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this is my first serious attempt at figure converting, i saw a painting of exhausted panzer grenadiers on a website and tried to copy one o the figures

head and hands are hornet
torso and boots andrea
legs and arms are from miliput
all equipment is dragon
the base is scratchbuilt, plastic card and miliput

if the image dosent open would you mind looking in my gallery as i have spent nearly an hour trying to get the photos on to here, sorry for any inconvenience

oh and advice and/or critism will be welcome]

Looks good, though the helmet is a bit clean. I like the work on the sleeves. Aren't Andrea 1/32 though? Anyway it seems to work
A light wash of buff or sand between the bricks will highlight the brickwork.
Don't worry, you'll get used to posting images

Hi ted,

For a first try you figgies looks really cool.
Your grenadier ahve a very natural and tied look !
If I may suggest, I found that the boots are too high, maybee the pant could have cover a little more them.
Anyway, really nice try, keep on converting, it's so exiting.

You were really close in you picture posting attempt, you only needed one more "]" at the end to get it in place.
The figure looks very good. You caught the feeling of exhaustion well.
Indeed, Andrea are 1/32 but given the pose, you wouldn't notice the differnece all that much.

Very nice Ted, you have captured the exhausted look well. BTW I notice another "Frankenstein special" taking shape in the background.


Julien, this is an early war figure, from the 1940 French campaign, so the prewar issue boots are taller, & tighter in the leg. Photos taken of the LAH drilling pre-war in service dress, show them to finish just below the knee. These are actually the notorious "dicebeakers" of legend! Incidentally, they were discovered to cause varicose veins. Later issues were shorter to economise on leather; I suspect these are the more widely seen "marching boots" you are thinking of.

thanks chaps, just what i was hoping for, i never thought of 'dirtying' the helmet and can well see the point made, a little scuffing and paint chipping would have been better, after all the fellow wouldn't have placed it on the ground delicately would he?

as for the boots i had thought of blousing the trousers a little more over the tops but was too eager to get on with the project but it's helped me with my 251/1 figures that are underway now


'BTW I notice another "Frankenstein special" taking shape in the background.'......................yes i've dozens of half completed figures i've only re-started work on since i joined this site and saw the incredible stuff you chaps are producing


i can't do quotes either...............

Gday Ted
This is great stuff!
As mentioned the exhausted/weary look is superbly captured...
The scratchbuilt components look the part, although in that position would there be more horizontally stretched folds across the crotch?
I'm not familiar with German uniforms but I imagine they would be similar to most others and stretch taut there, like the trakky daks I'm wearing now
Fleshtones are good, but maybe there is a bit of seam around the top knuckles?
The base looks great although I'd take Pat's advice on a light mortar colour for the brickwork, and how about a few random weeds around the step at ground level?
That left hand is begging for a ciggy too:-X
Good stuff
Brad

Thanks Steve for the info.
Justa question : how did you made the bricks ?

Julien

Looks great to me, Love the sleeves!

James

the bricks were cut from a sheet of plastic card and just glued on to another sheet that had been stuck to the cardboard shape. the steps are miliput

Looks good. My only comment would have been the cleanliness of the helmet. Keep up the great work!

Nice idea, seems to work well.
If I have another suggestion implying a very little work from you : the guy looks like he made a grey poo in his pant. You may give him a green brush stroke to hide that.

Best,
Julien