For a Dutch FB GB I decided to build a not often seen kit: Soar Arts' German 35,5cm M1 Super Heavy Howitzer (also posted in the Arty section). Yet I decided, this also needs a complementary (albeit skeleton) crew an ammo delivery truck and ofcourse a dio. My progress thus far:
Gun: ready:
After messing around with some foam board
And grass and modelling paste for model railroading
the base progresses nicely too...
The I started on the figs:
Cleanup an assembly is rather straightforward.
Then I started painting faces (all in Vallejo Model Color)
Step one: a base color of sand:
Next: Adding shadows, a mix of beige red and black red
Step 3: First highlights, with beige red
Step 4:Second highlights with base flesh
Step 5: Final highlights with light flesh
Please do note that the hands get the same treatment.
Step 6: Adding the eyes. Whites with white and a tad of sky blue, black irises /pupils.
Step 7: Lips painted, with a mixture of beige red and burned red
Step 8: Chin strap, black
Step 9: Eyebrows, color depends on hair color
The whole bunch finished.
Next up: painting the uniforms, waiting for the truck to arrive (on order), finish the dio and fixing some details
