Verlinden 200mm Unterscharfuhrer Normandy

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Nope!
Pete

[JR]

Nope!
Pete

It just struck me Pete, think it was the eyes.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Super blending in such adverse conditions,as for the Russian look a like?

Hmmm!

not sure, but the eyes do have it LOL

Looks like is should start to break soon ish, according to the BBC

There is going to be a mass of Field Grey with trousers and tunic, hope you have enough paint!

The weekend is nearly upon us, and all those little jobs that need doing rise to the surface, again!

Have a good day and hopefully no curdling paint today

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve.

The jury's out on the Russian connection. I was really pleased to be able to get some painting done - a 7.30 start was the answer, especially as the day turned out to be the hottest and most humid yet. Cooler today, a mere 25, but still quite humid. On to the helmet and a plane tree camo cover today. May also get the insignia done. I'm going to vary the field grey a bit, as per our favourite photo:



Greenish tunic, greyish trousers.

[boatman]

HI Peter with a figure this big so plenty of detail for you to have fun paintin as i will be lookin in now an again to see how he's shapein up
chris

[Steve Brodie]

Hi Peter that's one pricey bit of resin https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Verlinden...MAAOSwqu9U9l4Q looking forward to seeing what you make of it. regards Jim

Ebay isnt always the cheapest option as Peter said £32.40 at Historex;

[Guest]

Historex still have quite a lot of Verlinden stuff and it's all at the original prices or lower. The range was not a best seller in later years and I think they're pretty glad to get rid of it.

[Guest]

On to the helmet:



I decided on Spring Plane Tree for the camo. The basic colours for this were Vallejo Flat Earth, Medium Olive and German Camo Black Brown. I first painted on the basic pattern with medium tones, then went over the whole highlighting and shading each individual patch of colour. The chin strap was made from thin card and scrap plastic.

[Jim F]

Ebay isnt always the cheapest option as Peter said £32.40 at Historex;
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Yes Steve I understood that from Peter's post !

[Mickc1440]

Definitely the right choice with helmet

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Peter
Your patience and skill with the camo shading is commendable. I watch with interest because your shading technique is terrific. I’ve got a 1/9 British Para (by Maurice Cory) in the stash. I mention this only because the scale is the same and both have camouflage to tackle. Although I think our styles differ quite a bit (and I don’t claim to be a great figure painter) I’m always interested to see other approaches, and your shading is awesome.
Cheers P

PS. Have you painted many British Paras? The smock camouflage at this scale will be something of a challenge, being transparent/overprinted in areas. Any pointers? Sorry, don’t want to derail the thread.

[Guest]

Paul - Many thanks for the compliments. As you say, we all have our own approaches and that's what keeps things interesting.

I have painted quite a few Denison smocks in my time. The idea is to start with an olive drab base colour, then add the brown strokes, then the green. I don't think I've ever got it completely right, but have a look at these:

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The related threads are all on WW1 Figures and after: Under construction.

[Neil Merryweather]

Anyone think his face looks like Putin

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James Blunt......

[Guest]

That is horrific Neil. How could you?

[JR]

James Blunt......
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Neil, think we should apologise to Peter, he'll have a turn at this rate !