Ss young bust ardennes 2

[pinsel]

hello
this is an young bust i saw and graped instantly.i added an iron cross first class and second class band as the collarpatches in milliput to give it some bling.its painted in revell acrylics.there good priced and work well for me.on the helmet i painted the insignia.its for the date of battle of bulge quite unusuall but i liked the look of them.so i painted them i think ten times untill i could like with them.i can warmly recommand this product to anyone.
if you want drop an line-critics or oppinion all is welcome.i know its not first rate painting and level of painting here is terrible high.but there are all levels of painters on the planetpics are with flash so the reds in face are very harsh.in real light its not so brutal.always hard to make decent pics.
cheers

 

[housecarl]

You're been too hard on yourself, the flesh tones and camo are very well done.
Carl.

 

[winston]

The SS patch of helmet isn't correct in Ardenne there wasn't SS runes and narionality patch on helmet.

Nice paint job!!!

 

[SRP]

Very well done Markus...good job on a difficult camo scheme.
We are all here to learn more about our hobby..and with help from each other..hopefully improve.....but the main thing is to ENJOY what you do..and how you do it...!!!
...and I love the cats...!!!

 

[Meehan34]

Your painting is getting much better, I think the camo is excellent.

 

[gothicgeek]

This is looking pretty nice Markus!

As said above the Camo looks the part



Mark

 

[pinsel]

hello all
thanks for any comment
Winston:yes you are correct untill 42 the helmets where delivered with the ss emblems.then untill beginn 43 only the runes where still on them,.after this they where omitted completly.BUT i hasten to add there are pics from Kharkow which do show those emblems still on it.even at end of war some helmets had it.often because the men wearing them where longserving veterans.the helmets where often covered with the ss helmet covers and so them emblems did not wear of.
because i wanted to create an veteran i added some medals and the badges.and for some colour on helmet the badges.
thats the great thing with german army.ALL GOES.the collarpatches where normaly not worn on the peapattern uniform neverless they are pics showing those often even shoulderboards on them.
there are ss smokes altered with zippers at front ect ect ect....thats the heaven for painters you can nearly any uniform paint any coplour you want.because nearly all cuts where issued in any camouflage.and then there are the tailormade stuff from the regimental tailors.thats the reason i like doing german stuff as favourite.
cheers
hello steven
thnaks-i love my cats too. i call them always my hairy bunch-want not do without any.hope they will stay with me for still an long time

 

[Gellso]

Very nice

The Pea dot camo is exceptionally well done. The face has all the right tones but just probably needs a wee bit more tweaking in the blending. All in all a very nice piece.

 

[pinsel]

the look with normal light-as stated not so harsh-but if done that way then the camou shows not full...its an struggle
damn the bad flashlight

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Markus, definitely a step forward for your painting. The pea dot cam is very good and the face shows a great deal of improvement.

 

[davidmitchell]

Have to agree with Tony can see a marked improvement on this one.


Cheers David

 

[pinsel]

hello david
well an little bit.well even if i will get not in region of your landsquenet bust.i still hang on.
even if its hard to overcome the shame to post stuff here,where levels are so high.
without the sparkle of real talent one stucks at an certain level.its that which is the border betweenn the artist and the hard fighting amateure.
but we fight on
cheers