Tamiya 1/16 Figure Vignette

[wotan]

Very nice job Peter. I do like your harmonious palette. Almost Whistleresque.

John

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

he is an ex motorcyclist and feels more comfortable dressed this way.

Nice finish, just 2 more to go.

Still fingers crossed for a dull wet weekend to work on stuff,

The cartridge belt looks like it will be a challenge.

Your Verlinden bust is very similar to the Young's miniature I acquired.

Now the spirits have been well exorcised a weekend of paint and fun ahead?

Regards

Steve H

[JR]

Agree with Steve , Peter lovely finish to the guy .

[Guest]

John B - A true compliment. 'Symphony in Green and Grey' eh?

Steve - Only two figures planned for this one. I quite like this chap as a stand alone though, so it may not develop into a vignette. Dull, wet weekend on the card (yay!).

John R - Glad you approve.

[Richard48]

Hiya Peter.
Another mighty fine build.Really has a different look to the original Tamiya box offering.Looks like a Panzer Grenadier primed ready for action at the front.
Great stuff Team D.
Richard.

[papa 695]

Just caught up peter, ( sorry for being late ) very nice work on the first figure. I will try and keep up now.

[Guest]

Richard - These Tamiya figures can make a good base for a bit of fettling. They are very well detailed, but I prefer the Dragon sculpts.

Ian - Many thanks for looking in. Appreciated.

OK, number two:



This is a very simple kit, as you can see. The clothing is not particularly well creased and folded so it will need careful painting. Not sure if I will swap heads/hands etc, and I may add more equipment.

[Steve Jones]

Before you start on number two I must say number one is outstanding. You really are producing the goods at the moment Peter. You must be pleased with the good run you are having at the moment. Now that I have cursed the next figure I wish you all the best. Soz:loudly-crying:

[Guest]

Cheers Steve - Yes, you shouldn't have mentioned the good run; watch it all cave in now.

The next one is ready to paint:



Not Tamiya's finest hour this one - poor fit, distorted seams and warping. I cut off the kit boots, which were damaged by the mould lines, and replaced them with a Dragon pair which fortunately matched the pose. I also swapped the hands, as Tamiya's were of a ridiculous three parts each - these are by Verlinden, with one hand holding a flare pistol and the other a cartridge.

The three parts for the head were also a poor fit, so I've replaced it with another Reedees one paired with a Dragon helmet. The only other addition is a pair of binoculars.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
Great work but i think you wimped out on the springs :tongue-out3: bring on the next character.

[JR]

Peter.
I assume you have a large container full of spare parts, are they all sorted ?
I recently had a mad hour and put all mine into groups, left arms , right arms etc, its great now when want to change something, no more hunting for a part.

[Guest]

Scottie - Come on, you know me. If I can get away with it.

John - Yes, two boxes full of spare parts - extras from kits, recycled items and stuff given to me by Richard and Ralph. I keep the heads, hands, legs, arms and boots in separate bags, but the rest is a jumble.

[Peter Gillson]

Peter

Nice job on the first figure.

My spare parts always started off organised and with the best of intentions, but seemed to get disorganised very quickly. Some sort of modelling gremlin!

Peter

[Guest]

Thanks Peter. To be honest, my spares box is a mess as well - definitely a gremlin. I quite like a bit oflate night rummaging though.

The second head:



You'll notice that this isn't the one I'd prepared above, nor the other two Reedees heads I tried, and failed to paint today. Don't know what went wrong, but I really struggled with the slightly uneven finish and tiny eyes they all exhibited.

Instead, I went for a Tamiya head, which, although not the best sculpt, was a least paintable. It's the one supplied with their machine gunner on maneuvers figure.

[Guest]

Hi Peter.
I am going to be honest,when I first looked at this face I thought has something gone wrong?.
I have been staring at it for about 5 minutes and it is growing on me.
What I think I am seeing is the two darker shades that come from the inner corner of the two eyes seems to really stand out making it look like someone has painted two black stripes with make up.
Just ignore my comments if you want :smiling3:.
All the best.
Ralph.