I like people who are not afraid of converting!!

His facial expression is terrific. You can almost feel the pain just by looking at him.

The splint is a great idea, and the angle of the broken arm is just perfect!!! Personal experience????

You are right about giving the black a little more 3-d (especially with the top shading you have given his hand !)

Thanks for posting!! It's always nice to have a great post when you start off in the morning!!

Cheers m8!

Romain

"Sanitater...Sanitater...!" You can almost hear the poor fella shouting this just by looking at this figure! The face is very expressive- it conveys the pain naturally and then you can see where the pain is coming from in that nicely designed splint with the cut jacket sleeve- that and the cuff band around the cut sleeve are fantastic- very realistic down to the finest details.

It looks like you've always used Vallejo Jerry, the paintwork is awesome though as you pointed out the trousers and jacket need some highlights and lowlights- I would also suggest some blood stains around the bandages- perhaps faint ones to suggest heavy bandaging.

Well, he doesn't appear to be having a good day. I love the arm with the splint, great sculpting on that. I've been thinking about trying a figure with a splint myself. Great job with the skin tones & uniform as well.

Awesome work!

-Conor

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"Sanitater...Sanitater...!" You can almost hear the poor fella shouting this just by looking at this figure! The face is very expressive- it conveys the pain naturally and then you can see where the pain is coming from in that nicely designed splint with the cut jacket sleeve- that and the cuff band around the cut sleeve are fantastic- very realistic down to the finest details.

It looks like you've always used Vallejo Jerry, the paintwork is awesome though as you pointed out the trousers and jacket need some highlights and lowlights- I would also suggest some blood stains around the bandages- perhaps faint ones to suggest heavy bandaging.

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Thanks Karl,
I wait for your comments. One of the highlights of my day.
This guy was wounded when his tank was knocked out on the initial assault on Stoumont in Dec44 by Battlegroup Peiper and was sheltered in the Chateu Froid Cours' celler for about 2 days roughly. It was damp and cold down there with no follow on medical care and very little if any food. No pain killers BTW.
He is actually better off than the severely wounded guys(German and American) that had to be left behind when the battlegroup pulled in its' perimeters following the outflanking movement of Maj. McCown' Bn. but he will get no better care when he gets into one of the cellers of LeGlieze either!
I am still mucking about with the new paints but thanks for the encouragement buddy.
Tried putting blood on the bandages under the splint as it is a compound fracture. Dried blood is kind of brown though,so it doesn't show well. Maybe some artistic license is called for and more red?
J

Great characterization. Great paint palette. Great detail. Great expressivity. You really feel that something dire is underway. I am concerned that such extreme emotion may be conveyed at all across a miniature diorama, once the focus of each image above is extended across the wider area of a diorama. Judging by your impeccable skill, I am sure that this diorama will be very impressive, nevertheless. Please keep sharing, and take your time with it all, as this work grows and sprouts new venues along the way....

Thanks for sharing so generously, here on the net, Jerry. Thank-you for defending freedom, sir!!!. What does "Aber zack zack junge!!" mean? Please forgive me if I have not read every comment above, some which most likely have already asked. I love to look at great art-work, and do not always stick through every notion of commentary. I will be sure to check in here from time to time, and will slowly come around to completely appreciate every savory bit.

Thanks Jerry. My Dad occasionally said "Dumm Kopf," when I was a pup.

The motorcycle courier looks particularly cool I must say. I really like how you get the gear to sit just right on the figures, it really makes a difference in the end. I still tend to have trouble with that myself. Did you sculpt the gloves yourself?

-Conor

I really like how you get the gear to sit just right on the figures, it really makes a difference in the end. I still tend to have trouble with that myself.

-Conor

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I really like how you get the gear to sit just right on the figures, it really makes a difference in the end. I still tend to have trouble with that myself.

-Conor

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Fully agree with Connor! It strikes me everytime I look at your figures! I must pay more attention to that myself!!!

And you have the talent to make the figs look more "normal" or "human" and less wooden than most you can see. It is the small details (better heads, like Bill Horan even improving those..a slight tilt of the head or other parts of the body, as these "men" are not standing to attention, etc) that add up to a tremendous difference in the final results!

Great job Jerry!! Makes my day everytime I see new figs of yours in the forum!

Cheers

Romain

Someone want to tell this guy he's missing half his motorbike? I mean I knew the Germans were under pressure toward the end of the war but thats ridiculous !

I love the pose of this guy- the weighty way he is sitting on he bike sets it off nicely as do the pieces of equipment that are modified to sit naturally- plus the big heavy gloves (are those supposed to be the big grey Wehrmacht issue mittens or the slightly less bulky and sometimes camouflaged ones?) look the part on a motorbike rider.