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The White Death

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Took a few days, but I finished it finally.
This was my second color attempt. After a failed first try, this was the second effort. I am a fan of the history of warfare and like to make figures of those special times known.


Finnish sniper Simo Hayha was a renowned marksman during the Winter War.
Using only a Mosin-Nagant and a PPSh submachine gun, approximately 750 Red Army Soldiers met their end in the sights of this man.
His accuracy and efficiency were so feared by the Red Army they referred to him as "Белая смерть" - The White Death.


Although he received a gunshot wound to the face by a Russian Soldier before the wars end, Simo survived and, after a very short coma, lived out the rest of his life in peace.

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Nice

Well first off looks like you really pushed the envelope on this one especially with the color points here seems to really come alive a nice creation here and hope you make even more anyways i look forward to even more down the road

~X~

This is sick dude!

I'm seeing some major improvements in your work. Keep it up!

aggimajera responds:

Says the photoshop pro!
Thanks dude, that means a lot!

The portrait itself doesn't look very humanlike IMO, the dark mouth, lack of facial features... though I guess that's supposed to go with the 'white death' theme. You definitely get a sense of cold. I enjoyed reading the historical blurb that went with it though, an impressive person!

-cd-

aggimajera responds:

Yeah, I went with this other picture where he wore a mask with only eye holes over his face (to protect him from the cold). And of course I wanted to get it to the viewer that this guy sat in extreme temperatures just to kill Russians.
He was an extraordinary man!

In case you're curious about that, its right here
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/drazuli/imgs/e/6/e68fa1ee.jpg

I'll keep your pointers in mind for the next one, though. Thanks for the input!

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