Iranian teenage soldier Iran-Iraq war

[Robert Jan de Wit]

Hello all,

I painted this teenage volunteer soldier during the Iran - Iraq war in the eighties.
The figure is a pretty big conversion of an 1:35 Stalingrad miniatures teenage German soldier.
Resculpting was done with MS and Duro putty. The height of the figure is +/- 4 cm. A “normal” 1:35 figure stands between 5 - 5,5 cm.

All painted with gen3 acrylics.
Base groundwork is done this time with smart mud from VMS instead of MS this time. It turned out ok I think, but tested my patience a lot due trough long drying time and reaction to enamel washes. Well lessons learned again.

Thanks for watching.
Regards,
RJ

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Excellent work

Mobo

 

[Joe55]

A unique and well executed piece RJ!

Joe

 

[Nap]

Hi Robert

Lovely to see the final result , A well painted figure as Joe said unique

Like the weathering on the trousers and the young look of him



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Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Robert Jan de Wit]

Thanks Mobo, Joe and Nap and everyone for the likes.
It was a subject I wanted to do for a long time and I am pretty happy with the result.
There are so many subjects to explore and model. It is very satisfying to find good reference and puzzle to make unique looking figures.

greets,
RJ

 

[Blind Pew]

Another story in 54mm for us, Robert. Top stuff again.

 

[Robert Jan de Wit]

Another story in 54mm for us, Robert. Top stuff again.

Thanks!