“The Old Man”...Das Boot.

[Jason Crausby]

Hi all
Next up I’ve been itching to get started on the Young Miniatures Das Boot captain which arrived a few days back.
It’s pretty obviously based on Jurgen Prochnow from the brilliant 1981 movie although part way through painting I thought he was looking more like Jurgen Klopp!
Anyway as ever I started with eyes first and I wanted him to be looking upwards..

 

[Jason Crausby]

 

[KarlW]

Love that film, did you catch the two series?

 

[Jason Crausby]

From there I was really inspired by Neils tartan work on his charge of the Scots Greys thread so I thought I’d have a go at the shirt although most of it is hidden by the neck...

...and so on with the skin tones... I wanted a tired and sallow complexion caused by poor diet and lack of sunlight so there were a lot of pale shades...


... and with the head almost done I tried a dry fit to see how much time I’d wasted shading the inside of the shirt collar...



so that’s it for now
Thanks for looking in!
Jason

 

[Jason Crausby]

Love that film, did you catch the two series?

Hi Karl... sorry... crossed postings... I loved the film and I’m partway through season 2 of the series,

 

[KarlW]

Cracking stuff, I think I had the same shirt......

 

[papa 695]

Very impressive painting

 

[Mini Me]

That plaid shirt is the bomb Jason.......well done.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Blimey Jason that's stonkingly good

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Whatever you're on at the moment, I want some of it Jason. Superb painting.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Fantastic yet again....ever thought about doing an SBS for us on something? I know I could learn a lot.....

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Looking good Jason .
I have recently been playing the board game,The Hunters by GMT Games.
It is a great game involving U Boats.

 

[Wouter]

oh nice! Herr Kaleun is looking spot on mate, looking forward to next installment.

Cheers

 

[Jim R]

Hi Jason
Beautifully painted.
Jim

 

[JayCee]

Excellent !!

 

[Jason Crausby]

Very impressive painting

Cheers Ian!

That plaid shirt is the bomb Jason.......well done.

Thanks Rick... it took a bit of patience

Blimey Jason that's stonkingly good

Thanks Neil...it was your tartan that set me off!

Whatever you're on at the moment, I want some of it Jason. Superb painting.

Thanks Peter... I'm not sure what it is myself but Ive never worked so fast!!!

Fantastic yet again....ever thought about doing an SBS for us on something? I know I could learn a lot.....

Thanks Tim... I would be happy to do so if people were interested?

Looking good Jason .
I have recently been playing the board game,The Hunters by GMT Games.
It is a great game involving U Boats.

Cheers Ralph... I might check it out...always room for another board game!

oh nice! Herr Kaleun is looking spot on mate, looking forward to next installment.

Cheers

Thanks again Wouter.

Hi Jason
Beautifully painted.
Jim

Cheers Jim...once again!

Excellent !!

Thanks John!!!

Jason.

 

[Jason Crausby]

Anyhow... having seen the pictures I decided he wasn’t suitably tired and undernourished so I added a few grey shades and reddened under the eyes a little...


now just need to soften the shading round the nose!
Thanks
Jason

 

[Jason Crausby]

Hi all
Just a quick update as I’m going away for a few days so there’s an enforced abscence from the bench... There’s still some detailing to do but the main shading on the body is about done... really hasn’t took that long to get this far which is a bit of a shame as I was really looking forward to working on this figure and it’s seems to be coming to an end so quickly... I still have to source a suitable plinth and then I can finish it off!



Anyway.. thanks for now
Jason

 

[Jason Crausby]

Ps ... anyone seen Greyhound on Apple TV, the new Tom Hanks convoy / U Boat movie? I was contemplating the 7 day free trial just to watch that?

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Gorgeous!