Hi there,
Being back into model kits after a very long pause, I had a sudden urge to go back to 1/35 armored and figures (after getting bogged down with my beloved airplanes)...
Those two are my first in a really long time... both old Dragon productions.
The Panzer commander is from the Tiger Aces box (Wittman crew) ; it's a salvage : I built it back in the day and did an horrible paint job with humbrols. But the built was ok so I worked it with airbrush cleaner and a lot of Q-tips, primed it with Tamiya rattle can primer and went to town, using the Tamiya camo patterns as reference.
The scharführer is from the HJ Division Norrey-en-Bessin kit.
Flesh parts are done with oils ; I'm not very satisfied, I'm getting the hang of it but it's still far from good in my opinion...
Uniforms are done with mostly with Tamiya paints ; I unfortunately used Mr Hobby for the base green and forgot it wasn't flat ; so the figure ended up with a slight sheen... I hope I'll resolve this with a matte varnish coat.
Small mistakes on the tanker : shoes should be brown, not black, and there shouldn't be a red line on the cap and shoulder pads (plus I was a little too heavy handed on it)
Collar tabs on the scharführer are still kinda sloppy, but I think I can live with that...
It was my first serious take at the german camo patterns ; it's not exactly as it should be but I think I got it now. Should do a better job next time.
I plan on using them on an Kursk diorama but as I screwed up nearly every project so far, I won't start running my mouth and jinx it
Thanks for checking out :-)