Patrolling Oosterbeeke Sept. 23, 1944

[Colin_Fraser]

Thanks to Richie for this wonderful 1/16 figure of a Parachute Regiment private patrolling within the Oosterbeek cauldron five days into the Battle of Arnhem. The figure is 1/16 and beautifully cast. I don’t know if Richie has any more of these as he was only casting 30. But I expect when they are gone it’s for good as I saw a post saying he was winding up 1879 Miniatures.

The figure is painted in a mix of high end liquid artists’ acrylics (Liquitex soft body pro and Golden Pro), various hobby acrylics including Scale Color tube paints, and diluted acrylic inks.

I dirtied him up and went for an unshaven look as appropriate for a sleep deprived soldier low on rations five days into one of the British army’s periodic glorious disasters.

The groundwork bricks are cut from sculpey.

I had a terrible time painting the Denison smock until I let go of my inner draftsman’s perfectionism and adopted a more artistic approach. If anyone wants to know how I approached the smock, ask now before my memory stores the info away in some unreachable file drawer somewhere.

Richie has ID’d the soldier in the photo as Sandy Cortmann of 3 Para. When researching the Denison I found that there seems to be a lot of controversy on the ID of each of these soldiers. Richie has researched it far more than me so I say go with his ID.

There is a WIP thread following my progress on this kit. It can be reached via my vbench.

Colin

 

[NigelR]

Superb! This has turned out really well, and that drybrushing added just the right faded/worn look. Lovely stuff!

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Superb! This has turned out really well, and that drybrushing added just the right faded/worn look. Lovely stuff!

Thanks Nigel. It’s a truly lovely figure.

 

[Canoehead]

Another beaut, Senior. Well done, sir.

Brian

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Another beaut, Senior. Well done, sir.

Brian

Thanks Brian. I won’t be revisiting camo any time soon. Not my gig.

 

[arj]

Very nice painting and presentation Colin.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Very nice painting and presentation Colin.

Cheers,
Andrew

Thanks very much Andrew

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[Nap]

Hi Colin

Well done to you , that camo works so well , a hardened soldier , one to be proud of and a great tribute to the soldiers involved in the operation

Nice groundwork finishing it off nicely

Thanks also for the V bench https://www.planetfigure.com/posts/1435202/ Interesting to follow through

Thanks for finished pictures

Looking forward to seeing more no matter what you choose

Have fun @ the bench

Napn

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

Thanks Mobo

 

[Briggsy]

Fantastic figure painting Colin, this is excellent, and that's not just because I am unashamedly biased when it comes to Airborne Forces!

Cheers Simon

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Fantastic figure painting Colin, this is excellent, and that's not just because I am unashamedly biased when it comes to Airborne Forces!

Cheers Simon

Thank you Simon…glad you like him

 

[Henk]

Really nice Colin. You have captured the tired but alert look very well. I have just ordered this figure myself, I'm in two minds if I'm going to do him in Black and White, with a background of the photo that he's modeled on.