WIP Barbarossa - Jeff Shiu - 120mm

[Ferris]

Finished painting the mess tin and water bottle today:

And this one I had painted earlier:

 

[Scotty]

Love the worn look on this guys kit, the details you have added really take an excellent kit up a notch. Good drills.
Scotty.

 

[Briggsy]

Cracking work, the leather is amazing.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Love the worn look on this guys kit, the details you have added really take an excellent kit up a notch. Good drills.
Scotty.

Cracking work, the leather is amazing.

Cheers Simon

Just going to agree with these two fellows .....very impressive work

Great updates

Looking forward to seeing more from Adrian

Happy Benchtime

Nap

 

[NigelR]

Lovely detail work, great wear effects.

 

[Ferris]

Wow, 3 weeks it took me for this update. These rotten equipment slings! Really had to think and experiment how to do the slings for the gas mask. The issue was to fit them through their tiny attachment eyes on the canister, fold one end back on the sling and then ensure the rest of the sling has the right length and tension. All this while not messing up the wobbly attachment of the gas mask canister to the body.

I tried Rolled MagicSculpt but that was too soft to push through the eyes. I found lead foil too thin and ended up using paper: two sheets laminated for thickness and stiffened with super glue, cut to size. For brevity I skip all the stuff that went wrong…..

What an unpleasant job this was! Hope things stay put during painting.

Rest of the figure will be rather straightforward: trousers, boots, arms.

Cheers
Adrian

 

[Briggsy]

Looks good, paper is a very versatile material for all sorts of applications, good idea laminating it.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Hi Adrian

All credit to you for perseverance, it’s paid off for sure

Thanks for the update looking forward to seeing more

Have fun @ the bench

Nap

 

[MalcC]

Adrian, the detailing is first class. This is going to be another stunner from your workbench.

Malc

 

[Joe55]

The wear and tear on the water bottle, cup and mess kit look mighty impressive. Despite your difficulty with the cannister straps, I think they appear convincing enough.

Joe

 

[Steve Ski]

Awesome progress, Adrian!

 

[NigelR]

Looking very good indeed....

Wow, 3 weeks it took me for this update.

Well, didn't you go to Scale Model Challenge? I thought I saw a couple of yours in the competition.....

 

[VisjeMar]

It looks fantastic, that extra work really pays off

 

[Ferris]

Looking very good indeed....


Well, didn't you go to Scale Model Challenge? I thought I saw a couple of yours in the competition.....

Thanks Nigel.

I did enjoy SMC indeed. A great show. Thought there would be other PF members as well. I also recognized some models. Pity we may just have anonimously passed each other…! Maybe next time!

Cheers
Adrian

 

[Ferris]

It looks fantastic, that extra work really pays off

Thanks Martin!

 

[Ferris]

Painted now:
(Although I just noted the clasp needs some refinement and there should be some buttons on the strap, near the canister attachment points)

 

[Nap]

Hi Adrian

Great detail work , adding those buttons will be easy for you ....good spot as well

Do like the way you paint , so much going into each part ....and a fine result so far

Thanks for the updates

Looking forward to seeing more

Have fun at the bench

Nap

 

[Briggsy]

Looks great already but those little details will be really good.

Cheers Simon

 

[NigelR]

That's looking even better....

Thanks Nigel.
I did enjoy SMC indeed. A great show. Thought there would be other PF members as well. I also recognized some models. Pity we may just have anonimously passed each other…! Maybe next time!

I wasn't there in person, I was just drooling over the pics and saw some of your models there. But I will be at World Model Expo in Paris next year.......

 

[bigtodd]

Many a gold medal will be won this figure in competition! Just amazing!