Friday 23 April 2010

SS- Obersturmführer, Das Reich, Russia 1941

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After numerous distractions and interruptions, I've finally added the final details and christened it onto the groundwork. Here's hoping to move on to the painting this weekend.

cheers,

Calvin



Sunday 4 April 2010

SS- Obersturmführer, Das Reich, Russia 1941

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Here's another quick update on the sculpt. Thanks for all the constructive comments and as you can see some alterations were made. I decided to spread the digits of the left hand for a more natural appearance as the original cupped hand felt rather contrived. Also I had to lengthen the barrel of the Luger as it was almost a scale inch too short. The belt buckle and stick grenade were castings made by Taesung Harmms from my originals. I'm pretty much happy at this point with the overall look of the figure and I do hope to proceed to creating the groundwork as soon as the refinements are in place.

Also completed is a scratch-built 1/16 scale M-16A1 rifle built whilst waiting for my castings to arrive back from Taesung. I almost forgot how painful it was to scratch-build firearms. And yes, there are plans to use it with a figure ;)



Calvin