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Rob'59 wrote:

Rad_Schuhart wrote:Those are very good figures but they require a bit of work.

Here is my tank commander.

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Buenos dias, Raul.
Does the figure match the tank a bit, I mean in size?
I do have another German tank commander, bit he is slightly a bit too large....his head is a bit out of proportion I think.
He makes the tank look "small" in a way

Goedemorgen! The problem with most of those resins, is the scale is what is called 120mm... Thats in fact is something like 1/15 or even 1/14.5 so when placed next to tamiya figures, they look a bit bigger, and when placed next to articulable 1/18 figures, they look enormous.

But in the case of this tank commander, I think it looks perfect. I had to fill some gaps here and there, and to put some putty in the arms to fit the cuppola, but I think the final result is Ok, dont you think?

I just took some photos for you.
I still have to finish the pain in the tank, camo, weathering, turret numbers and so on.

Damn Raul....he looks very good to me, and so does the grenadier on the tank!
The grenadier is from Aliexpress too?
I always wonder how you guys succeed in painting those soldiers.
Great job, the faces/eyes mostly is a major PITA for me, maybe because I do it all with a brush and not paint brushing them.

Rob'59 wrote:Damn Raul....he looks very good to me, and so does the grenadier on the tank!
The grenadier is from Aliexpress too?
I always wonder how you guys succeed in painting those soldiers.
Great job, the faces/eyes mostly is a major PITA for me, maybe because I do it all with a brush and not paint brushing them.

Hi, the Grenadier is a 1/16 Tamiya figure. I put him there just for a size comparison. I bought that figure long time ago... Nowadayws I would not buy a tamiya figure, the Aliexpress resins are way more detailed and are usually cheaper. Also I think most of the tamiya figures look... Odd. For me the three best are this one, the other with the machine gun in the shoulder, and the other german soldier with the MP40. You have more photos of my soldiers in the 3rd and 4rd page here: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=25050&start=40

But anyway, as I said the Aliexpress figures are way cooler

And yes, painting the faces is a pain, I had good luck with this figure, but it kills me... I avoid painting figures, I dont think I will be painting more.