120mm Panzerfurher Completed

Looks like your off to a good start.

I like how you put shoe laces on him.

Yeah me too. Neat tick

Tony Lee

Marc,

a really nice start on this one. The knots are cool. One thing - the title should read Panzerführer to be correct German. Just thought you would like to know. Good luck with your project, have a nice day

Pawel

wing_nut

...Can resin be softened to change shape?...

Not really.  You can sometimes warm thin resin parts (i.e., a sabre) in hot water and make very slight changes (straighten it out), but not thicker, bigger pieces.

...Are there AM hands in 120mm?...

Do a search.

... I may need to change the arms at the elbows too.  What is the best method?...

Cut, reposition, fill, and sand.  

Thanks guys

Pawel you are correct.  I read that on the box.  I should have known better

Thanks Mike.  yeah the heat and bend things did not work.  Cut and fill was the way to go.  Wasn't as hard as i thought.

Last thing to do before final assembly was to make some sleeves.  Gluing the hand on the flat end would have looked like crap.  Hollowed and thinned so when it is painted black hopefully it will look like an arm coming out.

The hands with the fig are holding a map in the left and a pipe in the right so both a re more or less in fists.  Got the left hand flattened out.  Waiting for the putty to dry on the right to sand it out.

The the signs says.. finally some paint.  Way harder than I expected.  A whole new technique to learn.  Seems it varies with scale.  Well maybe not the technique itself but certainly the finesse used.  Lots more to "see" in the scale than a 1/72 or 1/35 guy.  I need to lighten the uniform before I start the camo.

Nice job with the tones on the face.

  The face and eyes are spot on!  Looking forward to more pictures...

Thanks guys.

Great going on this so far Marc---I just picked-up on this

Your conversions look good man--luck with the rest

Thanks Indy.  Appreciate you stopping by.

OH YEAH

Tony Lee

Got the camo painted.   Trying to do the shadows with a darkened base and the highlights with a lightened base would have had to be done for all 3 different colors.  That's 9 colors patch by patch.   I am using a technique described in another forum. Since it is painted with acrylics,  the whole thing was cover with burnt umber artist oil.  Then it is brushed with a stiff clean and most important, dry, brush.  This leaves a smooth even thin film of the burnt umber.  The high spots get wiped clean with a cloth.  After this has dried I will go back and go over the shadow to deepen them a little and then a dry brush of the base color for the highlights.

Camo looks great.

Looks a tad glossy at this point, but other than that looks great.  Nice work on the camo & shading.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks guys.  Definitely way shiny  I have to let the oil glaze dry before I can put the flat coat on.

"I hate waiting"  Inigo Montoya

I posted this is the armor section too for the tread heads.

I think I will call this one, "For my son...If I make it home"

I thought the black on the nose was a shadow until I took a close up to see how the eyes look.  Must have touched it with the black from under the visor.  Just a little touch up.

Thanks for looking

WOW!  Very impressive.  Five stars for sure from me.  I like the grass... how did you do this or what product did you use if you don't mind telling us?

Marc, congratulations on your build, I like it a lot - a very original idea, also the face and the camo came out just great. Keep 'em comin' and have a nice day

Pawel

Looks good. Camo's look alot better with a dullcote.

Thanks very much guys.

Andy, it is a product from Silfor.  Pre-made grass mats of all different kinds.

http://www.sceneryexpress.com/products.asp?dept=1054

Thanks Marc!  I have to buy those...

Hi,

Silfor (or maybe Silflor) changed its name to Mininatur ... FYI ...

You can reach them here, they have unbelievable stuff.

Cem.