1/16 U Boat Officer

[Guest]

A few head shenanigans today. After two attempts at painting the Alpine head, I gave up and resorted to the kit head:



I adapted the cap by removing the totenkopf symbol and replacing it with the naval wreath, which was made from spare resin and sprue. I also made the chin strap from lead foil and sprue sections.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
Bring on the magic

[Guest]

Nice one Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Scottie and Ralph - Many thanks for looking in.

Blissfully cool today and fine painting weather, if a little dull (you can't win):



I used Vallejo Basalt Grey as the base for the jacket. It's very shiny at the moment, but hopefully it should dull down some more as it dries. I don't mind a satiny finish as it is meant to be leather, but it may need a little adjusting with varnishes.

[Mickc1440]

Looks really nice Peter, I'll pop back in an hour when it's finished :smiling2:

[Steven000]

Looking great :thumb2:
cheers!

[Jim R]

Hi peter
Much cooler here too. Face is great - very nautical looking. Well done with the cap badge. Jacket is rather nice with it's sheen.
Jim

[yak face]

Scottie and Ralph - Many thanks for looking in.

Blissfully cool today and fine painting weather, if a little dull (you can't win):

[ATTACH alt="100_5058.JPG"]351564[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="100_5059.JPG"]351565[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="100_5060.JPG"]351566[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="100_5055.JPG"]351567[/ATTACH]

I used Vallejo Basalt Grey as the base for the jacket. It's very shiny at the moment, but hopefully it should dull down some more as it dries. I don't mind a satiny finish as it is meant to be leather, but it may need a little adjusting with varnishes.

Looking great Peter ,the face is amazing. This figure looks like the infamous u boat captain Hans Missink to me :tongue-out3:

[Guest]

Mick - At least a couple of more days with this one.

Steven - Thanks for looking in.

Jim - Much cooler, to the extent that I actually felt a bit cold while watching Killing Eve last night. The shine didn't deaden down enough in the end, so I had to resort to varnish. Results later.

Tony - Yes, poor old Hans had a considerable disadvantage during the early stages of the war.

[Guest]

The uniform is done:

[ATTACH alt="100_5062.JPG"]351619[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="100_5063.JPG"]351620[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="100_5064.JPG"]351621[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="100_5065.JPG"]351622[/ATTACH]

As mentioned above, I felt that the finish was still too shiny, so I gave the uniform a coat of matt varnish. That did deaden the tones somewhat, so I had to go around adding brighter highlights before giving it another coat.

[scottie3158]

Peter, nicely done as always.

[Guest]

Cheers Scottie.

[Guest]

Looks great Peter :smiling3:.

[Fernando N]

He looks very nice Peter, love that unshaven submariner look he has :thumb2: .
Neat shadow work too on the uniform.

[Richard48]

Popped in before i go on belated honeymoon tommorow to Channel islands(Jersey).Love the head Peter,The cap is paricularly nice mate.Like the leathers colours as well.Its a lot cooler here and probably our hot bit of summer over i reckon.
Back to sculpting when i get back.
All the best mate.
Richard