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Gebirgsjager sniper

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by razor, Oct 29, 2018.

  1. razor A Fixture

    Thanks for looking.
    I present my latest work a Gebirgsjager sniper.
    Main body is Evolution with cut and re-positioned arms . The head is a bare Hornet with a tired look, the cap is an early Hornet m43 re-carved to give it more life. Equipment is dragon and the rifle is ICM.
    As always any comments and advice are welcomed.

    geb1.JPG
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  2. Paulo A Fixture

    Country:
    Portugal
    Very nice idea !! I like it
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  3. Oda A Fixture

    As for comments...what elese but congratulations,as for the advice,I think you should be giving it not asking for it judging by what I see.Exemplary conversion,trully flawless.

    Oda.
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  4. Dr Bison Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Germany
    As mentioned before, it's a truly outstandong conversion (as are all your creations).
    The only comment I could think of concerns the M43 cap. Even though it was also worn by the German Gebirgsjäger from 1943 on, a lot of the old hands held on to their "Bergmütze", which mostly differed in the markedly shorter brim, as seen in these 3 photos attached:

    General Julius Ringel and the first 2 Gebirgsjäger on the right are wearing Bergmützen, whereas the other 3 in the front row seem to be wearing M43 caps.
    german-mountain-troopers.jpg

    And here is what they looked like in colour - Wehrmacht on the left and Waffen-SS on the right
    Bergmütze_1.jpg Bergmütze_2.jpg
    So, just an idea...

    Cheers
    Karl
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  5. razor A Fixture

    The only comment I could think of concerns the M43 cap. Even though it was also worn by the German Gebirgsjäger from 1943 on, a lot of the old hands held on to their "Bergmütze", which mostly differed in the markedly shorter brim, as seen in these 3 photos attached:
    Cheers
    Karl[/quote]

    Thanks for the pictures and the kind words, I've sanded the peak down and it looks much better.
    I've also started filling the arms in.
    geb2.JPG geb3.JPG
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  6. razor A Fixture

    All ready for painting. ( I think).
    geb4.JPG geb5.JPG
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  7. razor A Fixture

    After 1 or 26 false starts I've finally started putting paint on.

    geb6.JPG
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  8. Warren SMITH A Fixture

    Country:
    Australia
    Lovely figure, keep the updates coming.
    Warren.
  9. Blind Pew A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    What a superb project.
  10. razor A Fixture

    Thanks for the encouragement.
    Work continues.
    geb7.JPG geb8.JPG
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  11. Blind Pew A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    That face is superb. I'm looking forward to this one. Autumn looking flecktarn and he'd look great. Or do you have something else in mind?
  12. razor A Fixture

    Big thanks to all.


    A nice idea but I'm basing my figure on this guy -
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthäus_Hetzenauer
  13. razor A Fixture

    Tiny update.
    geb11.JPG
  14. captfue Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Great work what scale?
  15. razor A Fixture

    thanks

    1/35 scale
  16. Oda A Fixture

    Excellent!!!

    Oda.
  17. razor A Fixture

    Thanks all round.
    Calling it a day on this one.
    geb14.JPG
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  18. Blind Pew A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    A super project mate, thanks for sharing this with us.
  19. Jeff T A Fixture

    Country:
    Australia
    Nice work Razor!

    Cheer's,
    Jeff.

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