3. SS Totenkopf, Festung Demjansk 1942

[Recon]

Hi!

Here is my little summerproject with a Dragon figure, a Hornet head, magicsculpt and some small items from various sources. I have redone the buttons and altered the camojacket a bit, and at the moment I am in the process of sharpening some of the cast details.

The figure shows a member of SS Totenkopf in the harsh battles in the Demjansk pocket, called Festung Demjansk in german. The Totenkopf were used as a moving reinforcement from battle to battle with the Russians, using skiis to move around. I bought Concords book about Totenkopf while attending the show in Mosonmagyarovar, and it contains a lot of great pictures from the Demjansk pocket. Some of the pictures shows germans with Tokarev rifles, and I was lucky enough to find one in my spare weapons pile!

I hope to start painting in a couple of weeks, I just have to hollow out the sleeves and refine some of the details a bit more.

All comments are welcome!

-Sverre

 

[rej]

Looks very nice already Sverre..........

Ray

 

[unknown01]

Very excellent sculpting!
Very well done.

Mitsutaka

 

[Recon]

Hi guys and girls!

Im sorry to say that I didnt have time to take any in progress shots.
I finished up this figure last week, and now I am just waiting for the nameplate before he is ready.

The painting of the figure was mainly a study in painting whites, and it is damn hard! I think it turned out fairly well, and I have learned a lot. Now that the figure is ready I wish I would have toned down the seams quite a bit, but that will have to be next time!
I had a few thoughts about weathering the figure some more, but after seeing photos of the real soldiers, I saw that the skitroops had almost pristine white smocks. The mortar crews and entrenched guys is another story!

But enough words, pictures coming up!

All comments are welcome!

-Sverre

 

[dancap3286]

Very nice Sverre...

you have handled the whites very nicely and I like the way you have oversized the clothing. That is something I think some sculptors don't do enough as most war time photos show clothing that looks over sized, almost like burlap sacks that were made into clothing.

 

[eissteban]

hi recon,
i like this guy a lot

"simple" but in one word excellent (for me)

Seb.

 

[gothicgeek]

exellent work and the whites are great!

Mark

 

[pmfs]

Hi Sverre,

Well done!
I like very much the way you paint the Simonov.