Rusian Officer Vignette Completed

Finally finished this project and I must say I throughly enjoy the entire process. The direction which the Officer is facing was slightly off from what I had intended. This is due to his pose and I made several adjustment before settling for this most pleasant looking angle with him leaning against the wall.

The creeping plant is my 1st attempt at using brass etched. This stuff is really delicate and expensive so I had to be careful not to waste any. Overall I'm really pleased with the result of my 1st historical vignette. Hoping to do more of these in future. Right now I'm starving as I've forgotten to eat my lunch.

More shots of this model can be found in my gallery under historical. Thanks for looking and please feel free to drop a comment. Till then....

Basework

Started to work on the base for the Russian officer. I used some left over plaster blocks which I casted using Hirst Art molds. I guaged the height of the resting arm of the officer and chipped off a section of the wall. I also added some bullet hole and cracks to the wall to add realism. Some chipped of bits were scattered on the floor and glued in place. Craft glue was spread over the entire base and fine sand sprinkled over. Now to wait for the glue to dry before I start priming and painting.

Russian Officer finished

Spent about an hour or so at M workshop painting some finishing touches to the model. I had the pleasure to admire the original model Kelvin Tan painted for the Alpine cover shot. His version was much more superior. The face has more character and the overall paint job is ultra smooth.

I'm still abit stuck to my usual way of painting 28mm models, with more extreme highlights. I painted the metal part in NNM (non metallic metal) style. Wanted to see how others react to this method as opposed to using usual metallic paints.

1/35 scale Russian Officer

This is a resin model by the company Alpine Miniatures. The quality of the models are superb, with almost no mold lines and minimal flash. As the models are very well sculpted and fairly easy to paint, I'll recommend them to beginners as well.

For this model, I went for a different painting style done on my fantasy models. This style of painting is commonly seen on historical and larger figures. I wanted to add more mood to the model by painting zenithal lighting coming from the direction as shown in the picture. As you can see, certain parts of the face and uniform is highlighted more then others. This is still a WIP shot which is about 85% finished. I've just glued on the head and hands for this shot. The hands, binos, boots and a few areas still needed attention.

I'll be doing up a vignette later on if time permits. This is my 2nd historical model and I'm already having a great time. I'll probably be painting more of these in future. Stay tuned for the final project shot. All critics are welcomed.

New Kid on The Blog

Suddenly decided that I should have a painting blog of my own since I'm into this hobby for more then a decade now. In the future, I'll be posing mainly work in progress as well as finished shots of my projects. Hope to be able to share what I've learn and at the meantime get feedbacks from the crowd out there.