thanks Gubernator, for me this guy was all about that contrast, the officers would have had some sort of experience either in the military or in the police, I figured they could have had more access to finer things than the average volunteer.

I would hope that if war broke out, the officers would have the common sense to dress a little more like the men. Otherwise, they would not last long.

I like him, he has character. Nice fabric too. I think he would look cool with one of those armbands you mentioned.

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:I would hope that if war broke out, the officers would have the common sense to dress a little more like the men. Otherwise, they would not last long.

Thanks ThePhotosblog, I don't think they would last either but they would most likely be doing duties behind the lines much like the rest of the civil defense. Also the officers could wear whatever they wanted as it was their privilege, so there could be officers wearing the same uniforms as the rest of the volunteers or perhaps something less colorful.

Ovy wrote:I like him, he has character. Nice fabric too. I think he would look cool with one of those armbands you mentioned.

Thanks Ovy, it's a nice fabric and I still have one more uniform which I might make use of. I originally intended to make use of an armband and even managed to make one but I thought he looked a bit more like a political thing than a civilian volunteer.

Theboo-bomb wrote:

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:I would hope that if war broke out, the officers would have the common sense to dress a little more like the men. Otherwise, they would not last long.

Thanks ThePhotosblog, I don't think they would last either but they would most likely be doing duties behind the lines much like the rest of the civil defense. Also the officers could wear whatever they wanted as it was their privilege, so there could be officers wearing the same uniforms as the rest of the volunteers or perhaps something less colorful.

Ovy wrote:I like him, he has character. Nice fabric too. I think he would look cool with one of those armbands you mentioned.

Thanks Ovy, it's a nice fabric and I still have one more uniform which I might make use of. I originally intended to make use of an armband and even managed to make one but I thought he looked a bit more like a political thing than a civilian volunteer.

But the fact that they carry weapons at all somewhat implies that they might be expected to engage an enemy at some point and therefore the officers would be wise under such circumstances, to dress more like the men, no?