Warriors 1/6 " desert fox " Bust WIP 1st vbench

[gothicgeek]

AHA! my first proper Vbench

Hi all!

my next Piece is warriors rather nice Rommel bust... i've taken my time preping this one, but he's ready now so will be starting real soon.

OOB apart from i will make a set of the goggles to go on his hat

any nice colour photo's of erwin in the desert would be most welcome



Mark

 

[Barke02]

Hi Mark, nice bust!

Do you know who sculpted this?

From 'Rommel's Army in Africa' by Dal McGuirk: Generalleutnant Rommel's olive tan cotton twill uniforms received a lot of wear apparent by their bleached appearance after the early summer of 1941. He wore the modified French army shirts with button down collars which made it easier to wear his Knights Cross and Pour le Merite. And then of course the captured British anti-dust goggles from the dump at Mechili.

From the colour photo section of 'Afrikakorps' by Francois de Lannoy: Rank insignia gold on red.The brest eagle is gold on a black backing. Schirmmutze white metal insignia, gold piping to crown and gold cap cords, but looks like silver piping top and bottom of headband. Also his schirmmutze has held its olive colour, unlike his tunic which is bleached almost pale sand. Don't forget the blue on his Pour le Merit that's just visible.

All the best,
Jon.

 

[Joseph Brubaker]

Great looking bust one of the few pieces that Ive seen that have really captured his face well,please post again when this one is finished cant wait to see it!.............Thanks for sharing and posting.

Joseph

 

[RFL]

Supposed to be the real deal. Probably a pic from Manfred Rommel`s collection of some years back.

The goggles don`t look right however.

Good looking bust there, like to see the work in progress.

RL

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Another one from Marks factory.....

looking forward to seeing this figure come to life.

cheers

 

[Rob Brown]

Wow, that looks familiar Mark! Look forward to seeing the progress

 

[vergilius]

very liking!
start posting the progres !

 

[Barke02]

WOOOHHHAAA!!!

RL,
I didn't know that one of ER's uniforms still existed! Most families destroyed everything military post war. If it is in Manfred Rommel's collection the provenance is beyond doubt. Do you know if it's on display in a museum?

I'm off to Normandy for a long weekend this summer. I know from a previous visit many moons ago that most museums are quite a tedious line up of mannequins wearing a hotch-potch of thrown together uniforms, normally inaccurate and out of context. However, when a museum displays items with a history and uniforms to named individuals who were actually there, it really is quite amazing. One such is the new 'Dead Man's Corner' museum near Carentan. It includes the complete uniform worn by forrest guth on D-Day.

www.paratrooper-museum.org/about_dmc.html

It would be great if there was a similar museum for the war in North Africa, with Rommel's uniform, Monty's beret and caravans, the Bovington Tiger I,....!

Cheers,
Jon

 

[tonydawe]

Good one Mark,

This is a beautifully sculpted bust and I'm looking forward to seeing how you paint it. You're lucky to have pics of Rommels' uniform for reference.

 

[gothicgeek]

Do you know who sculpted this?

Jon ... thanks for the info and the sculptor as listed on the box is Darrell Stridh and check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel for info on the museum.

Great looking bust one of the few pieces that Ive seen that have really captured his face well

yes i was not sure on the box artwork but saw it in the resin on evilbay and liked it alot!

The goggles don`t look right however.

they are supposed to be MK 3 eye shields ....

Another one from Marks factory.....

looking forward to seeing this figure come to life.

cheers

Jamie! not a factory just an obsesive LOL cheers mate

Wow, that looks familiar Mark! Look forward to seeing the progress

Thanks Rob! the wittman bust has taken most work and is starting to look ok, but still got lots to do on it before i undercoat it

very liking!
start posting the progres !

as soon as i make any i'll post

Good one Mark,

This is a beautifully sculpted bust and I'm looking forward to seeing how you paint it. You're lucky to have pics of Rommels' uniform for reference.

yes he was so popular even with the allies that the reference is great! Upon hearing of his death Churchill said

"He also deserves our respect, because, although a loyal German soldier, he came to hate Hitler and all his works, and took part in the conspiracy to rescue Germany by displacing the maniac and tyrant. For this, he paid the forfeit of his life. In the sombre wars of modern democracy, there is little place for chivalry."

one aspect i have come to love about figure modelling is the research ...

thanks for the input everyone .... right where's me brushes!

Mark

 

[pmfs]

Hello

It seems different than Rommel´s
The rest are ok, except the Googles.

Regards from Portugal
Pedro

 

[gothicgeek]

1st stage .....

 

[Rob Brown]

:O
Wow, great job on the face, very life like, even has the sunburn and all !

 

[Recon]

Wow! Looking very good!
Do you have some more pictures from different angles?

-Sverre

 

[gothicgeek]

Pedro ..... i have good ref for the goggles

Rob ..... long way to go yet but he must have got burned eh?

Sverre ... many thanks et voila!

i have mainly been plugging away at the cap .... mixed references or what? i have found pics of all parts gold, some parts gold some silver and the colour varies too! so i just went for it... probably a couple more hours will see it right

 

[Colin_Fraser]

There's a better pic of the actual tunic if you page down on this link.

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgu...ages?q=rommel+tunic&gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&sa=G

Colin

 

[gothicgeek]

mostly done on the face... a little finessing and a touch more blending lol

 

[gothicgeek]

There's a better pic of the actual tunic if you page down on this link.


Colin

Colin .... Many thanks for that link! i have the shots printed out and will be using them in ernest very shortly



so i'm calling the head done, warts and all. it's a long way from perfect but it's had about 12 hours of my life and there's a jacket to contend with!

the hands need another hour or two to get them right

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[Sambaman]

Mark, great work so far.

Jay H.
Okc

 

[1969]

lovely work Mark the sunburn looks spot on,not overdone ,just right.


Steve