This is the Hornet Italian Alpini, WWII, #IH1. It's a classic white metal figure, but as with all Hornet figures, the sculpting is outstanding, and I particularly liked the pose and subject.
As usual with my figure painting, the figgy was cleaned-up, primed with Tamiya flat white and undercoated with Vallejo acrylics.
On top of the acrylic undercoats, I used artist oils for the actual painting, blending these wet-on-wet.
The peculiar stone-gray color of the uniform was per my references, color photos of period uniform items held in contemporary militaria collections.
The base is all scratch built, to include the pitons, carrabiners, and rope (twisted .010 lead wire to get the draped effect).
The figure is stil a WIP - I will spray at least one more coat of Testors Dull Coat on the figure and base and maybe add some more pigments to the base. I also have an engraved name plate that will be added to the base.
As always, comments and observations are welcome!
(PS- Sorry for the poor focus on this last photo. I'll retake it at some time in the future.)
