Some More 1/16 Figures

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Great finish with the artillery officer, is a side by side with the previous versions possible with your current 3 figures?

Which one next the DAK or zeltbahn grenadier?

Looks like another bright day too, and we have another home delivery to create some excitement.

Is everyone back on the road to recovery?

Have a good day with the new victim and the next head

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve - He's squeezed into the cabinet near the previous version. Everyone holding their own here - I've still got the cough, but apparently that can last quite a while. Katherine has to go in to the office today; a bit worrying as there is still no testing here for NHS staff and so no way of knowing if she's actually had the virus. She's been in isolation for the three weeks since I first showed signs, and they're not visiting care homes at the moment, so it should all be OK. Enjoy the home delivery.

[Guest]

Time for the next one. I can't find photos of the previous version of this, nor can I find the actual model in order to photograph it, but I built it pretty much OOB, except that I ended up changing the legs - I found the desert boots pretty much impossible to paint tidily that time, and I will probably replace them this time in order to save the angst. My intention is to depict and NCO of the Herman Goering Division, Tunisia 1943.

The sprues:



You get quite a lot for your money with this kit, including numerous hat options and the water cans.

[JR]

Morning Peter.
To me your best painted head yet. Talk about arrogant looking .:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Steven000]

The first Tamiya tank crewman has a lovely finish Peter :thumb2:
Very nice!

The second one looks interesting too, '+1' for the cactus!

Have fun,
Steven

[Guest]

John - Thanks. He does look like he needs a slap, doesn't he?

Steve. Cheers. Unfortunately the cactus has an unrealistic grid-like pattern, so I may sand it down or use something else.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Missed this - sorry. I do prefer the head with the hat. Whole figure is great.
Hope you're on the mend now.
Jim

[Guest]

Jim - Thanks. I much prefer the second head as well.

This is what I've come up with:



He's now a DAK machine-gunner. Tunisia 1943. I did initially try to just swap the boots, but I had none that really fitted, so I chopped the legs off and gave him these Dragon fallschirmjager legs instead. Quite a lot of fettling and filling was required, but I think they look OK. I've given him some extra equipment from the spares box, and have made up the water cans for the base. He'll be holding the water bottle in his right hand, and have the MG in his left, with the butt resting n the ground.

[Neil Merryweather]

That face looks a bit suspect , Peter, I'll be interested to see how it paints up.....

[Guest]

Hi Neil. It's a very odd face, but I've painted one before. Should be OK.

[Richard48]

A real franken figure but great thinking mate.Should look great.
Richard

[Guest]

Hi Richard - He should work out. Not one of Tamiya's best, with so-so sculpting and a poor fit. The legs were from some parts given to me by your good self.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

A bright and warm one to come, good for the painting.

Looks like you have given the figure a nice twist to create another unique entrant for the cabinet.

Hopefully the head will play nicely, he does seem to be having a good laugh about something?

Nice work on the double leg-ectomy too.

Good to hear everyone is in recovery.

Our delivery was dealt with quickly with some arguing and lots of decontaminating but all done now.

Have a good day with the head, I'm off to the garage once it warms up a little more.

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Hi Steve - Amazing weather, and how different things would be without CV. At least those of us lucky enough to have a garden can enjoy it. Our neighbourhood has got quite lively with everyone at home, which means that the 'Noisy family' a couple of doors away are to the fore (four teenage children).

I will start with the head today. It is 'characterful' but I'm all for that. I've been spending the late evenings having 'cabinet sessions', which are attempts to look at my work objectively. Very hard to do as your eye tends to go straight to the niggles you've had with each figure, but it helps shed light on where improvements can be made in one's technique.

Glad 'Operation Home Delivery' went well. Stay safe.

Peter.

[Guest]

Head and shoulders:



The head took two attempts to paint, but I got there in the end - I've tried to make him look desert-tanned.