120mm German Cavalry Officer Conversion

[Steve Jones]

I dont know how you can sleep at night knowing there is no camo under his equipment. That would haunt me for a lifetime:smiling3::smiling5:

Terrific work as always sir. Glad you are enjoying it so much. Beats doing boring old tanks.:smiling3: Permission to carry on:smiling5:

[Guest]

I can live with the guilt Steve - better than feeling a chump for spending hours painting something that won't be seen.

I will return to armour anon. I plan to get hold of Tamiya's 1/48 T-34 which I've made before with no problems.

[Guest]

I've now got most of his gear in place:



Sorry for the dark photos. I decided to use some pre-painted spares from defunct figures, as they were better parts than the ones I'd prepared. They just needed a touch-up with the brush here and there.

[JR]

That's some neat painting Peter.
Just watch those eyes.
Most ladies appear to do this, Christine watches TV and her I pad at the same time. and still manages to know what has happened. !
John

[Guest]

Great work Peter! Really inspires me to do this scheme again.....

DIRK

[monica]

he is looking ,great,dose give me that,inspiration to do better,:hugging-face:

[Guest]

John - Women are supposed to be able to multi-task better than us mere men.

Dirk - I'd like to see your rendition.

Monica - Thanks. I since done a bit of tidying up. Just the legs and gun to do now.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
Looking great as always lovely work on the cammo.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Camo looks really nice.
Jim

[Guest]

amazing as usually I'm in awe of the precision along with the speed in which you operate.
RICK

[SteveH]

Morning Peter
Super progress on the Italian Camo.
It really is striking against the "normal" German camo patterns, which are all so intricate, by comparison.
As for TV and "surfing" I am definitely swimming against the tide LOL.
Men multi-tasking is a receipe for disaster, true, but watching current quality TV is surely not a task but a burden?
Very foggy here and my knee wound is burning.
Tomorrow looks like the Dr's and Curry's PC World.
Will you finish painting today?
Then add to the cavalry base?
Have a good day with the paints
Regards
Steve H

[Guest]

Scottie, Jim and Rick - Thanks very much for looking in.

Steve - Morning. Yes, trying to find something decent to watch on TV is a nightmare. Even the science and history programmes are presented by ex-Blue Peter presenters and aimed at those with the intellect of a flea. Cold bright and sunny here - a trip to Herne Bay in the offing so will wrap up and try to persuade the dog not to go swimming.

Sorry to hear that the knee is still painful. Hopefully time will improve things.

Just the legs and gun to do on the figure now. I have an old base to sit him on which I;ll use instead of putting him with the previous figures - not 100% about the quality of those.

[Guest]

Here we go then:



The last session included the painting of the legs, painting and adding the gun and left hand, and plonking the whole thing on a base. This didn't really come together for me until I got the legs done, when I was able to do a bit of proper painting that lifted the whole thing.

The gun was first painted with matt black, then rubbed over with graphite with my little finger. The details were then drawn in in with black, then the highlights picked out with brighter gunmetal tones. The strap was made from paper with a buckle made from wire.

The base is a Verlinden one to which I've added static grass tufts, garden roots and birch seed leaves.

[Steve Jones]

One of your best Peter. Great scratch wok on the rear billy can. A fantastic place to put the potato masher as well. You must be very pleased sir. Top work:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Guest]

Thanks very much Steve. The mess tin is a standard Verlinden example and the boot came with the space for the grenade, so I can't claim those.

I am pleased with the way it's turned out, especially as it's such a mish-mash of parts. - he seems to have turned out more animated than I was expecting. I still think my painting has a long way to go though - very clumsy in some areas despite attempts at correction.