SBS SS Sturmbannfuhrer

[unknown01]

Hello, Ben.
That's Great start!
I'm looking forward to completion of your work.

 

[FigureLover]

Thank you Mitsutaka for your comments, I have been watching your progress on your stuff as well, but I cant keep up with your speed. Hey Paul, good to hear from you, hows things in the eastern states?

Anyway, here are some pics of the progress of the base. The walls were pre-made items that I picked up many moons ago, I dont know who made them but it fitted perfectly with what I had in mind. I had to add the interior detail by scribing the brickwork and cracks in the plaster as well as adding some small details and cleaning it up a bit. The wooden floor inside was made from balsa wood, as was the damaged window frame and what will be the roof trusses. The sidewalk outside was scratchbuilt using plaster of paris and scribed to form the stone work. All the broken bricks and rubble was made similar to the sidewalk in one large piece and then broken up into small bits. This forms great damaged looking brickwork.
All this was pieced together to look as though the building was damaged a while ago and not as if it was recently bombed out.
I will be adding all this to a wooden base and painting it up before adding the figure and the dog.

Any comments are welcome as usual
Ben

 

[FigureLover]

I now have started to paint the base. The pictures are of the 90% completed base just before I add the figures and do the final touch ups. Except for the white on the walls, the base doesn't have one solid colour added to it, it was all done using oil washes of varying colours and consistancies as well as using pastels to give some softer shading. I did this so that it tended to look old and the colours blended. You can probably also see other added detail pieces such as the broken window, dead leaves in the gutters and the broken floor boards where the roof has come down.
I will try and finish everything this weekend and post the photos next week.
Regards,
Ben

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Hi Ben
missed this earlier, great progress....

The markings of the dog look great, the paws have a subtle effect...maybe a bit too subtle, that may be because of the camera though, and my monitor.
* re read the thread, the dog is paused on the workbench, while you work on the base. Got it. More work on both figures to appear later.

I'll echo the comments of the others about the uniform, the base looks great so far.

thanks for sharing

Cheers

 

[FigureLover]

Hello again,
Thanks Jamie for your comments.
Here are the pictures that I promised of the completed kit. From the last series of photos, I placed the figures in their position and did the final touch-ups that were needed. The dog was finished off as was the officers great coat. A bit of pastels here and there finished it of nicely.
I am happy with the completed kit, it all went together quite nicely and I think it looks quite good. Now on to something else!!!!!
Any comments are always welcome
Ben

 

[FigureLover]

And some close ups

 

[tonydawe]

Awesome Ben. You've really captured the moment and created a brilliant vignette.

The leather coat is outstanding, as is the dog. I'm looking forard to seeing this at next month's meeting mate.

 

[FigureLover]

Thanks for that Tony, Yeah, I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. It's probably the biggest base that I have put a figure on before.
It's about time you put your backside into the hobby room again and show us your talents.
Ben

 

[gothicgeek]

ben!

it's come out lovely! any tips on the painting of leather coats? it's one of my blind spots lol

Mark

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Hi Ben
been a while since you have put in an appearance, glad to see you've been busy at the bench.

Good setting overall, like how it come together.

Rather nifty over all.

Dog has been handled well, a touch of gloss for the eyes, and is that a satin effect on the nose? (photos are kind of ambiguous).

Cheers

 

[FigureLover]

Thank you Jamie, yes that is a bit of semi gloss varnish on the dogs nose, adds to the effect I thought.
Hi Mark, thanks for your comments. The coat was base coated in Tamiya German grey. It was then covered in a mixture of oils - Paynes grey and a touch of Raw Sienna. This layer of oils was then wiped mostly off using a reverse dry-brush technique, leaving darker areas of paint in the recesses and lighter oil coverage on the highlights. When this had dried, I added some worn areas on the edges of the jacket with a lighter shade of the before mentioned oils mix. I also added some spot washes using Ivory black into the deepest recesses. I didn't give the coat a spray of Flat Laquer as I wanted the semi sheen of oils left on it. Hope this makes scense.
Ben

 

[arxo]

This is a really impressive figure and your painting has done justice to it !
Congratulations!