Facepool: US 2nd Armored Division - Staff Sergeant "Wardaddy" (M4A3 Sherman Tank Commander)

[Asta]

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We decide to do a reissue of the Sherman commander FP009A standard version. For those of you who didn't get him before and want to pair with the loader, now is your chance…

 

[JacktheRipper]

I wish they would do that with Wade (SPR). I was waiting on DID, but that never materialized.

 

[Asta]

I got the original FP009 Wardaddy sculpt, body and hands, so changed the head on my bash and gave him the gloved hands:

My main reason for getting the sculpt was that it was designed for the helmet, which has quite a narrow fit so the ears need to be tucked in.

I'd already swapped out the Facepool Sledge Hammer sculpt, because he looked too pale for North Africa, and was using DID's Joerg (Steamboat Willy) as he reminded me a little of Humphrey Bogart (Sgt. Joe Gunn in Sahara, 1943). However, the helmet didn't seem to fit quite right.

So now he's much closer to Facepool's Wardaddy, though with the issues I had with the figure remedied: shoulder holster and boots.

(According to Wardaddy's back story he and his crew had actually served in the North African campaign since Operation Torch in November 1942).