Finished the first one.
He was hard work. At first his legs looked unnatural and he wouldn't stand on his own. I had to wrestle him into shape.
The rank bars and jacket name tag are all DIY. You have to apply the double sided tape yourself from the square provided. The name tag is a square of leather with the name printed in triplicate, so you have to cut them out individually.
The parachute straps that connect around his legs are tight, and the loops on the buckles appear to be stitched in place so they're not adjustable. They're so tight they mess up the line of his trousers. I couldn't make them look as neat as they did in the promo photos. I spent ages moving the straps on the back to create as much slack as possible, and also ages futzing the trousers to try and get them to hang better and without bulging out sideways.
One of the black toggles fell off the string on the life jacket, so that had to be threaded back on and re-knotted.
Three of the nail art stud buttons on the back of the parachute also fell off and had to be reglued.
At the end he looked really good.
Then photographing him revealed another of DID's ongoing issues: sweaty looking paint apps with the camera flash. He doesn't look that sweaty in reality, but the the flash makes him look terrible.
This was the second attempt, taken from further back, but it didn't make much difference...
