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A Fixture
Since pics of this guy (unflattering ones!) are already all over the net, I figured I would post some better photos showing the finished sculpt:
The figure represents a Luftwaffe Bomber Crewman from the Battle of Britain, 1940. It is 1/10th scale.
I did this sculpt for Young Miniatures. Young graciously sent me some samples of his stunning busts. I was very impressed with both the quality of the sculpting and casting and production values. This is really great stuff and set a very high bar for me to shoot for.
I really needed to bring my "A" game for this. It did not help that I chose a complex and challenging subject. This project really gave me some difficulties in its execution as well. I ended up redoing substantial portions of the figure, when I realized too late that I had miscalculated and basically spent more than a week sculpting bits that i had to toss and grind off to do them over.
I eventually got past all that stuff. The head is done in Sculpey Premo, with a red primer coat to check for flaws. The bulk of the figure is done in Aves apoxysculpt white. There are also lots of bits done with plastic (the pure white parts) and little bits of wire. Fine details are done in Procreate (the gray bits).
Steel helmets were sometimes worn by bomber crews when combat was expected. This helmet was a rework of one supplied by Young. The straps are all done in putty with texture added to the soft putty using cloth from and old shirt. Timing is critical for this.
Thanks go to Young for also providing some excellent reference material which augmented my own deep selection of reference material on Luftwaffe gear and uniforms.
The figure represents a Luftwaffe Bomber Crewman from the Battle of Britain, 1940. It is 1/10th scale.
I did this sculpt for Young Miniatures. Young graciously sent me some samples of his stunning busts. I was very impressed with both the quality of the sculpting and casting and production values. This is really great stuff and set a very high bar for me to shoot for.
I really needed to bring my "A" game for this. It did not help that I chose a complex and challenging subject. This project really gave me some difficulties in its execution as well. I ended up redoing substantial portions of the figure, when I realized too late that I had miscalculated and basically spent more than a week sculpting bits that i had to toss and grind off to do them over.
I eventually got past all that stuff. The head is done in Sculpey Premo, with a red primer coat to check for flaws. The bulk of the figure is done in Aves apoxysculpt white. There are also lots of bits done with plastic (the pure white parts) and little bits of wire. Fine details are done in Procreate (the gray bits).
Steel helmets were sometimes worn by bomber crews when combat was expected. This helmet was a rework of one supplied by Young. The straps are all done in putty with texture added to the soft putty using cloth from and old shirt. Timing is critical for this.
Thanks go to Young for also providing some excellent reference material which augmented my own deep selection of reference material on Luftwaffe gear and uniforms.