Figures, I’d start a new project quickly…..
Ok another bad pun from Rob! This is one of Verlinden’s excellent 120mm SS figures, this one being a fellow from the Ardennes counter offensive. He wears the M44 field jacket and late war boots with leggings. Most all of the times I have seen this figure done he wears the jacket in the “dot” pattern camouflage, but as these also were printed in oak leaf I decided to go with that pattern. Now to be fair, Verlinden has sculpted the jacket in the later version without shoulder board loops, and most if not all of these were in dot pattern but this is a minor niggle as you have to look very close to see they are missing, and also troops would remove them in the field due to their snagging on things. Oak Leaf is one of the harder SS patterns to paint and I used Michael Beavers excellent “Camouflage Uniforms of the Waffen SS” as my guide. If you have any interest in the subject this book is a must have. I show how I go about painting the pattern, not rocket science, but doing things in order do make it easier. More later Cheers folks!
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Craig Abrahamson said on October 16, 2017
Excellent start, Rob….certainly looks good to ME (someone who doesn’t play well with figure painting). Do you really drink a beer every time you sit at the bench or are those eclectic brands always there in the photo just to tease us? 🙂
Rob Anderson said on October 16, 2017
Thanks! No I don’t have a beer every time I’m at the bench, Sundays and Thursdays of my “short” work week I have man cave time and have a brew while I build and then watch some TV.
George Williams said on October 16, 2017
Looks like you have all the necessary ingredients there, Rob, looking forward to seeing how it progresses.
david leigh-smith said on October 17, 2017
You have to love a good pun, Rob. This project is looking fantastic; your face work is amazing.
Marc Barris said on October 17, 2017
looking real good Rob, I look forward to seeing it when its done.
Stephen W Towle said on October 17, 2017
Good lord John Wayne has joined the other side…that face looks exactly like the Duke. Before,the “Longest Day”.
Greg Kittinger said on October 18, 2017
Some nice paint work started there!
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on October 18, 2017
Good grief, Rob! Unbelievable paint work, looks like the real thing!
Michel Verschuere said on October 19, 2017
Very nice paintwork, can’t wait to see this one finished!