Thanks guys. The flash washed out a bit of the work here, but I am quite happy with this batch. Now for some tanks for the rest of them... LOL!

Wow, nice work SP, good to see them 'in-action' as it were!

Hello!

Those boys look really nice now, good job! Keep 'em comin' and have a nice day

Paweł

As of today I finished these tanker figures (except for getting some rank/unit patches decals on them) Washes, highlights, etc. all done. My flash photography leaves something to be desired- the colors look a bit washed out here

I will be using the Dragon figure with the build...

I think you better check your monitor... But thanks... There are many here way better than I am in figures (A J laFleche for one). I would be happy to achieve half of their results!

stikpusher

Thank you Eagle... although I seriously beg to differ about my figure skill level... But yes, that Dragon figure is the best of the lot, I agree wholeheartedly. But hey, now I have a bunch of decent looking crew figures to use...

Dude, you rock with the figures.  Can I send you mine to do!?

You have an awesome set of figures to choose from.  Any of them will make a great build!

Eagle90

Thank you Eagle... although I seriously beg to differ about my figure skill level... But yes, that Dragon figure is the best of the lot, I agree wholeheartedly. But hey, now I have a bunch of decent looking crew figures to use...

Hey Stikpusher, I'd say the Dragon looks best.  Just because there seems to be more "action" with him, more animated I guess.  The Tamiya TC looks way too serious! Belgo, well, he does seem a little out of proportion, but hey, in reality, we are all different sizes.  But my vote goes to the Dragon TC for its animation aspect.  Just my .  All in all, they all look great and your figure skills are great! And the tank looks awesome!

Eagle90

And the rest of my US tanker figures that I am working on with them...

Well after various delays away from the work bench, here are my TC figures so far. I added some pupils and eyebrows, and more mash touch ups on the face area/headgear borders. Also overall washes on the uniforms. Still need to do some high lights on the uniforms. Add see if I have some Armor division decals for the shoulder patch. I do have some chevron decals for the Dragon TC

Yes, he has the steel pot shell over the tanker helmet. Not unheard of in the last stages of WWII.

I agree with the others that the Dragon TC looks the best, but the only thing that bothers me is his headgear. It looks like he is wearing a steel pot, rather than the conventional tanker' s headgear the other figures have on.

most basic colors on now

and as part of a crop of US Tank Crewmen

I still need to do detail painting, washes, drybrushing...

well here is the Belgo figure primed and posed next to a Tamiya Pershing/Winter M4A3s TC figure bust. Those two are very close in build and scaling out...

That is one more for Dragon...

I kinda like the first one better

Thanks for all the input guys. It would seem that the Dragon figure is the runaway favorite here. The Belgo guy is indeed quite lanky/wiry, but then again he is not overaged and overweight like re enactors   ;-). He would probably look good on on of my Italeri 76mm M4A1 or A3 builds. Both of those appear scaled a bit smaller in 1/35 to my eye. And both figures stand head and shoulders taller than the Tamiya tanker.

I think the Dragon figure's your best bet for having only one figure displayed and the rest buttoned up. Tamiya guy's pose would have to be altered to look right and the Belgo figure just seems too small for some reason. I'm sure there were under-sized tankers in WW2 but he doesn't quite look right for 1/35 to my eyes.

Pawel

Howdy!

Why not put all of them on the tank? Reminds me of that thread "what do we learn about WWII looking at the models" - one point was "every tank only had a crew of one" Good luck with those figures, have a nice day

Paweł

LOL! I originally was thinking of doing all the hatches open with a figure in each hatch. But then I decided I wanted it in a semi buttoned up state with only the TC exposed. I may build my Tamiya Pershing with all the hatches open and the tank "mostly crewed". After all, the gunner never gets his own hatch except on a Panzer MK III and Mk IV.

So as it stands now, the Dragon TC figure seems to be garnering the most support. Not quite unanimous but certainly most favored.

Dragon Guy looks good to me.

got to go for the Dragon

I'll go for the Dragon too.

Howdy!

Why not put all of them on the tank? Reminds me of that thread "what do we learn about WWII looking at the models" - one point was "every tank only had a crew of one" Good luck with those figures, have a nice day

Paweł

Dragon.......

I'd say Dragon, Tamiya, and then Belgo.

The white metal guy looks stiff and super-skinny!

Ah ok! I have to split my vote for the Dragon and Belgo figures. Not sure which I like better, but I like them both more than the Tamiya figure though.

Oh I will be painting them all at once (as you can see the Dragon one was started some time ago). You can never have enough TC figures. I just wanted some input from the forum here. Which one do you like Gamera?

SP: Why don't you just paint all of them and then decide which one you like best? I generally paint figures in batches- seems to save time.

Dragon is my vote.