Rehashing Hurtgen forest diorama

[wotan]

Richard

Very nice surgery and costume design. I hope those Heads arrive soon to give you some more options.

John

[rtfoe]

Richard

Very nice surgery and costume design. I hope those Heads arrive soon to give you some more options.

John

Thanks John , and yes really looking forward to the arrival of the canoe and heads as some of the figures that I already modified have blank faces. They ought to be cheery and smiling seeing those heavies for support. Hence my title Sight for Sore Eyes.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Airborne01]

Well Wabble, your figure sculpts are certainly a sight for sore eyes!
Steve

[rtfoe]

Well Wabble, your figure sculpts are certainly a sight for sore eyes!
Steve

Thanks Steve, pun intended I suppose. I seem to like this putty sculpting malarkey. Perhaps I'm trying to avoid painting.

Cheers,
Wabble

[rtfoe]

Hi Guys, before I go any further, just to let you know I'm a regular guy who models for fun just like every member in this great forum. When I share my builds it includes the Oh Dear it's gone wrong bits too. So far it's been figure heavy for a Dio section but big dios equate to large population. I hope the figure modifications will inspire others to try this gory aspect of modeling. So here's for the guys who say they have a problem with figures...which incidentally I have as well.
Here are the surgery tools I use in the OR layed out on the operating tray aka workmatt. The nurse will hand me the tools starting from left to right during the procedure.

The tooth picks are highly machined tools for the delivery and attachment of putty and is used extensively. I will explain the other tools in the next post.

Cheers,
Wabble

[rtfoe]

Hi Guys,

I’ll explain the usage of the surgery instruments starting from the left which is the nipper, the butcher’s favorite. You are either doing replacements or filling the gaps in between the cuts so don’t be shy shy with this piece of handy appliance. If you’re lucky you’ll find the right replacement but to reuse and rotate limbs I usually cut off about 2-3mm at the shoulder and elbow joints to insert metal pins. Finer butchery like the wrist and heads are done with the next Instrument …the razor saw.

For quick cuts that remove less material I use this metal etched saw blade sandwiched between hand-made ice cream sticks. I use a jewelers saw for more complex cuts. The wrist is usually a straight cut but the neck I do a V cut to avoid slicing the chin. Metal pins again are inserted after drilling which comes to the next instrument …the hand drill.

Proper sized holes are drilled into the joints to insert wire pins, any wire of the right size to a pre drilled hole will do. Paper clips are a good source of wire. A tight fit is better than a loose one and secured further with CA. Decide on how much wire is exposed for maneuvering the limb. Once you’re happy with the pose we’ll move onto applying the putty with the next tool explained in the next post.

Cheers,
Wabble

[scottie3158]

Wabble, great description I really will have to give this ago one day.

[rtfoe]

Wabble, great description I really will have to give this ago one day.

Thanks Scottie, if you do I'm sure you'll do a great job of it.

Before I go on the next set of tools, I just added another figure with a replacement head from one of the surrendering German soldiers.

A good head gives good results and expressions. The left arm is also a replacement. Will be adding putty to beef him up and a new collar.

Cheers,
Wabble