Hello All,
This is an attempt to work with close folds to show movement.Ying and Yang ,using positive and negative shape create the folds that should balance each other out and look more natural.Still some work to go.
Comments welcome.
Andy

He looks good Andy.

Hey mate, looking good, more importantly, nice to hear you are OK after the tradgic events that happened your way.
By the way the figure arrived safe and intact thankyou. Lookin forward to hearing from you.

Very nice work Andy

Glad to see you back, are things getting better over yonder ?

Andy
This looks great! My favorite from your line.
This camo jump suit is so hard to sculpt, and you
captured the look really well.

One thing I want to point out is that PPSH is
very heavy. It would be hard to hold it up
like that unless it's slung over the shoulder
with a strap.

Just my 2 cents

I agree with Taesung, the PPSH is a very heavy weapon, I have handled several samples of it. A sling around the shoulder would be the proper way to display it.

Cheers and good luck.

Jose.T.Rodriguez
Minuteman Models

Thankyou gentlemen for your comments .I have a little surprise regarding the PpSh,you are right about the weapons strap and will add that later.
Andy

Me likey alot. Love razvedchiki troops , could be all white winter combo also.

Great work andy

Stu

PS hope everything OK down there in the land of the long white cloud

Stu,
The intention is to sculpt a winter smock as the fabric is lighter,but I dont see why a summer pattern cant be used.
regards
Andy

well the pose could be in the moment in which he gives an signall to others to stay alert or to take action on an nearby enemy...i think it works and looks good.

Great that you are back on your bench Andrew.
You are out of the disaster now????
Hope to see this finished. I like it. Don't know much of this soldiers, but it is a great challenge for us painters.

marc

Hi Andy, nice sculpting, look forward to the finish of the PPSH. Les

Hello All,
More work is done.The gloves are shaped in .
what im really excited about is the photo etch I,ve developed over the last year being that of the PPSh cooling jacket that will be available with the kit.I dont recall anyone else doing this so I thought its time to give it a go.comments weclome.
Andy

A proper jacket for the barrel!

Cool!

While it may be fiddly for some figure painters (best include some hints about annealing) it will add to the realism of the figure!

Cheers

Andy excellent sculpting, love the sense of action/movement in this piece and a great idea to add the photo-etch to the PPSH. Brilliant.

Cheers Ken

Great touch with the P.E. Andy Bring it on!

Great looking bust mate and nice idea for the photo-etch barrel.

Steve

Anything worth doing will have an element of difficulty in it.Having experimented with the photo etch,you see the fold lines.All you have to do is wrap the jacket around a 2.5mm drill bit and lightly press with your fingers and the fold lines do the rest,there are fold lines at the chamber area as well.
Andy

Hi Andy, nice touch, PE in this scale will be easy enough for figure modellers not used to this medium. Les