Completed Two British 1/16 figures

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Hi all, I’ve had two ideas rattling around my head for the last few months and have been collecting bits ready to make a start. Last night I finally got around to starting to piece them together and here we are.

The first is a British officer in Italy in early 1945, I’ve been reading my grandfather’s memoirs and wanted something that fits with an image I had in my head. The plan is for him to be pausing on patrol and looking up at a the top of the hill or a passing plane.



The second is part of my rapidly growing collection of East Riding Yeomanry figures, this time a chap having a brew In Palestine in 1917.





These are based on my 3d printed mannequin, I’ve changed the model a bit which I think helps with the proportion issues I had last time and I’ve made more use of the guides someone helpfully shared with me last time as a reference so hopefully the anatomy will look more natural.

Thanks for looking.

 

[clubcat]

Good start Stefan, watching with interest
Melanie

 

[Briggsy]

Nice choice of subjects, especially with the tie in to your grandfather, I shall enjoy watching these develop.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Hi Stefan

You are going to be busy , 2 great ideas both with a good start

Nice to have a family link on a project as well

Looking forward to seeing more

Following with interest

Have fun @ the bench

Nap

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks all.

I got a fair amount done over the weekend. I started building the base for the Yeoman from cork, this way he can sit comfortably whilst I work on him. I spotted some nice 3d files for a tea set which I’m adding to the scene to give it a little focus. He also now has a leg.




My Italy guy now has a leg, I’m a little torn about what to do with his base, my original plan was an urban scene with his foot resting on something but now I’m having second thoughts.

 

[Nap]

Hi Stefan

A productive weekend on both , my thoughts on the Italy ,stony and dusty , possibly a building edge ?..coupleof ideas below maybe

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Briggsy]

Nice start on both figures, I like the printed puttees they can be a real.pain to sculpt. Cork is very versatile stuff.

Cheers Simon

 

[NigelR]

A very ambitious project, great start and looking forward to seeing more.

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Cheers chaps. The boots and puttees are quite handy, I picked up a set with a whole range of footwear options because I'm not quite ready to start trying to sculpt my own, let me know if you'd like some printed Simon.

Thanks for the pics Nap, they are pretty good. I'm aiming for this to be the spring of 1945 during the Battle of the Argenta gap, these pics give the sort of aesthetic I'm after, so maybe a crumbled wall could work, with the foot resting on some fallen rubble.




In terms of kit references, a friend posed in his re-enactment kit which is going to be helpful with the folds in the clothing etc.



I'm possibly going to stretch accuracy a little bit and include some bits and pieces I know my grandfather picked up during the campaign, notably a German map case and a US M41 jacket (although I'm not sure about the latter as I'd like to get the 78 Div battleaxe in there somewhere). There are plenty of decent reference pics of the M41 in use, I also really like this pic of commandos (I think) near Lake Commachio, the chap in the hat would make a great figure on his own (and is going in the 'for future projects' file):

 

[Briggsy]

Cheers Stefan that's a kind offer but that's way over the scale I'm comfortable with so thanks but no thanks I'll stick with 1/32nd or 1/30th. The commando pictures look interesting, the fella in the peaked cap is just asking to be sculpted.

Cheers Simon

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

They re-size, the originals were 1/35 but if you give me a boot length I can do whatever size you want.

 

[Briggsy]

They re-size, the originals were 1/35 but if you give me a boot length I can do whatever size you want.

Ah the joys of 3D printing, by the boot length I take it that is heel to toe? I'll get my ruler and a Historex leg and let you know, exciting!

Cheers Simon

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

That works, yes

 

[Briggsy]

I measured a Historex booted foot, it's 9.5mm so probably 1cm to round it up should be fine.

Cheers Simon

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

No problem, I’ll take a look this week.

I managed to flesh these two out yesterday, they now have two legs each and I’ve built up the chests and shoulders. I didn’t get those quite right last time so hopefully these will look more natural. My plan is to now start adding belts and webbing straps which I can then structure the clothing around.

Any thoughts on the waist to shoulders ratio? It roughly matches the ‘ideal’ and their clothes will be a bit baggy over the top.

 

[clubcat]

Coming along, although the right legs seem to be bigger but that may just be parallax caused by the photos.
Melanie

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks, on the standing guy it's just because the leg is closer to the camera. I think on the left one it might be slightly bigger but not as much as it appears to be in the picture, I'm probably going to take it back a little bit once the belts are on.

 

[Briggsy]

Looking good, I think the seated fella does need the leg thinning around the knee a little, though if it looks right it nearly always is, if that makes sense.

Shoulders to waist is just under 2 head measurements, there being about 8 heads in a human of normal(ish) proportions.



Hope this helps, it is a thumbnail so click for a better sized image.

Cheers Simon

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks, I've got the diagrams, it's more the shoulder shape and width I struggled with last time.

 

[Briggsy]

Thanks, I've got the diagrams, it's more the shoulder shape and width I struggled with last time.

Best bet for that is to study some good paintings, much better than photo's IMO. As a rule of thumb the shoulders are a head measurement either side of the breast bone and the waist is a little over one measurement, half on either side of a central line down from the breast bone. You don't have to over do a V shape, shoulders to waist, but it should be noticeable.

To help get this right it might be a good idea to follow Valiants example and first sculpt the bare body, not in any great detail, then clothe it, it should give you a better feel for overall proportions.

Cheers Simon