Hi, as I said in my presentation post, I have some experience painting miniatures for wargames between 15-28mm, but this will be my first attempt of painting a large scale figure.

I will try to post here the whole process, so you can give me some advice, opinions and critiques.

The bust is from Life Miniatures beginner line: https://www.lifeminiatures.com/product-page/beginners-series-no-1-ww2-german-panzer-commander

I will follow this painting guide published by MrBlack: https://www.mrblackpublications.com/PAINTING_GUIDE_1/p1000980_20527427.aspx

First of all where cutting and sanding down the resin excess and the minimal mould lines. After a dry fit test, I drilled some holes in the head, torso, and wooden base, so I can put each part in a holder for the painting process.
I also added some Milliput to the neck to improve the contact surface with the head, and get a better union when gluing both parts.
I washed all the pieces with soapy warm water I mount each part in a holder.



I masked the gluing surfaces to prevent any paint sticking and get a better bond. I primed it using Vallejo Grey Primer applied with the airbrush. I also blocked the main colours using the airbrush and some masking putty. Now it is ready to start with the brushes.

Very nice clean basecoating, especially the flesh tones & the cap. Following with interest!

Thanks for your comments.
Some more progress. Sketching of highlights and shadows.


And the blending on the left side of the face.

Excellent work!

Welcome aboard Peter! looking good.

Cheers,
Ken

Completion of blending. What do you think? Any suggestion, advice or critique are wellcome.
I think I'll try to make a subtle beard effect.

Head finished. Any opinion or suggestion is wellcome. Now, to the body.

Fantastic work, especially on the flesh tones & cap details.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece of work. Results are even better than the manual.

Bill

Thanks for your comments!

You are right Nap, the hair need a bit more work. I will add some more highs and shadows. Thanks for your appreciation.

I had to repaint the body because I didn't like the colours I achieved on the parka and collar shirt. So I tried again with some different mixes. Here is the progress so far. I had problems to take pictures of the white correctly.

Thanks Nap.
I started with Vallejo German Cam. Dark Green, and mixing progressively Afrika Korps Tank Crews 336 from Vallejo Panzer Aces. For the shadows mixing black a bit of dark prussian blue. And a bit of white for the final highlight,

The bust is nearly finished, so I will post soon the final result.

The bust is now finished. You can find the images here;
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/503-abt-king-tiger-commander-bust.276324/