These are some shots of my progress with the figure mods.
This is figure 3 - the NCO.
I've got the smock on him by layering a thin sheet of putty over the top of the tunic, and I've given the sleeves the cinched cuffs. I've also hollowed out the sleeves and got the MP40 folding-stock to fit correctly in the arm. I've done a couple of other things too, I've undercut the tunic to give a more layered effect to the clothing and I've given the smock some laces - although these are coming off as they are completely out of scale,. being nearly the thickness of his fingers! I also opened up the collar and enhanced the collar boards themselves.
I've got to say I'm having a great deal of fun just messing around with 1 figure. I'm learning quite a bit about materials and pushing myself quite a bit too. Once or twice I've thought this piece of work was destined for the bin, but I've stuck with it and I think I'm slowly getting there. I now think I'm going to finish this one figure completely first (including painting) as I am eager to find out for myself how this will look. As I've said this is a bit of an experiment, but if it this goes well then I think it could open up a whole world of possibilities in figure modifications.
The figure is still a bit rough and needs a bit of liquid poly to burn off the odd bit of shaved plastic but you get the idea.
Cheers
Paul
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This is figure 3 - the NCO.
I've got the smock on him by layering a thin sheet of putty over the top of the tunic, and I've given the sleeves the cinched cuffs. I've also hollowed out the sleeves and got the MP40 folding-stock to fit correctly in the arm. I've done a couple of other things too, I've undercut the tunic to give a more layered effect to the clothing and I've given the smock some laces - although these are coming off as they are completely out of scale,. being nearly the thickness of his fingers! I also opened up the collar and enhanced the collar boards themselves.
I've got to say I'm having a great deal of fun just messing around with 1 figure. I'm learning quite a bit about materials and pushing myself quite a bit too. Once or twice I've thought this piece of work was destined for the bin, but I've stuck with it and I think I'm slowly getting there. I now think I'm going to finish this one figure completely first (including painting) as I am eager to find out for myself how this will look. As I've said this is a bit of an experiment, but if it this goes well then I think it could open up a whole world of possibilities in figure modifications.
The figure is still a bit rough and needs a bit of liquid poly to burn off the odd bit of shaved plastic but you get the idea.
Cheers
Paul
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