John Basilone

During Snowzilla (aka “Make Winter Great Again”), I painted up the Warlord John Basilone figure for the “We’re snowed in, so let’s have a painting contest” DAHGS painting contest.

John Basilone (1)

John Basilone (2)

I’m pleased with it, even if the mouth didn’t photograph particularly well.

It was a little disconcerting how few of the WWII buffs at the store knew who he was (“He’s going to have a bad time trying to fire that gun that way.” Well, yeah.)  Those guys probably should remember that it wasn’t Europe War II; I think I’ll blame Flames of War for that.