Foot Slogger - 1/16 Tamiya German NCO

[Stephen Hutchinson]

Morning Peter

super figure with all the subtle changes for the better.

Great palette and equipment upgrade and all done during the visit from the terrible 2!

Have a good day with your next victim and hopefully not too wet for you all at the moment?

Regards

Steve H

 

[Peter Day]

Henk - Cheers. Funny how something as seemingly insignificant as pushing the helmet back can make such a difference.

Pete - Thank you. I've made most of the Tamiya kits and they have a lot of possibilities. Some are definitely better than others, but they can be usually be tweaked a bit. This is a Cossack I made using Tamiya's German officer and various Verlinden parts:



Not great, but fun to do.

Chris - Glad you like him. I always enjoy mixing and matching parts by various manufacturers. Interestingly, it's the plastic figures that seem to survive longest in the cabinet rather than the resin ones.

 

[Peter Day]

Steve - Things are full on with young Remi, but she's very entertaining ('' You have a beautiful beard Grandad''). K and I are off to Wales on Thursday, so I'm working on a bust (hooray, he says) which I hope to get done before I go away. Very stormy here this morning - the trees are bent double - hope it's better up North.

 

[blaster]

An excellent conversion. Great stuff.
Rgds Victor

 

[Peter Day]

Victor - Many thanks.

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Henk - Cheers. Funny how something as seemingly insignificant as pushing the helmet back can make such a difference.

Pete - Thank you. I've made most of the Tamiya kits and they have a lot of possibilities. Some are definitely better than others, but they can be usually be tweaked a bit. This is a Cossack I made using Tamiya's German officer and various Verlinden parts:

…

Not great, but fun to do.

Chris - Glad you like him. I always enjoy mixing and matching parts by various manufacturers. Interestingly, it's the plastic figures that seem to survive longest in the cabinet rather than the resin ones.

Peter you’ve nailed it with regard the power of small tweaks to add personality & tell a more compelling story. Seeing this guy’s wary face, the gloom in his eyes is what has made real difference.
And that Cossack mate - recognise that face anywhere!
Jillian Hullis I reckon. He too had a way of making a “lived in” face. Interesting conversion & am sure Martin Rohmann will have more to share on his favourite subject.
MikeTheKiwi

 

[Peter Day]

Mike - Thanks again. Yes, a classic Julian Hullis face on the Cossack. I'm fairly confident that this one is close to the reference:

 

[pmfs]

Lovely work Peter.

Cheers,
Pedro.

 

[Steve Brodie]

Superb !

 

[FlaBtl (Sfl) 606]

Another great conversion! I guess I have to buy more plastic figures

 

[captfue]

Great workmanship on this figure.

 

[Nap]

That's another winner Peter....absolute cracker..... Mike

Agree there ...boy does he look tired ...nice touch on the helmet position ......and boy do you paint fast Peter ! ....great to see your art

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Peter Day]

Patrick - Glad you like him. There's a lot of mileage in these plastic kits.

Anthony - Many thanks.

Nap - This one's a few weeks old - resurrected by Anthony.