Tanks with figures

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Hi all,

I don't know what the etiquette is around this sort of thing but I thought I'd share a couple of recent projects (which are also the main reason I haven't posted much on here recently).

The first is a Sherman of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry shortly after D-Day. The figures are mostly Alpine, the chap in the turret I think came from the Asuka kit but with a spare Alpine head I had lying around. I am currently waiting for a PE cap badge to go on the officer at the front.



Most of the modelling I do is armour but I tend to feel vehicles look a bit 'dead' without a figure, or less like a real object used by humans if that makes sense. That's really why I started painting figures in the first place. After the Sherman I decided to try to get a little beyond the 'people standing by a tank' formula and try to use the figures to tell us a little more about the world around the vehicle, this Tortoise was my next attempt at that:



Again, alpine figures apart from the driver who was scavenged from a Tamiya Matilda, I added a hood and overalls collar with putty. Weirdly though the bit of this kit I'm most proud of is that I managed to make it look like he is reaching into the vehicle to operate a lever or something, at least to my eye.




I hope you enjoy these, I'm currently working on the 'next step' in my 'diorama journey' although it has hit a bit of a mojo based speed bump. I might start a thread on here to help motivate me to get it moving again.

 

[Joe55]

Nice looking displays Stefan!

Joe

 

[theBaron]

Nice builds! I build scale models, too, and that was how I got to figures. I grew up in the 70s with Monogram airplanes and armor, Airfix, Revell, and other classic makers, Tamiya armor. It was expected that there would be a pilot, or crew members, a driver, and so forth. I like to see both together, ordnance and figures, whether it's a tank and its crew, or a cavalryman and his horse, an artillery crew, etc.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Briggsy]

Great modelling, been a long time since I last tackled armour, love the tortoise, never come across these before what a monster. The sheen on the paint work is perfect for the way the paint thrown on large military vehicles like that. Actually got to sit in the driver seat of a Chieftan once, I stayed as far away from armour as possible after that, big horrible noisy, smelly things.

Cheers Simon

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Very nice work and painted

Mobo

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks folks, glad you like them.

I stayed as far away from armour as possible after that, big horrible noisy, smelly things.

I miss the days when I got to play in armour. Noisy maybe but you were guaranteed a hot meal and a brew.

 

[MCPWilk]

The figures compliment the armour and have obviously not been added as an afterthought, but have been well posed and painted. Wellington didn't mind what his troops looked like as long as they had clean weapons and plenty of ammunition. He did however object to Guards officers carrying umbrellas! The habit seems to have stuck over the centuries!

Mike

 

[Nap]

Hi Stefan

Great to see the pieces , both vehicles and the crews look excellent , the work that’s gone into both clearly shines through

Do continue to share your modelling it's enjoyable to see ...DO START a thread

We can all learn from other areas of the hobby

Happy diorama

Nap

 

[NigelR]

Very nice work all round and yes, do start a thread about your diorama. I have found people on here to be incredibly helpful as I have tried to develop diorama ideas.

 

[Babelfish]

Two lovely builds, I dabble in armour as well and I always prefer to see an AFV with a figure or two in or around it, as I feel it gives the thing a better sense of scale and context.

I especially like your Tortoise. I have the Accurate Armour 1/35 resin kit half built, which my then-partner bought me about 15 years ago when it was the only game in town if you wanted to build a Tortoise. I started it a long time ago but it just ended up on a back burner. One of these days I will have to dig it out and get it finished.

- Steve

 

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks Nap, I might just use this thread to showcase these projects as they go.

I'm currently working on these chaps to go on another diorama. I'm not completely happy with them, the Brit needs some details adding and I want to tweak the face a bit. The German camo is my first attempt and the brown is definitely not the right colour but if I'm honest I don't think I can bring myself to re-do it. It is interesting how different the sculpts are, one being Scale75 the other Rado.

The figures compliment the armour and have obviously not been added as an afterthought, but have been well posed and painted. Wellington didn't mind what his troops looked like as long as they had clean weapons and plenty of ammunition. He did however object to Guards officers carrying umbrellas! The habit seems to have stuck over the centuries!

Mike

Thanks Mike, I hadn't heard that story about Wellington, umbrellas are a pretty handy tactical accessory though, particularly in armoured vehicles. I've spent many 'happy' hours sitting on the turret writing stuff up in the shelter of a brolly. Obviously everything is digital now but it's still handy. Anyone can be cold and wet.

 

[T50]

Nice work there!!!

 

[Steve Ski]

Excellent figure work, and the rigs too!

 

[Henk]

Thanks Nap, I might just use this thread to showcase these projects as they go.

I'm currently working on these chaps to go on another diorama. I'm not completely happy with them, the Brit needs some details adding and I want to tweak the face a bit. The German camo is my first attempt and the brown is definitely not the right colour but if I'm honest I don't think I can bring myself to re-do it. It is interesting how different the sculpts are, one being Scale75 the other Rado.

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Thanks Mike, I hadn't heard that story about Wellington, umbrellas are a pretty handy tactical accessory though, particularly in armoured vehicles. I've spent many 'happy' hours sitting on the turret writing stuff up in the shelter of a brolly. Obviously everything is digital now but it's still handy. Anyone can be cold and wet.

Umbrellas are also good when you have bad memory.

 

[Henk]

Thanks folks, glad you like them.



I miss the days when I got to play in armour. Noisy maybe but you were guaranteed a hot meal and a brew.

I prefered being in my Land Rover. Better food, and they attract less pointy bits...