A 1/35 vignette of two German field Gendarmes patrolling with their dogs.

I'm at a loss! Did Heer Feldgendarmerie wear cuff titles?

Biggles 2

They wore brown cuff titles piped white with"Fieldgendarmerie" thereon in white lettering.

Cheers

Gerry

Nice!

My only feedback is the the leashes look too "made from stiff wire". Throws off an otherwise fantastic sense of realism.

Jake

Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment.

I appreciate what you are saying.

I tried paper but it looked like well paper.

Do you have any suggestions or tips what I could use to make them more realistic?

Cheers

Gerry

Looks great!

For the leashes- maybe try folded, thin sliced tin foil.

-Mike

Brilliant work, on the figures. For the leashes, why not just use string?

Hello Jerry,

Super vignette!....for the leashes you may want to try a
card stock....not too thick....soak it in water and attach.

It will take on a natural sag and paint it gently while still
wet....once dry, brush on some satin varnish, this will give
the leashes a leather look.

Cheers,
Joe

Wonderful job on these guys, check out rigging thread for boats and planes, they have an elastic thread that should work great for this
Greets
Mats

Hi Gerry,

bold choice I must say, and unfortunately a lot of ensueing problems!

The leashes would be leather, not string, as string does not allow for a firm grip (necessary when you have to control powerful dogs). Tips for material have been given and are absolutely satisfactory.

The dogs are the main weak point here ("bold choice", remember). Animals are hard to paint anyway, and I've yet to find a decent dog model in this scale (the right side dog looks more like a dingo than a gs). So the end result here is unfortunately poor.
Dogs' inner ears are not pink!
Colours within the coat are not so clearly divided like this. And these dogs are rather long haired. Try to use that to your advantage! Paint them in (rather) thick oil paint and you have the possibility to "model" strands of hair in the paint by simply using a rather crude brush. I usually do that with my horses, especially for a "campaign" look.
You have to be careful and check on the "flow" or "direction" of the hair within the coat. Animals do not forgive faults, hence the "bold choice"!

(And a quick Google search for "deutscher Schäferhund" produced a wealth of photos, showing also that gs are almost constantly panting when in action, i.e. tongues out!!!)

Sorry for sounding harsh, but I just want to help avoiding similar faults that spoil the otherwise great job in the future.

Cheers

Romain