The art of figure sculpting, modeling and painting.
Adolf Hitler supposedly got the idea in September 1943, after Operation Eiche ("Oak"). Operation Eiche was launched on 12 September and included an airborne raid on Gran Sasso. The operation was planned by Kurt Student. During [...]
Let me start by saying two things; one, this is not an aeroplane so apologies if you're disappointed and two, I really suck at taking photos!
This little effort started out with a block of wood. Yes, a block of wood. One of our sons is a [...]
This is a 1/10 resin bust of a Viking shieldmaiden, from Korean firm Nuts Planet. The figure is probably based on the character Lagertha in the TV series, The Vikings. Lagertha was, according to legend, a Viking shieldmaiden from what is [...]
This is Stalingrad Miniatures' 1/35 resin vignette of a Russian soldier and orphan, in WW2. I bought the pair for a large, Russian-based dio, "For the Motherland", but then decided not to use them, and just put them away in [...]
Here are some of my most recent figure projects. The first one is my favorite, a 54mm (1/35 scale) Knight of the Holy Sepulchre from Pegaso Models. I've been working on this project off and on since 2013. White and black are tough [...]
This is a 120mm resin casting of a mounted Lancer in the first months of the Great War (product ref 5201, £49.99), from Victory Miniatures of Gloucester, England.
I ran a short WIP thread in Figures, (link) if anyone is interested in the [...]
Here's my latest figure, a 75mm Napoleonic from Pegaso Models painted in acrylics. The timing worked out great as he's all decked out in Christmas colors! I've been working on a lot of 1/35 (54mm) figures recently and wanted to move up [...]
First time assembling miniatures and painting them. These I washed in soapy water first as I had been told, then cleaned off the flash. Then assembled, primed, and painted. If you guys have any suggestions or comments on what I could've [...]
Continuing the recent figure-painting theme, this is the last in my current series of larger scale resin figures, in this case, a 120mm (1/16) German Grenadier sculpted by Jeff Shiu (Jeff Shiu Minatures). The only addition has been the [...]
Here is a collection of my most recent historical figures. They are all 54mm (roughly 1/35 scale). The figures are a French Dragoon, Greek Hoplite, mounted Polish Lancer, and an Officer of the Navy Guard from the Kingdom of Naples. [...]
