Dragon 1/16 German Grenadier

[Guest]

Steve J - Many thanks. I've got quicker at it, which is something.

Steve H - Cloudy and humid here, with soaring temperatures promised for the weekend. My granddaughter went home yesterday, so no more tugging at my trouser legs while I'm trying to paint. The camo slog over, the rest should be fun.

First read Lord of the Rings when I was 16 and fell in love. Re-read in my 30s and still enjoyed them, though could see the faults - the way Tolkien goes all grandiose and epic towards the end, which gets a bit tedious. The films missed a lot of the points - eg. the Elves weren't involved in any of the battles because they were 'fading', ie leaving Middle Earth and going away from the concerns of men. Legolas is definitely not an action-hero in the books (my biggest gripe). LotR bore alert!

[JR]

You have nailed that jacket Peter.
As for Hobbits, there enough real ones around Stamford on a Saturday night.!

[Guest]

Thanks John

That's unfair to Hobbits!:tongue-out2:

[Guest]

Legs done and some equipment added:

[stillp]

The Tolkien books are really seriously heavy duty reading

When I used to work in a college, LotR was my 'go to' book when invigilating exams. Long enough to last 3 weeks of 12 hour days, with breaks.
Pete

[Guest]

Peter - Got me through my A -Levels - light relief after all that studying.

Shenanigans time. I realised that something wasn't quite right in the above photos, and checking the reference I found that there should be no seams on the zeltbahn at the sides. Dragon usually put the joins where seams occur, and in this case I'd trusted them too much and hand't sanded the joins completely away. This meant of course that there should be no break in the pattern, so it was out with the filler and brushes:

[Guest]

Loving it Peter :smiling3:.

[JR]

WOW

[SteveH]

Peter - Got me through my A -Levels - light relief after all that studying.

Morning Peter

Never thought Tolkien was a "light" read, even after A levels!

Well saved, the side by side photos of the seam repair are really good. some fancy sanding and brushwork to cover it all up.

Looks like you might need a new project for the weekend, the officer?

Have a good day with the paints, hopefully not too hot

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Thanks chaps.

Still some equipment to do, then onto trying to make fix the rifle in a convincing position. May not finish him today Steve - depends on the mojo.

[BigGreg]

As usual Peter you deliver FANTASTIC work you painting skills are wonderful... well done

[Guest]

Thanks Greg, but guess what?

BINNED IT!!!!!!!!!!

The rifle was a nightmare to fit and I caused quite a bit of damage fixing it into place. However, that was repaired to a reasonable degree, but then I found that the panzerfaust just wouldn't rest in the hands because the rifle was in the way!!!! I tried extending the right hand by adding a shirt cuff, but by that stage there's was glue everywhere and the finish was so compromised that it was pointless to carry on.

Sorry folks.

[BigGreg]

DAAAAMMN... that's a shame... but i can understand the frustration....i'm sure you will delight us with more stunning figures....

[Jack L]

Ah no! Such a shame!

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
It was looking fine but if the equipement doesn't fit realistically then that would draw the eyes away from the rest, however well painted. Anyway - onwards and upwards.
Jim