Konstantin M. Simonow

[Martin Antonenko]

34. to 36. Day, November 20 to 22, 2021











Now I think, I've got him!

Cheers

 

[Airkid]

I like that version!

Phil

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Me too!

 

[Nap]

Hi Martin

Catching up here , another brave rework , this time the mouth and again you've achieved a improvement .....as you say "Now I think I've got him"

Fair play .... great result

Look forward the next update

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

37. Day, November 23, 2021


Well - reworked the eyes...:



Cheers

 

[Nap]

Hi Martin

Okay thats the eye revisited ....just hope you don't count the eyelashes .....LOL

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

38. Day, November 24, 2021


Today I'm starting to paint our hero's "Furashka" (peaked cap)!

The first thing to do is the cap ribbon and the colored piping on the cap, which are often - and wrong! - a red is displayed.

A "real" red was reserved for commanders (Soviet name for generals and marshals)!


Here we have Marshal Semjon Konstantinowitsch Timoshenko and Army General Georgij Konstantinowitsch Shukov with such Furashkas in 1941 ...:



Of course, the landlord also wore such a Furashka ...



... and you can see it today in the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow!



To underline his special status, the landlord got also a white Furashka ...:



As the war progressed, the caps of the "father of the peoples" (and "friend of the children") became more and more gold-bristling ...





...but this is another story!

The infantry (called "riflemen" in the Red Army) wore a strange pale red as the "weapon color", which is often referred to as "raspberry red", which goes very well ...:



Our hero wears such a Furashka ...:





It's not that easy to mix the color together!

I mixed the basic color of "carmine red" and "skin color" - very little "titanium white" for lightening and then "sap green" for darkening ...:



And that's how it turned out - tomorrow I'll refine the transitions a little ...:




So much for today!

Cheers

 

[Nap]

That colour band and piping looks very close to the original reference

Interesting to see how it will look with the actual cap painted

Following of course !

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Airkid]

Raspberry red - I wonder who decided on the colours?

Phil

 

[Martin Antonenko]

There was only ONE who had to decide - everything...

 

[Martin Antonenko]

39. Day, November 25, 2021


And further - the lower part of the Furashka top!

This Soviet field green-brown really has it all ...:






Cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

40. Day, November 27, 2021


The upper cap - beautifully "crushed" painted.

The light follows the crooked way our hero put on his Furashka ...:







I apologize for the photos!

With the light again pure luck ...

Cheers

 

[Nap]

Hi Martin

Nice work on the crown of the headwear , do like the highs you've shown

Thanks for updates

Nap

 

[Wayneb]

Hey Martin,
Been following from afar...I like it but the only thing that bothers me is the lips. I just can't seem to explain it. Do like the paintwork....

Wayne

 

[Martin Antonenko]

41. Day, November 29, 2021


1. The seams on the furashka laid out with thinned dark brown paint - so it looks more three-dimensional.

2. Lights on the cap flap a little more refined.

3. Painted storm strap and buttons.

4. Painted cockade.







Cheers

 

[Nap]

Hi Martín

Small but important areas to get right adding to the look

If possible maybe a little more highlight on the raspberry cap piping ?

Good update as well

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

42. and 43. Day, Dezember 1 and 2, 2021


Painted visor - Furashka ready! I also put a soft light underthe visor ..:



Still missing the beard shadow that I made with this ...:



I have to work carefully between two extremes:

For one thing, people with very dark hair, like our friend, have a rather pronounced shade of beard.

On the other hand, political officers were the party's representatives in the fighting force and had to be role models - a sloppy, unshaven appearance was not tolerated!

In the end it turned out like this ...:







Well - the head wanders into the closet.

After Christmas, the corpus continues here ...!

Cheers

 

[Nap]

Hi Martín

Nice work on visor and beard ......no more updates till after Christmas ?

Happy festivities

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

no more updates till after Christmas ?

There is another project!

It's called: "Get married in December" - and it concerns me around the clock at the moment ...!




Cheers

 

[Oda]

Getting married?That calls for congratulations.A long and happy life to you both Martin.

Oda.