Very cool Pawel! You're a brave man, I reguarly cut up the cheap plastic figures but not the expensive resin ones. Then again sometimes you have to if you're to get the pose you want. Thanks for letting us follow along! 

Hello Gamera - thanks a lot for your kind words! I didn't think about it this way - I figure my time is worth way more than those resin goodies, so if I can cut them up to save time, I do that. Plus, I did that many time, so by now I'm pretty confident it will turn out OK. It's my pleasure to have you onboard! Thanks for your comment and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello everybody!

I finally completed the pose of the third CEV crewman. I did this by using wedges made of white styrene plate, glued in and then sanded to shape. They are most visible on the pants, but I also used them on the elbows. I also gave the man nice jungle boots scrounged from the Legend Vietnam Tankers set:

I also added some detail to the pants, like the back pockets made of thin styrene sheet, and also the belt hoops, made of even smaller pieces of styrene. The pants legs were drilled out, to show the pants being worn over the boots and not bloused, like the regulations said.

I think I'll start to paint them boys soon - please stay tuned. For now thanks for reading and I hope you liked it - have a nice day

Paweł

Nice job there Pawel, looking forward to seeing him all painting up.

Thats looking real good Pawel! 

Im quite familiar with the Tamiya US Armored Troops figure. Back in the 80s a bought a good number of them. Dont ask. lol.

Gamera, allan - thanks a lot for your comments, and for your kind words!

Those old Tamiya figs - of course we have better figs now, but they still can be handy, especially when you have to cut up something, and get US post WWII soldiers as a result!

Have a nice day

Paweł

Hello everybody!

Now I've started to paint the figs. First step was to paint all the flesh parts with tan Humbrol 63:

This coat hast to dry really well - several days would be best. After it has dried, I put a wash made of brown Humbrol 113 and some airbrush thinner on the figs:

This doesn't need to much time to dry - in fact it's good to start the next step soon, then everything blends nicely - and the next step is a dry brush with a lighter coat, in my case a mixture of flesh Humbrol 61 and white Humbrol 34:

And now it would be again good to let everything dry throughly, so as to have a way to correct eventual errors that might occur at later stages of painting.

But I couldn't resist and I started experimenting with the eyes of one of the figs - here are the results:

I hope you like it - thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel, you available for hip and knee replacement?

They're coming along nicely Pawel! 

Looking great Pawel!! 

Love the poses now that they're "fleshing" out lol.

I'm going to have to get out of my comfort zone and start bashing my own figures together eventually. Besides minor mods like arms ad heads, of course.

Thank you for the inspiration! Keep it up, my friend!!  :D

Hello!

Thanks a lot for your comments!

templar1099 - absolutely, but only if the patient is styrene/resin!

Gamera&Hunter - thanks a lot for your kind words!

Mike - you're more than welcome, thank you for your support! Absolutely give it a try, bashing styrene figs isn't even hard, just be sure to use the right glue (lacquer thinner) and putty (dissolved sprue) - and you just can't go wrong. Oh, and look at the reference materials frequently - I mean historic photos, but also the people around you. It also helps to recreate the pose you're aimin' at personally! Hope it helps, good luck with your figs!

Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł