Thanks Jerry.

A bit more progress. The casualty now has hands and a helmet. I need to adjust the angle of his left hand - it should be limper. I may add a slung kar98 rifle to the hero fig.













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Matthew

Okay. The casualty now has an appropriately limp left hand.



I just notice now, looking at his tunic, I need to add some buttons. It never ends...

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Matthew

Looking good Matthew

Kind regards
Steven

YES!! This is a huge improvement over your starting point. A tip for the future. The casualties' tunic would accentuate the position if you made the bottom hem higher on the fig. The jacket would ride up higher when the arms are lifted over ones head like this. The German jackets had metal hanger sewn into the inside that the belt hung from,so the belt and webgear would also ride up along with the tunic.
See what i mean ? Since you are rapidly grasping the basics,I would like to see you get to the master level !!
Looking good buddy.
J

Great work!! Very inspiring! Makes me want to give it a try myself. Is there any guides for scratch building and painting figures that you used? Any on our site here maybe?

Just thought of something else easy to do and that makes a big difference. Scrape the edges of the helmets from the inside to thin them out. It adds a lot to scale effect. The Dragon helmets if expanded to real life size, would be about 2 inches thick.
J

Good idea Jerry. It's on my to do list for tomorrow evening.
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Matthew

@ Jeff, thanks for the nice words. I had a quick look through Anatomy for Sculptors. Sheperd Paine also has a book on making and painting figures, which a lot of people think of as canon. There are a few videos on youtube as well. Most pointers I got from Jerry on this site. I think the thing is to be bold, and don't fret about undoing something and starting again if it doesn't look quite right.

The hero figure now has a slung rifle. I tried putting it over his shoulder but it didn’t sit quite right with the casualty where he is. So it’s hastily thrown round the hero’s neck. I think it adds a bit urgency to the pair. Any thoughts?





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Matthew

Looks OK to me!
J