WIP Critique Gunter Prien

[Andrew Craft]

I bought this figure at a figure show last weekend and while I'm waiting for some supplies to arrive so I can finish the Greek goddess I thought I'd start on Gunter. The kit is a 90mm Andrea kit from the third reich series. I was disappointed with the cast quality nothing fit together and it took a lot of trimming and putty to get it together ( not uncommon for Andrea I've heard). Anyway here he is started any comments and criticisms are always welcome.

Andrew.

 

[housecarl]

Great face Andrew.
Carl.

 

[Andrew Craft]

Thanks Carl. Here's an update at the end of the day.

 

[FigureLover]

Wow! Those flesh tones are spot on from what I can see. Great start Andrew
Ben

 

[Ferris]

Great face Andrew.

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Sambaman]

Nice work so far.

Jay H.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Like the face, too!

Cheers

 

[smudger1960]

Hi andrew,good start my friend,i know how you feel about the poor fit of parts,i did this figure in 2008 and i had a nightmare with the fit of parts,especially the the part where the figure joins the seat,although i like andrea's miniatures and they are a big company i feel the casting's and fittings are very poor,good luck with the rest of the figure,look forward to seeing it completed.

Brian

 

[Trep]

Very good start, your bringing the figure to life

 

[megroot]

That's some outstanding painted face.

Marc

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Great face - Did you consider going a little darker with his jacket? Personal taste....but I figure a navy guy should be wearing navy blue or the Deutsch equivalent.

Colin

 

[Gellso]

looking good Andrew.
The flesh tones are spot on as already stated.

 

[davidmitchell]

Nice work on the face Andrew, look forward to the rest.


Cheers David

 

[John Bowery]

Looks like I could sit next to him.
Cheers
John

 

[marius'mules]

The face looks absolutely stellar; is it in acrylics?

 

[Andrew Craft]

Thanks for the comments guys. Colin I plan to go slightly darker on the jacket but not much I'm following the box art which isn't too dark.
Steve yes it's all acrylics

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[meizi]

Cool man with cool face. Excellent job!
Congratulstions Andrew!

 

[unknown01]

Facial completion is amazing, Andrew.
And the color of the very beautiful uniform.
I'd like to follow your progress.

　　　　Mitsutaka.

 

[Andrew Craft]

Thanks Mei and Mitsutaka. I did some more work today. Painted the jacket a darker blue, did some work on the hair and beard, painted the cap and the seat. Hope you like it. As always comments and criticisms are always welcome. I threw in an old photo of what the jacket was like hopefully the new colour is more fitting.

Thanks,
Andrew.

 

[dArtagnan]

Very nice work, Andrew!
Eddy