Back and forth with ideas

I wanted to stay with the military theme but knew that painting and drawing soldiers in the field was just the norm for me.

I wanted to take it a step further and do a sculpture. I was unsure of how I would express the meaning of war/conflict or soldier in a sculpture form.

The first week I tried to think of items or equipment that soldiers carry with them, but then I had an idea which was still with the soldier in conflict scene, however I wanted to express the other side, the injured soldier or mamend soldier.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234296/Hidden-toll-suffering-Number-wounded-British-servicemen-Afghanistan-doubles.html