Tommy's War Motor Machine Gun Corps Sergeant 1917 -1/32 Scale

[Merryweather]

I’m very surprised to hear myself say this, but after the last Fusilier I felt the need to relax with a little ‘painting therapy’!
I don’t buy many figures ‘off the shelf’ as it’s the converting and animating that I really like, and the painting part is a necessary evil, really.
But as I’ve painted a couple of the Tommy’s War figures now I have come to appreciate the experience of painting a really well-sculpted piece with just a few bits to glue together and no creative decisions to be made.
So this is my third Tommy’s War figure, and he’s straight out of the box; well, he was, until after he was finished I realised he didn’t have a canteen, so I altered an Airfix Multipose Eighth Army one( I just couldn’t help myself).

He’s on a very simple base for the time being because I bought him to go along with this

Which I am sorely tempted to start, even though I am in the middle of two large projects already…
Perhaps I need even more of a break from those bloody Fusiliers!
Cheers
Neil

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Excellent work

Mobo

 

[Helm]

Looking forward to the finished piece
Steve

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

That first photo reallly reminded me of how good the pose on this chap is Neil. Nice addition of water bottle & makes sense.
Going to look super with the little motorcycle.
MikeTheKiwi

 

[Warren SMITH]

Very nice indeed.

 

[Nap]

Hi Neil

Good to hear you've managed a bit of painting therapy...nice looking figure , hard to believe the scale , nicely painted and suitably weathered and a ideal figure for the MC combi

Definately a change of period from the Fusiliers ...lol




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Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing more and enjoying the hobby

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[NigelR]

Nice work Neil, Tommy's War stuff is always a pleasure to work with. But don't get distracted!

 

[Merryweather]

Thanks everyone.
Sorry Nigel , too late!
The Fusiliers are having a holiday with the US Marines in an undisclosed location.....
I haven't built a kit since the beginning of lockdown 2020, and I've never built a resin kit, and I 've just thought, if there's a problem with the kit itself I need to know about it before Tommy's War closes down for good...
Cheers
Neil