This is my process for working on 1/6 scale figures. I migrated from painting 120mm metal figure miniatures to 1/6 scale action figures in the late 1990’s, which resulted in my collecting early figures from Dragon (DML), 21st Century Soldiers and BlueBox Toys (BBI). Action figure bodies and headsculpts have since evolved, with very realistic outcomes. My challenge then was to reuse the early bodies and headsculpts and give them a second life; not an easy task because of their construction and early paintwork application.
For this figure, an early DML figure was used, it has an inflated pigeon chest which I Dremelled out and had filled with tissue and sealed with adhesive bandages from the first-aid box. Many WW2 photos of soldiers at the frontline depicted men with slight, narrow shoulders and stooped postures … a puffed up chest would look ridiculous when layered with layers of clothing - especially in Winter!
I’ve shown some WIP of 1/6 elements which might be of some interest. While fabric ammo pouches such as the MP40 pouches are magnificently fabricated, weathering application with acrylics are need to make them look more realistic. From experience, I then to gravitate to the early plastic molded boots as they are more durable and can suffer loads of paint weathering. The Winter boots were repainted, then sprayed matt varnish before being applied with acrylic mud pigments by AK Diorama Series.
For this figure, an early DML figure was used, it has an inflated pigeon chest which I Dremelled out and had filled with tissue and sealed with adhesive bandages from the first-aid box. Many WW2 photos of soldiers at the frontline depicted men with slight, narrow shoulders and stooped postures … a puffed up chest would look ridiculous when layered with layers of clothing - especially in Winter!
I’ve shown some WIP of 1/6 elements which might be of some interest. While fabric ammo pouches such as the MP40 pouches are magnificently fabricated, weathering application with acrylics are need to make them look more realistic. From experience, I then to gravitate to the early plastic molded boots as they are more durable and can suffer loads of paint weathering. The Winter boots were repainted, then sprayed matt varnish before being applied with acrylic mud pigments by AK Diorama Series.
