WIP Stalingrad Winter 1943, Street By Street

[Dr Force]

Coming along nicely, I was starting to have withdraw symptoms!
Hey, wouldn't that new Jeff Shiu figure have fit in to this scene perfectly???!!!
Cheers
Jason

Welcome back Jay

Just ordered the new Jeff Shui figure, absolute class, but hell yeah it would have looked superb in this scene.................................oh well, always an excuse to do another eh!!

Moving on to the figure kneeling down now so will keep posting the pics as I go along.

Dave

 

[Dr Force]

Made a start on the second figure. Head is about done, just the usual tidy up with a touch of varnish here and there, so on to the clothing today, please ignore, slight sheen which is due to the oil paint still being wet (I have mixed a touch of matt varnish so it drys with a matt finish)

The eyes were a killer to do on this face as they are under the front of the helmet:-

 

[Dr Force]

Just about finished the shading on the other white sheet/smock.

White is so difficult to get the shading right, not saying this is 100% but I am pretty pleased given my limited painting skills:-

 

[gordy]

nice grungy look David

 

[Dr Force]

nice grungy look David

Hi Gordy and thanks for your feedback.

I am really trying hard to give the whole scene a quite depressive grimey look and so far it's not looking bad.

The snow will also add to the feel and i will add a few more icicles to hang from the wood above.

Not far away now and enjoying every minute.

Dave

 

[housecarl]

The white looks the part Dave.
Carl.

 

[1969]

I agree, nice job on those whites.

Steve

 

[pinsel]

hello
please allow me an comment the jaw of your shouting figure is not lowered.and the round lips look not anatomic right.you whould use an burr and make an deep hole under the nose maybe remove the hole lower chin area.
an shouting man shows his teeth and the jaw is lowered.he looks like he is about to blow an horn.
more easy would be to search an shouting head and add the helmet.i think there are some shouting verlöinden heads around.
hope you do not mind
only an oppinion
cheers

 

[JasonB]

Hi David,
I think the white is good to go,shading and filth are well done.
I kind of agree with Markus about the lips, but figured it was too far along that you wouldn't want to do anything about it. I also agree that replacing the head and helmet would probably be the easiest route to go, instead if converting this guy again. Unfortunately shouting heads aren't that easy to come by. The one shouting figure from Verlinden that immediately pops to mind looks totally demented, with bulging eyes, and he just basically looks weird. I have that figure and almost completely re-sculpted the face on it to get it acceptable. With few individual heads available out there any more, finding a better replacement isn't real easy. I must have 40-50 120mm heads, and only a few could even look like they are talking, all others have closed mouths. Perhaps someone out there has a shouting head that fits the bill and could send it your way, if you want to change it.
Cheers
Jason

 

[Dr Force]

Hey chaps thanks for all your help.

I have verlinden heads and they are all pretty poor and obtaining an off the shelf shouting head is as rare as rocking horse pooh so I will have to make the best of a bad job.

I think I will experiment with teeth in the void which may create a better impression so watch this space however I am not going to spend hours on this as it does not look too bad. If you take stills of various mouth movements during shouting or speech you will notice that the mouth does take on this shape but to a lesser degree.

Oh well back to a bit more experimentation, I may get someone like Steve Readdie to commission a sculpt but hey I'll always gave a go myself first.

I thought I was doing ok but .............. now then, where is this guys trumpet!!

 

[JasonB]

Miniature Alliance makes a head set that includes 2 heads that might be suitable. As seen on E-bay

http://cgi.ebay.com/MINIATURE-ALLIA...989?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3365d618e5

Also, Tamiya makes a couple of 1/16 figures in plastic that have decent enough looking shouting heads

http://cgi.ebay.com/TAMIYA-Russian-...es_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item35b08c287a

http://cgi.ebay.com/TAMIYA-German-F...es_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item35b08bde49

Cheers
Jason

 

[Dr Force]

Thanks Jason the miniature aliiance heads look like the way to go.

 

[sam b]

Hi David, I’m still watching n enjoying where this is heading, it is always a learning curve taking on anything with two or more figures to it.
Keep going mate
Sam

 

[Dr Force]

Hi David, I’m still watching n enjoying where this is heading, it is always a learning curve taking on anything with two or more figures to it.
Keep going mate
Sam

Thank Sam

Your comments mean alot, helps spur me on to get the scene just right, even though there is a tad of re-workinf to do.

I also look at it in a positive way, in that the first head was bloody good practice.

Speak with you soon matey
Dave

 

[pinsel]

hello
yes one of those miniature alliance heads should suit your figure lot better.they are good like enlarged hornet heads
cheers

 

[Dr Force]

Ok much better result (I think?) having purchased some 1/16 stuff from Carl a while back, we both decided that the shouting head from his figure may solve my problem here.

I removed the helmet, cleaned the face and thinned out to make it slightly smaller, sculpted the toque, new helmet and bingo :-

 

[housecarl]

Great job Dave. Will you have this with you at Hinkley?
Carl.

 

[Dr Force]

Great job Dave. Will you have this with you at Hinkley?
Carl.

Hi Carl

Thanks for your help.

It's not going to be complete in time for Hinkley, I'm ready to start painting again but I want to take my time and get it to a decent quality and I am also not sure if its of the standards to show, but I will aspire to enter/show stuff as I improve.

Looking forward to meeting you all.
Dave

 

[JasonB]

That works very well, I like it.

 

[gordy]

Ok much better result (I think?) having purchased some 1/16 stuff from Carl a while back, we both decided that the shouting head from his figure may solve my problem here.

I removed the helmet, cleaned the face and thinned out to make it slightly smaller, sculpted the toque, new helmet and bingo :-

Muuch nicer