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Commander of Special troops GRU 1/35
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Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 - 05:29 PM UTC
I'm presenting this very nice figure from Evolution miniatures-soviet officer from GRU-Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye (Гла́вное разве́дывательное управле́ние in Russian), i.e. Military intelligence (from Aghanistan 1984-1989).
The figure is superbly cast, my only worry is the attachment point on the muzzle of the AKS-74-one should be very careful when removing the weapon.











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Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 - 10:13 PM UTC
I'm not very familiar with that type of Spetsnaz uniforms, so any info for the colors would be appreciated

Thanks!
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Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 - 10:40 PM UTC
This looks to be great figure and we'll cast
Venko555
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Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 - 10:34 AM UTC

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This looks to be great figure and we'll cast



The detail is excellent indeed

What I found for the uniform is that is called Gorka ("Горка"-Костюм горный in Russian), i.e. Mountain suit, the other name was "Mobutu".

Gorka

The color looks like khaki, but I'm sure there are variations.

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Posted: Saturday, November 03, 2018 - 01:31 AM UTC
Starting with the face and head painting, first time using Scale75 Flesh colors set and I really like them-they blend nicely and with good consistency









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Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2018 - 03:18 AM UTC
Impressive work on the face.
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Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2018 - 05:40 AM UTC
Thank you, Alex!
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Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2018 - 08:55 PM UTC
Closer photos, and I think this is the one of the best faces I've made so far (not mentioning the superb sculpt, of course), I just like the expression so much







Cheers!
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Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2018 - 08:57 PM UTC
Very nice, I like it a lot.

Keep it up,
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Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2018 - 11:37 PM UTC
Thanks, Mario!
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2018 - 10:29 PM UTC
Continuing with the base color of the Gorka suit, highlights and bleaching with mixing with lighter color:









Cheers!
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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 01:59 AM UTC
Painting the various equipment







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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 03:38 AM UTC
Very nice. This is an amazing figure and you are definitely doing it justice.

Well done.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 09:38 PM UTC
Those Adidas sneakers don't seem to be standard Red Army footwear...

Beautiful work so far!

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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 10:02 PM UTC
Thanks again, Mario!


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Those Adidas sneakers don't seem to be standard Red Army footwear...

Beautiful work so far!




Thank you, Israel!
I'm pretty sure wearing the standard boots in hot weather is real pain, so they probably preffered the sneakers. And in Special troops they were allowed to wear non-formal equipment, as far as I know

Painting the AKS-74 and gluing the arms.







Cheers!

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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 10:07 PM UTC
Looks just like the second chap from the left...

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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 05:26 AM UTC

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Looks just like the second chap from the left...



Looks like, slightly
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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 09:45 PM UTC
Painted the Adidas sneakers and the sleeping bag (I guess). I have to make the rifle and binoculars straps, and some touch-ups on the uniform







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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 10:06 PM UTC
Amazing work!

Figure painting is always the hardest task for me. The attention to detail and skill you have is something I really admire.
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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 10:33 PM UTC
Very nice. Is some kind of vignette in your plans?

Mario
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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 10:39 PM UTC
Thank you, Keigan!

Mario, I have something in mind-mountain/hilly scene, but first I intend to make the vignette for the "Duck feet" Navy SEAL

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Posted: Sunday, November 11, 2018 - 07:58 PM UTC
Awesome painting job on that figure. I hope my figure painting skills turn out this good.
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 12:39 AM UTC
Thank you, Charles!

I made the rifle and binoculars slings and also enchanced the highlights on the wrinkles of the uniform slightly, for more faded look:







Cheers!

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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 01:39 AM UTC
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing the figure with us.

Keep us posted on the vignette.

Mario
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 06:50 AM UTC
very nice work! Cheers!
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