I was really intrigued when I read Chris Walas’ articles on figure building on MyLargeScale.com. Armed with all this good information, I started sculpting a figure: Engineer Bill.
He’s based on a photograph from the book “The Fossmill Story” and is designed to stand in the cab of my live steam Konrad engine. I found it much easier to get the proportions right working from a photograph. Here he is after painting:

