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1st Luftwaffe Division, Novgorod 1944

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  • From: Newport News VA
1st Luftwaffe Division, Novgorod 1944
Posted by Buddho on Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:17 PM


Here is the finished set of 4 painted with Vallejo acrylics and Silflor grass for the groundwork. Here is some background info on where these soldiers were located:

"Novgorod, located south of Leningrad, is a prominent historical city in northwestern Russia. Interestingly, its name means "new city". And after the brutal fighting of WWII, a "new city" had to be virtually rebuilt on the site. Originally occupied by Germany on 15 August 1941, it was recaptured on 19 January 1944 by a massive Soviet offensive. Fighting was vicious, and of 2,536 stone buildings in the city, less than 40 remained standing after Novgorod's liberation."

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Posted by spong on Saturday, August 11, 2007 6:41 PM

Hi Buddho

Very cool and a great grouping 

i've this set in my to be built pile,hope to get around to doing them at some point in the not to distant furtue.

Do you paint in oils??

Have yopu used after market heads??

Chris 

 

 

 

 

"We copy you down Twank,Tranquillity,You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue,we're breathing again, thanks alot" Charlie Duke Capcom Apollo 11 July 20th 1969
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Posted by m1garand on Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:01 AM

Buddho,

Very interesting patterns on uniforms on these figures.  Nicely done!

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Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Sunday, August 12, 2007 4:41 AM
They look great! The wash on the quilted fabric really brought out the texture, and I'm sure it looks even better up  close in person.  Who makes that set of figures?
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Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Sunday, August 12, 2007 4:41 AM
They look great! The wash on the quilted fabric really brought out the texture, and I'm sure it looks even better up  close in person.  Who makes that set of figures?
"Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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Posted by Buddho on Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:15 AM

Thanks everyone

The Dragon figures were painted with Vallejo acrylics and the original heads were used from the kit. This is the 2nd Generation series, which gives some PE details and extra weapons,etc. I had to do some dryfitting to make sure all body parts fit berfore gluing up each one.

 Regards, Dan

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Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:00 AM
those Gen 2 figures do look impressive from what I've seen....forgot to ask in my other post, whats the grass?  The woodland scenscs field grass or similar I'm guessing?  Looks very convincing.
"Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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Posted by Buddho on Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:11 AM
I use stuff called Silflor grass, which is a matting that is hand torn and glued down with Elmers. It comes in different heights and shades of colors depending on what season you want. It can be purchased here: http://www.sceneryexpress.com/departments.asp?dept=1040

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:18 PM
...nicely built, good groundwork and tight prez which is composed well...overall, good paint job; however I question the green coloring of the quilted unifoms...
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Posted by Buddho on Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:41 PM

Thank you Eric.

I went by the instructions showing a light olive green and medium grey for the 2 uniform colors. Unfortunately, the colors on the instructions looked off, so I tweaked them a bit.

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