Hi all!

About to start this Kit from Stormtroopers it's

"120/12 SS Panzergrenadier, Eastern Front, Winter 41/42"

Preparation was a doddle and the only additional work will be a touch of MS round the top of the belt and a sling for the Kar 98K....

Wow ..it has to be a very amusing figure to paint , will follow your painting sessions

cheers

stefano

Wow, Mark:

What a great piece of sculpting to start off with. I will be very eager to
follow your progress on this one. And I hope you will do as in the past, where
you post lots of WIP / SBS pictures of how you work on this little beauty.

What is the old saying about bated breath? I guess ahma' too old to remember
it. . . Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa Plus I don't know how to spell bated, baited,
oh my. . . .

Jaybird

Wow what an excellent bit of mould making, I wouldn't know where to begin! So many undercuts! Mark, how many pieces went to make up what we see here? (2?) Parts of the shawl (zeltbahn?) look incredibly fragile.

Would love to meet the guy who does the mould making for Stormtroopers! I'm assuming the sculptor is Stuart Hale? (I'd look it up, but the website has been done for what seems like an eternity!)

Cheers,
Jon.

awesome detail,you can see the direction the wind is blowing from the figures cloths,really nice detail

Looking forward to seeing how you do this one Mark,

as always, you seem to do sterling work!

Cheers

Hi! Mark.
This is a wonderful figure, isn't it?
I'm a fan of STORMTROOPER, too.
I'm pleasant for how you paint this.
Good Luck!

Mitsutaka

Stefano ... many thanks and yes it will be fun

Jaybird ..... Not as many SBS pics this time, but plenty of in progress shots

Jon ... Yes this is one of Stuarts and this is 4 components. 2 boots lower body and upper body. The casting plugs were large but well away from the detail.

Jamie! ... good to hear from you

Mitsutaka ..... they are nice figures and thank you


Face it!........

managed to get the face pretty much sorted. Usual mix for this but really pushed the blues and reds on it and tried to keep the contrast high. I think it looks better in real life but .............

Hi Mark,

Lookin good and am watchin with interest. It's great to see my figures come to life so to speak.

The castin plug on the upper body is left on and kept large with this piece so you can hold this instead of the piece itself and so avoid damaging it. I can make it a lot smaller

Glad you all like the figures, got some more comin later this year

Cheers

Stu

Dan! .... sorry i missed your comment earlier! it is very cool

Stu ..... Just the way i make em I prefer as much together as possible and then i work down from the head

This is a very nice looking figure with great pose and interesting cloathing for a varied colour sceme.
Nice start to this one Mark, face is looking good as im sure the rest will when you get round to it.

Steev

Mark. great start as usual and I look forward to following.

Cheers Ken

Hi Mark,

fantastic face.
Great figure you chose, go forward!

Great work Mark.

Steve .... Thank you!

Ken .... Thank you too!

Pedro ... Again thanks .... and onward

Tony .... Thank you!



Some headway

Working on the headgear and scarf .... decided on a red scarf to parallel the red in the face and try and counter the green/grey of the toque and collar of the greatcoat .... and stuff

the rabbit fur is heading in the right direction and I'll Dry Brush some lighter highlights before I apply the last washes of browns.

Picture.........

Carl ..... Thanks man!


Shuffle shuffle ..........

Left to do on the head area......... Add some dark stains on the hat and toque ..... and some klear to eyes and lips etc.

Carl ..... ROFL!



Working around the upper body ............

None of it is finished yet but some of the white parts are heading the right way