my Englishman in a desert

[basilsdad]

Excellent job, Cheng.  The mustache is reminiscent of Errol Flynn.   
Joe

[PrimusPilus]

Cheng, get him one of those British colonial helmets and you can call him Major Grubert (and change your name to Jean Giraud) .

[cheng]

I love it! Are the torso and arms custom too?

the torso and arms are originals from those safari sets (one shoulder has a printing on it so since its against my own rules to rub them off, I bought used the unprinted arm from 2 similar clickies 

thanks everyone! 

@PrimusPilus: pardon my ignorance, I will read about this Major Grubert & Jean Giraud! 

@basilsdad: yes, I did think the grey moustage made him more English from that timeline 

[PrimusPilus]

Jean Giraud = Moebius
He's a famous French comic book artist:

Major Grubert is one of his better known characters (though Lieutenant Blueberry is the most famous). For me, however, his best work is The Incal.

[cheng]

@ PrimusPilus:
no wonder I couldnt find anything about Major Grubert(thought he was some hero in history)
I've 2 questions,
the story line is set about what era?
(if I didnt see your second picture, I would have thought his adventures would have been somewhere in africa  )

and from which civilisation he hails? (England i presume?) 

speaking of colonial helmets...ya, I should add another chappy wearing one
....an another wearing a breen beret...do we have any PM sandstorm visors?
and finally a towel around his mouth/head should nicely reveal where the inspiration for my custom comes from   

[PrimusPilus]

Except for Blueberry (that is a Western), all Moebius'  works are sci-fi. He's not exactly mainstream, like most of the authors from Métal Hurlant and Heavy Metal (to a lesser degree), but has some very interesting works IMO. Back in the 80's he was considered one of the greatest sci-fi comics' illustrators.

[Hadoque]

Very neat custom, Cheng!
I like the combination of the new Redcoat-kneetrousers with the torso and arms from the Safari-theme 

Didn't know the comic "Major Grubert", but I know Blueberry. I read some of these as a kid.
Btw, there also is a certain "lieutenant Gruber", but that's a different (TV-)story...