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Conor,
Yes,I read about Von Lucks' experience as well. Great stuff.
Here you see I used the newer Miniart pouches and they scale out much better to me than the DML ones(which were the brand new ones btw)


I also moved the arms closer to the body. Dragon tends to have the arms too far out from the side and there is no way a person would carry heavy crap for long in that position IMHO

Here is the next guy before I make any alterations. He is from a pretty old Dragon set and you can see how soft the detail is. I chose the head(warriers) because of the facial expression



Romain,thanks for asking. My eye is getting better for sure. Don't want to push my luck and go right back to misery so a few more days off.
I hope your Krankenhaus stay was for nothing too serious?
Meine herzlichen wunschen fur seine gutes gesund,
J

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Thanks a lot my friend! It was something, but now I'm OK!

How's your eyesight coming along?? I'm worried!

One question regarding the figs....the 3rd one sports a helmet that I cannot fully identify! Looks more like a US Kevlar to me than anything else!

Apart from that...super!! The second cap looks great too.
The MG42 is d..n heavy indeed. We are still using them here in the austrian army (calibre adapted of course).

Get well soon bro!!

Cheers

Romain

Jerry,

That guy with the MG42 looks like he's really suckin' and gasping for air. Great choice with the head selection and posing. The re-positioning of the arms on the ammo bearer was well done, too. He has that saggin' shoulders and tired arms look now that was missing.

Funny you don't even see how those little things can make such a big difference until after they're done.

This little vignette is coming along very nicely!

Hope your eyes clear up soon so that you can get back to painting. I'm looking forward to some up-dates on the Battle of the Bulge .50 cal group.

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Conor,
Yes,I read about Von Lucks' experience as well. Great stuff.
Here you see I used the newer Miniart pouches and they scale out much better to me than the DML ones(which were the brand new ones btw)


I also moved the arms closer to the body. Dragon tends to have the arms too far out from the side and there is no way a person would carry heavy crap for long in that position IMHO

Here is the next guy before I make any alterations. He is from a pretty old Dragon set and you can see how soft the detail is. I chose the head(warriers) because of the facial expression



Romain,thanks for asking. My eye is getting better for sure. Don't want to push my luck and go right back to misery so a few more days off.
I hope your Krankenhaus stay was for nothing too serious?
Meine herzlichen wunschen fur seine gutes gesund,
J

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Thanks a lot my friend! It was something, but now I'm OK!

How's your eyesight coming along?? I'm worried!

One question regarding the figs....the 3rd one sports a helmet that I cannot fully identify! Looks more like a US Kevlar to me than anything else!

Apart from that...super!! The second cap looks great too.
The MG42 is d..n heavy indeed. We are still using them here in the austrian army (calibre adapted of course).

Get well soon bro!!

Cheers

Romain

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Thanks Man,eyesight is improving every day. It seems to come and go at will. I am sort of getting used to it now but it is still bothersome when it acts up.
Nice to see you're out of Krankenhaus as well.
The helmet is the standard Falschirmhelm. Doesn't look to bad to me?
J

He looks like a total badass with just that face on him now. And whoa. I can't begin to fathom how you're going to build him back up. But as you've proved many times before, you can, and I look forward to seeing it.

You've got my full attention now, Mr. Rutman

-Conor

Great job on the figures Jerry. Adding your own touches to them, makes a big difference ... as well as being more unique, it adds so much more interest. Sorry to hear abouyt your eye issues ... hopefully this clears up so these can be painted.

Hi Jerry,

you ARE a brave man indeed! Not easy to build up a fig like this. Basically it's as hard as scratching it!

If you allow me ..in my eyes the shirt pockets look too superposed (?), or maybe like this...too "independent" from the shirt as a whole.
Since they hardly had any Armani shirts, it could do with a little more "volume" above the waistbelt, and this volume could join up with the bottom edge of the pockets.
Can you figure out what I mean???? Hopefully you can make sense of it!

Also I'm not sure they would have worn the collar buttoned to the top??

These guys were mere walking skeletons, so don't show them too fit! Months of tough diet (eggs were for propaganda clips only) and physical hardships left their traces. The photos tell a clear story. One of my university teachers was captured in NA and he showed me photos....he had to confirm his identity, I would not have recognised him!

Great job anyway m8!!

Will watch closely any progress!!

Cheers

Romain

Looking really good, Jerry.

This guy's face (at least in one photo" looks just like James Coburn in the "Cross of Iron."

In regards to a Taschenlampe, the only injection molded one that I can recall seeing was in the old Airfix "Multi-pose" figure sets.

BTW: How are your peepers doing? I hope you're getting better and can get back painting soon. I'm still looking forward to seeing how that Battle of the Bulge vignette comes out.

"Rot scheint die Sonne..."

Hi Jerry,

I too would love to see the photos again!! Unfortunately in those days you had no mobile phone to take snapshots, and the man died quite some years ago.

Now let us see progress on your Spiess please (I'll have to stop these silly injections!!)

Cheers

Romain

Looking really good, Jerry.

This guy's face (at least in one photo" looks just like James Coburn in the "Cross of Iron."

In regards to a Taschenlampe, the only injection molded one that I can recall seeing was in the old Airfix "Multi-pose" figure sets.

BTW: How are your peepers doing? I hope you're getting better and can get back painting soon. I'm still looking forward to seeing how that Battle of the Bulge vignette comes out.

"Rot scheint die Sonne..."

... I know you used to have an extensive collection,do you still have it and if so,do you have a lamp that you can take measurements from? I am pretty sure I have pics of originals in color from collections but lack the measurements? ...

Outstanding pix and just what I needed.Thank you very much. I understand there was also a version that was friction operated and thus needed no batteries?
J

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Outstanding pix and just what I needed.Thank you very much. I understand there was also a version that was friction operated and thus needed no batteries?
J

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yes, there was a dynamo-operated version, but that one cannot be attached to the outside of the uniform, unlike the battery-type which was attached to the 2nd or 3rd button or the shoulder strap button (so no need to "bother" the pockets ).

Regarding the pockets....why don't you just don a shirt with breast pockets...and put things inside. Have someone take pics...et voilà!! A bit like the traditional way of military painters using models.

I'd say the pockets would not stand out the same way all around, and that might help bringing them into the right perspective. The top could be flatter except one bit where something stands out f.ex.....just thinking out loud!!

You will find the right solution surely!!

Cheers m8!

Romain

Great pics!! Especially the lower one shows exactly what I was trying to explain!

Breast pockets are not lying on top, but are integrated in the whole front.

Dirty shirts (sweat, soot, dust, etc) are sagging and folds/creases don't sport sharp edges. Definitely not easy to depict!

Cheers

Romain