Modern German Captain scratch build

[tenerifecrimson]

For my small dio of a firing range, I need some figures but the problem is: I can't found what I am looking for! So, I decided to build my own figure using puty and some wire for the “bones”, few years ago I did it with 1/35 figures but this one gone be the first time for me at that scale.

As usually I was looking for some pictures as reference, I found this one of German soldiers in Ex-Yugoslavia. It shows well the difference of uniform.



I am using the tank crew from Tamiya as reference for the size. I started with the torso:



Then the legs:





When the body has dried, I put another kind of puty for the clothes. For his uniform I decided to give him the big jacket, with spats and the ballistic protection:



Next the harms and the ballistic protection, when all that’s done, I spray it in matt black:



When it’s dry I started the making of the Flecktarn camo:

[tenerifecrimson]

While the paint is drying I start to work on the head, I tried to make the head by myself but the result is very bad, so I am using a Tamiya head. About the head painting I have a very special technique. I am using acrylic paint and pastel powers.

First the flesh color:



Next I am painting the shadows with pastel powder added of some water:



Again some flesh color:



Finaly for the drybrush I putted some pastel power and brushed it to “clear” some areas, here is the final result:



And the same head on the figure:

[caddyshack]

Thats a nice bit of surgery you done there. turn out great

[STEINER]

Nice work . Whats the outside temp in Los Cristianos at the minute ? Its minus 3 here in the UK I wish I was in the Reef.

[Saxondog]

Very Nice ,well done.

[tenerifecrimson]

Nice work . Whats the outside temp in Los Cristianos at the minute ? Its minus 3 here in the UK I wish I was in the Reef.

For the moment we have 23º/25º and a little bit windy

[tenerifecrimson]

Now I finished the camo on the entire figure and also put the antenna on the HH:

[Panther Ausf G]

Very nicely done, figures I'm always a little fantastic.