Sin - Prepwork: Intermezzo 2

This will be a one-peg miniature, as the second peg (the rear/left boot) would not provide addi- tional support of any significance, and things could go "south" in the blink of an eye--literally. That being said, I would not be averse to drilling through the boot's toe box, and subsequently refinishing, if I felt it would serve a purpose.

After mulling it over for a day, I could not justify having a relatively top-heavy white metal figure supported by a single, thin (~3/64"d.) paper-clip peg. So I finished the clean-up of the legs above the boots, glued the two legs together (thus completing the legs sub-assembly unit), and trans- ferred the 'patient to surgery". The 'patient' is now resting comfortably with a fitted 16ga. copper wire peg running from the ball of the foot through the vamp of the boot. Finishing of the filled areas to follow. . . 

And I went ahead and started to modify the holster. First step is simply extending the length of the holster: this was done with MS.

Phase 2 of the holster was also completed, where the heavy-seamed leather holster was recon- figured for what will be a modern--if not futuristic!--design.  

FOLLOW-UP 16.09.2014 - The putty work on the holster has been all-but-completed, and it is now in the oven curing. . . Save for final detailing--if any--the holster should be done by the end 
of the weekend.