Monday, February 8, 2016

MG Gunner (part1)

As i've already mentioned the next figure i'll work is an MG gunner in an advancing pose.
It took me a while to find the correct placement of the upper torso and hands and involved lots of cutting, twisting and shaving.

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The pose was losely based on this picture.

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Now it'time for some putty work.

Cheers
George

Sunday, February 7, 2016

OSTPREUSSEN 194X (Part Three)

The third German i wanted to be an officer so i searched the net for inspiration and i found these two.

A Tom Meyer sculpt for Fox Miniatures (unfortunately never published).

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And a simple but very efective conversion of a Britannia miniature made by Rob (sorry i don' know his last name) aka panzerfaust200 an esteemed member of  "the guild" forum (www.guildwargamers.com)

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So after some playing around with hands i came up with this pose:

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From the beginning i had desided that he would be most experienced of the lot as so he would wear a Palmenmuster camo smoke and an early style peaked cap:

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I've kept the field gear minimal in order not to interfere with the painting of the complex camo pattern.

Here he is painted:

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This post brings my blog up to date with what i have done so far.
The next figure, an MG gunner, is under the butchers knife at the moment so stay tuned...

Cheers
George



OSTPREUSSEN 194X (PART TWO)

Ostpreussen 194X is the name of my new project, it will cover my adventures at the eastern front.
And by adventures i don't mean conersions of figures only, they will also include scratchbuilding of houses, trees
frankly everything that a good gaming table needs.

The second German is posed as firing his STG44. I have tried to depict him as wearing a zeltbahn over his greatcoat a common use in 44 or 45.

The figure started like this:

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And after some putty work became this:

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Now the figure looks like this, waiting to be based.

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Next post a German Officer.

Cheers
George

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Back Again

It has been far too long since my last post life prevented me from having something finished to  share with you.

So firstly i would like to thank all of you who have visited my blog over the years of abandonment.

My new adventure in the world of miniatures started just before christmas
with my visit to our local club (after i don't remember how much time)
There on a table of Bolt Action i was introduced to Warlords plastic figures.
Immediately i realized their potentials for conversions. After a little search at local stores i was able to purchase one box of panzergrenadiers and ... found my mojo back.

The first German:

A simple conversion in order to change the way zeltbahn was worn and adding some minor details.

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And painted:

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That's it  for now.
Two more Germans in the next post
Best regards
George