Hi,

It's been a while since I posted any work. I got bogged down in a couple of projects that took more modelling than painting time, such as my little Pompeii vignette. As enjoyable as these were, after a while the mojo ran out, as they say, and I pulled this half-started Alpine Miniatures figure from the ranks of grey army with the intention to do a speedy brush job and get the painting juices flowing again. Things started swiftly and here I am, 5 months later, to finally show some concrete results again. So much for my speed-painting skills....

Anyway, this is one of Alpine's early releases in 1:16. The sculpt by Mike Good is crisp as always and a joy to paint. I left off the left arm until I finished the upper body to keep brush access to the chest area. My main motivation to paint this one were the camouflage pants. I had always wanted to try the marsh pattern ('Sumpfmuster') and this figure offered the perfect opportunity.

As this figure is clearly dressed against the cold, a wintery setting was needed. For this I tried to get a frosted effect on a forest floor base, which was simply done by good old drybrushing a range of cold whites.

I mainly used Vallejo acrylics, and some oils for a stain on the pants.

Hope you like him.

Cheers,
Adrian

Here's some reference material I used:

Very nice paint work!
Convincing camouflage painting; like it

Cheers
Erik

Nice work!!! Shared it on my FB page.

Awesome job great work on the camo

Amazing work Adrian.

Marc

Beautiful paintjob ! I like it a lot.

very nice Adrian. Not a plug for Alpine miniatures but I do own one dozen of their 1:16 figures and each and everyone is a perfect cast. No moulding lines, no bubbles. Tremendous quality for the money spent.

It may have taken 5 months Adrian, but the superb results you've achieved prove that the time was well spent.
Everything about it is excellent, but for me, the camouflage looks especially good.

Cheers,
Andrew

Lovely work indeed!!

Superb Adrian!

Really nice job. I especially like the camouflage and leather work.

Well done,
Ken

Adrian he looks great and I am sure that getting this boy completed to a high standard will give your mojo a boost, its nice to know that like myself many others painters get cheesed off and drift from one figure to another and in and out of the hobby.
TERRY

Superb work Adrian!

This is a favourite Alpine figure of mine, and you have painted it beautifully.

Cheer's,
Jeff.

A tad bit dark pictures but it looks very nice from what I can tell.

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

Very well done.
Cheers
John

Wonderful brushwork as always Adrian, in particular the camo. I also think you pulled off that frosted ground just fine.

Joe

Erik, Taesung, Jack, Marc, Carl, Djoubri, Alex, Andrew, MrBMB, Kenn, Terry, Jeff, Janne, John and Joe: Thanks for leaving a comment. Glad you like him!

Janne, you are right, the pics turned out rather dark. They looked better on my camera display. Here are a few new ones with longer exposure. Must say it looks like I did not get the lighting 100% right, because contrast seems to have been reduced somewhat.

Thanks as well for the likes guys.

Cheers
Adrian

Fully agree. I have quite a few as well and all of them are perfect casts.