~ Russian Tankers ~ 1/35th~ S.B.S. ~ 5 Figures ~ FINISHED ~

Jet~ Thanks 'ole Buddy! How are ya?

Mike~  That's awesome--what more could I ask for?

Incrediable detail.  They almost look alive!!

I like it.

Excellent job.

Steve~ Very kind Bro

Jet~ Right Bud--here he is.......

In fact most of the work was a result of having colour mixed for other things and doing a bit here and there on the side.

 

Can't wait to see #5.

Masterful work, Indy. Excellent job on the threads.

Here's the 1st FOUR Usual Suspects

# 5 is on he's way soon-----

deafpanzer

Oh boy, why do I bother to paint my figures if I can just send them over to your place for a small fee... pls PM your mailing address.   Loving your figures even tho they are not as pretty as my Natalia.  Those eyes are spot on... always the hardest part for me to get the eyes to look right. 

Andy~ Thanks Bro---yeah I guess I could paint you some for a nominal fee

Wouldn't that take all the fun out of it?

Next time try the eyes like I went to doing them on this blog---Use enamels for the [off]whites and keep thinner handy to edit-----next day use Tamiya for pupil and water handy to edit---really took the trouble out

Oh boy, why do I bother to paint my figures if I can just send them over to your place for a small fee... pls PM your mailing address.   Loving your figures even tho they are not as pretty as my Natalia.  Those eyes are spot on... always the hardest part for me to get the eyes to look right. 

I'll wait until I have the scene made and am sure of the groundwork palette before weathering this one as I've  really planned the 'look' when complete

Thanks for all our interest and comments~~~~~~~~~

Pawel~ Thanks my friend--good to keep that in mind-Also  I can ask Libor

Andy~Right on my man--I'll look for that 1

 

It's very easy to distirb any balance achieved and have to do alot of reworking, like I said I'm still in the middle, and lacking highlights (especially where rubbed off)

 

I think he at least looks a bit photogenic in action

For more on my W.I.P. build of the SU-100 go HERE

Adam, you have to see this movie 'A Woman in Berlin' if you haven't.  It was recommended by Netflix because I like to watch war movies.  And it was great... never saw so many Russian and their uniforms including tank crews and vehicles.  I thought it was pretty accurate in my opinion... those Russians did alot of bad things just like Germans did. 

Looking forward to your next upate...

Adam - I don't know about the subtitles - I'm sure I've seen it with english subtitles on a TV channel called TV Polonia, but that probably doesn't help you any... Zaloga is "the crew" in Polish :-) That's one of the first episodes of the series where they complete the tank crew - then they get a brand new T-34 and go all the way down to Berlin. The whole series is about the Polish "Peoples Army" set up in the Soviet Union using Polish citizens that were there in 1943 (for example in the prison camps). The later episodes show a lot of "tanker's life", that's why I thought about it. The show also has female soldiers, so the association was almost obvious...

Remember, if you have something to translate from German, Polish or Russian, you can count on me!

Anyhow, I'm waiting for a next update from you, good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

Andy~ Hey Bro Thanks man---things went right on the boots,huh---keep trying new things witht he orange-glaze trick  For the Jer can I used a new real spong I just bought--
Normally I don't like dragging my models with sea creatures but this one worked nicely

Dviv6~Thanks man--appreciated the post--- Yeah I like alot of Yoshi's figures---I almost bought that one in the wifebeater but my scene  has weather a bit too chilly [could have lost my PG rating]

Pawel~Thanks my friend. Yeah, never seen that show! Any examples with subtitles? A bit dull for me---but, I noted there was an episode titled "Zaloga"

Adam,

very nice work. It reminds me of a TV series, very popular in Poland since the late sixties. Try looking up "Czterej Pancerni" on youtube, maybe you can get some inspiration out of it? Keep up the good work and have a nice day

Paweł

Really nice work on the leathers.

DP they make the Natalie figure in a tank top for those warm weather days.

Love your #5 figure especially his boots but I still want to marry your Natalie.  Did you use hairspray technique on the jerry can? 

deafpanzer

Looking great!  How many figures are you planning for your diomara? 

Hi Andy

1st    Thanks!

2nd    I don't know

   At this point Im building 3 different Russina Dio----so yeah more are coming

Here's another

I had cleaned up and assembled him quite some time ago, when I got him, thinking he was a pretty cool item ,even with the Warriors head, but Sorry I didn't save any pictures of the parts as they looked right OOB. There is however a nice review of this figure at Armorama by our friend Mark Bannerman.

Thanx---see ya'll soon

Looking great!  How many figures are you planning for your diomara? 

Andy~Right on Buddy-Thanx--good to see you at you know where

Jet~OK,,OK,,,thanks...but say sumfin

Time to add the head at least temporarily, to see what needs balancing.

I think I'm about done with the furs on hat & coat. I made an effort to do something I liked that complimented the similar 1st figure. I'm liking the older, dry look of his leaher, but I may still add a bit of highlights for interest.

Boots & belt we're done in variations of the orange-glaze-over-black/grey, and are a bit too glossy as shown here, These need a bit more work. Trousers are a basic Panzer grey based on Vallejo #867 Dark Bluegrey

The head is still positonable,and I find that until the exact placement in the Diorama is known, this is a must.

More to come!

Thanks for having a look and thanks for any comments----

Speechless.

WOW!  Amazing work especially on the leather coat.  I have to try your method painting the faces.  I have beeing doing this method  starting with light colored base paint to the dark washes...

Yes, I'd started him back along side 'Talia, but have jus now returned to work on 'em

The eyes definatly add alot of life even if the guy has ghastly pallor

More to come guys!

Thanks alot for the comments you guys--happy you like her!

Steve~ Yeah I paid $24 from Cray--almost sent it back to him--but I thought I could save her. A friend said he 'd handled both the 1st and 2nd run of this casting and they we're all bad! So, it was as good as we could do for this figure. I have a set also from him thats really bad too from AC Models--we will see that later

Pawel~ Good to see ya buddy-!

BoBa~ Now That's what I want to hear! Thank you--I though I could do better that what I saw, but knew it was a good figure.

Andy~ True man--your a bud. There's not that many around here--whata gunna do?(look elsewhere?)

Div6~ No...I use regular W&N Winton oils for flesh and washes as well as Floquil enamel and Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics

Pat~ Heehee    yeah she was expensive--all woman are

Tankers helmet or eastern front chic purse?  Nice job on a tough and spendy subject.  The results look well worth it.

                                                                                       Pat.

Nice work, and thanks for the walk through, she's almost as expensive as Brick Works 1/20 figures but the detail they have makes it worth it, Legend has some extremely detailed figures as well in 1/35 that run about $10 each..

Are the Oil Paints you're using the water soluble ones from WN?

I have about a dozen or so figures I need to get started on and am looking into trying the oil paint washes.

OUTSTANDING!  This is what I missed during your absence.  Only few of you can do this and I enjoy figure WIPs very much.  I wish everybody do figures along with the armors they build.