Kharkov tripod carrier Life Miniatures

[John van Pelt]

This could be my all time favorite WWII buste. Second one I am painting, trying to get the maximum out of it. Face and helmet done I think. Helmet done with the hairspray technique. Helmet signs painted with the hand. All in acrylics. Hope its going the right way.....? Greetz John.

 

[R Dominick]

nice!

 

[Oda]

Looks great so far.

Oda.

 

[VisjeMar]

Very nice, I still have a lot to learn

 

[Viking Bob]

The face is looking very good, the eyes make the face and you have achieved the 'tired' look.
Look forward to seeing more.

 

[Nap]

Hi John

Lovely result on the face and helmet ...he does look tired as Bob says

What acrylics you using ?

Thanks for sharing

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[John van Pelt]

I use vallejo. And imwill use the andrea range for the parka they have a set of 6 colors for the traditional german green grey and are very matt. Greetz John.

 

[Chris Oldfield]

I'd say it's definitely going the right way, John. Excellent work.

 

[misfit151]

First class start John.....did you hand paint the helmet insignia...... Mike

 

[1969]

Very nice head and helmet, nice work on the freehand decals.
Steve

 

[China Dave]

Oooo, I do love a bit of weathering, the helmet looks great. The face too.

 

[John van Pelt]

Thanks all, i painted the scarf and decided to go for a simple but rather effective pattern. Hope you like it. This week i will start with the winterparka which is a lot of work. Greetz John.

 

[Nap]

Hi John

Good updates there , scarf looks good , subtle and works well against the fiesh colour

Look forward to seeing the parka

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Steve Ski]

Beautiful flesh tones, really makes the mood!

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Superb work there, John. Don’t be tempted to change the base colour of the parka again, the early ones as issued for Kharkov in 1943 were a distinctive grey colour called “Mouse Grey” (I’d say Vallejo German Grey is a close match), whereas the later versions of the parka had a full-length fastening at the front & came in a greyish-green shade similar to Field Grey.

Your painting of the scarf looks incredible, must have taken a while to paint all those squares!
Great work, following with interest.

 

[John van Pelt]

Thanks all! i painted the Kar rifle a little while ago. Tell me what you think please.

 

[Chris Oldfield]

Nice wood effect on the Kar 98k, John - looks very like the laminated wood stocks seen on late-WW2 Model 98s.

 

[custer760]

Very very nice work...this is turning out Excellent..Im following,keep up the good work,the results are first class.
R
Pete

 

[VisjeMar]

The rifle looks like the real work

 

[John van Pelt]

I keep going, today i did a small part of the winterparka.
and i show you a glimpse of my wet pallet.