Character 2

I've always liked the idea of Solar Topee hats, like these here. Rather rakish & stylish. Perhaps not quite so during the 1940s, but this character has a little bit of old-school style.But he's a little rougher & readier than that - perhaps someone with initial ideas of being a bit of a colonial "Alan Quatermain" character, who has become a little more rugged and weathered.The middle-eastern Shemagh scarf seemed a good motif to use for this. From my little training with my unit in Liverpool, I found it a great way to cut out collar-burn, keep warm when cold, and obviously good for deserts, seeing as that's where they were invented...I decided to add an ammunition belt too - more for aesthetic reasons than anything else. I reckon that most of these characters would be using SMGs, like the Thompson or Sten, but ammo belts look cooler that ammo pouches. Symbollically, it also takes the characters a little further from the imagery of being soldiers. Ammo belts give more the impression of mercenaries and freelance fighters.As the ammo-belts on this Greek 1940s guerilla show...But I still have to work on the character himself - I think his equipment is pretty good...Ifelt that the character was getting a bit too far (and too rugged looking) for a chap who wears a Solar Topi, so I thought I'd make him a little younger, and a little sharper. Here he is before deserting. A young dashing Captain.I thought that this character could be the son of an Indian Army officer, and therefore he'd be a little colonial. He's not exactly racist as such (he's respectful), but he expects a certain special treatment from 'the natives'. He's used to having servants. Saying that, however, he's now an experienced campaigning soldier, and doesn't expect any luxuries (although he does long for them). He can recognise which of the locals he should afford respect, as well, and although he only has a rather tenuous grasp of the local language, he can be a good ambassador.