Ganging up on Tank Figure Painting

[ColemanCollector]

If you scan this book and post it on the site, I think you will get 100 points in karma....

This paragraph in books always makes me nervous...
Could you even transmit a book "electrically" in 1973?

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[Tiger6]

You'd be suprised... https://www.incognito.com/blog/a-brief- ... cations-2/

[ColemanCollector]

An interesting article and my apologies to Matthew Cash and Alexander Bain who in 1846 were the first people to say, "Don't call us on this number, it's the fax line!".

Mike.

[Tiger6]

"hello? hello?"
"beeeeep brrt brrt crackle hisss"
"God dammit, its that fax machine calling me again!!"

Yup, I remember those days...

[Herr Dr. Professor]

The Colour Guide to German Army Uniforms 1933-1945 is available in used copies through Abe Books and Amazon in both the 1973 and somewhat improved 1992 edition. The general consensus seems to be that this book lacks much needed color illustrations, but is still quite useful.

[ColemanCollector]

My '73 copy is all colour so I'm not sure why people are saying it needs colour illustrations. As a reference, there are far better books out there as it's a 50 page skim over a pretty intricate subject, covering all theatres and land service branches.

There are no photos, only very stylized drawings that range from showing a full uniform to more detailed bits like unit cuff titles and service medals.

A funny little book!

Mike.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

I added some detail painting, some more facial color, and a very thin coat of Burnt Sienna oil paint to give some feature to her face, hands, and hair. All that's left is to shine her shoes. But the face is just so crudely carved that I am disappointed in this figure of the Helferin, and I have no greater hope for the other three rather crude (and slightly oversized) figures. Still, the others will afford practice...practice...practice.

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[ColemanCollector]

She's got a bit of a Jack Palance look to her! The painting is righteous, but the figure lets your fine work down. Great skin tones and shading depth!

Mike.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

I looked up Jack Palance. Egad! You are quite correct about the resemblance. Here he is as Count Dracula taking a nap:

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[Herr Dr. Professor]

At the risk of being an old guy repeating himself...repeating himself...unh...here's a book I recommend for painting WWII Germans:

Farnworth, Michael. Modeling and Painting World War II Military Figures. Crowood Wargaming Guides. Crowwood Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78500-483-4.

Farnworth is concerned with wargaming-scale figures of Germans (despite the breadth of the book's title), but the techniques apply in 1/16, too. What is more useful to me is his listing specific paints. He bases his painting on Vallejo ModelColor, but he also includes equivalency charts to a few other brands. Perhaps expert figure painters would disagree about some of the colors Farnworth specifies, but for earthlings like me, it is useful to have a good starting point.