Alpine 16001 1/16 Panzer Officer WIP

[gothicgeek]

Hi all.....

early in January I ordered this kit and have decided to have a go for the Alpine competition.

I have got to say this is an outstanding sculpt and I almost put it away as I'm not really sure my standard is high enough to do this justice... but then thought what the hell, I have oven cleaner to hand

Cleanup was a breeze and the resin is bubble free and about the same density as polystyrene and a delight to work with, undercoated in auto primer and away we go

this is his little head done ( waiting for a set of Vallejo WW2 German Camo Colours to arrive now as i just can't get the fieldgrey right with the citadels )

any comments , crits or observations welcome as always

Mark

 

[Kirky]

Hi Mark,

Looks good mate, really expressive face, dont know if you have seen the old film cross of Iron, but i reckon he looks quite a lot like Lt Meyer ??

Where abouts did you order him from as i am having problems finding a UK supplier for alpine products.

Good luck in the competition i am looking forwrad to following this thread as it develops

Kind Regards

Kirky

 

[gothicgeek]

Hi Kirky!

i got this from AFV modeler, but i just checked and its now out of stock

but panther models on ebay have one

i've used them in the past and it was a good service

here's a link to it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-16-German-P...oryZ1189QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

mark

 

[Kirky]

Thanks Mark, very much appreciated.

will follow this thread to completion

All the best

Kirky

 

[Jamie Stokes]

No Crits yet mark, started well.

looking forward to see how you go in the comp.

Cheers

 

[John Bowery]

Mark,
Nice start on this.
Cheers
John

 

[gothicgeek]

ah cheers guys

head on figure for context, i'm pretty happy with the face but may do a little more on the highlighting, well see...........

 

[billyturnip]

I really like the way you've painted the stubble on his face Mark, very good.

Roger.

 

[tonydawe]

I agree with Roger, the stubble looks very realistic. A great start Mark

 

[dinovision79]

Hi Mark,

well done face!
Look forward to the rest and good luck in the competition!

Denes

 

[vergilius]

very nice face so far

 

[T50]

Excellent so far!

 

[baldwin8]

Fantastic skin tones. You have a great talent.

 

[gothicgeek]

Many thanks guys

&

so i need to base this fellow and i was killing time waiting for my Vallejo paints....

i have a stalled lightbox project of a 1/16th T34/76 ..... HHHHMMMM..

i visit my local art supply shop and scrounge some of the corrigated card he uses for the backs of pictures, its light and very strong and the corrigations don't show, and made a copy of the front corner of the t34........

cut off the details i needed and raided the sprues..... this morning i cut the curve....

anyone got a pic of what sort of wiring is happening with the light and the horn?

oh and the vallejo's arrived..... first impressions...... good but GW paint is better!

mark

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Mark,
that is very clever basing/ back drop.

All very good.

As for wiring, a quick check seems that the lead came out of the back of the lamp, and for side mounted lights you have made, lay loose and head towards the top of the hull.

Front of hull light mount
http://missing-lynx.com/gallery/russia/t34model1941gagj_1.html

T-34/85 with clearer light
http://missing-lynx.com/gallery/russia/t3485_tlin3.jpg

Or multiple view points/ walk around at prime portal (note, you may have to wade through a few dozen shots before you find it - recommended if you want hyper accuracy)
http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/t-34.htm

Cheers

 

[gothicgeek]

Cheers for the links Jamie!!

10 mins and i found the exact reference pic

and those walkarounds are great anyway....

mark

 

[gothicgeek]

Insignia, Badges and Medals.............

slow progress on these and still a bit of twiddling to finish them

 

[Hardy]

Liking this, lots! Hardy

 

[billyturnip]

Good work so far Mark but what also stands out in your close up photography is what an excellent sculpt the figure is. It looks a very good advert for Alpine.

Roger

 

[gothicgeek]

Good work so far Mark but what also stands out in your close up photography is what an excellent sculpt the figure is. It looks a very good advert for Alpine.

Roger

oh it is outstanding!



i never thought about it like that..............

hehehe

Mark