ENTER here in INTERMEDIATE class...ends 30/06/24

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Nap

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Hi to All

Enter your model into the INTERMEDIATE class

(Closes Midnight BST 30/06/24)....extended to allow for more entries....announcement to follow

Max of 1 full image with up to 5 additional thumbnails ( members can click on to view larger )

Note: ONLY FOR ENTRIES not COMMENTS

UPDATE ....Members can enter up to 3 pieces in both the above Comp

FIGURE TO BE ENTERED IN ONLY 1 CLASS

Please take the time to add some details to include:Title/Manufacturer/ScaleMaterials ( paints etc )/Conversion details if applicable/links to SBS( V Bench )

The winner will go forward to be voted on for a chance of great prizes at the end of 2024


Nap
 
My offering this month

Following on from the SBS here

https://www.planetfigure.com/posts/987594/


Originally a Sarnia Miniatures SS bust in Mess dress

Converted to a Luftwaffe Flak Regt Officer in Formal Mess Dress

Replaced the aguilette and reworked waistcoat and added the awards

Painted in Acrylics and Water Soluable Oils

Name it provided the plate and Pete Watson the base

Click on for larger images

Thanks for looking

Nap

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After a 20 year hiatus from the hobby, I dug out of the grey army this conversion I'd started all those years ago and decided to see if I could relearn how to paint. The figure is 54mm and is painted in oils with some printers ink highlights.

The figure represents Lee Marvin's character of gunslinger Tim Strawn in the movie Cat Ballou, a favorite film of my youth. Strawn's distinguishing feature was the silver nosepiece that took the place of the nose that had been bitten off in a fight.

I got the inspiration when I found a head that bore a passing resemblance to Marvin. From there I found one figure for the torso and another for the waist down portion. I believe I altered the right arm and hand to hold the Winchester but can't be sure after all this time (the figure had already been primed).

To the head I added the moustache, accentuated the cleft chin, modified the hair and neck scarf, and created the hat, nose cover and strap.

On the lower portion I removed the few gun belt cartridges on the original and added more, added a strap to the back of the vest, created the leather knee straps, fashioned more substantial spurs, and added details to the watch chain based on what could be gleaned from movie stills.

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So liberating being able to enter more than one entry!

My second entry to the competition is one of my more recent projects, Tirailleur Senegalese c.1900. This chap was built on the stripped back body of an Airfix Multipose Figure, using mostly Magicsculpt and post it note paper. The trumpet is an Historex spare part and the rifle comes from G&G of Italy. He is painted entirely in acrylics and mounted on a resin plinth from Sovereign 2000.

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Cheers Simon
 
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