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The Accordionist - Italy 1943
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Tamiya,
Tamiya - German Soldiers at Rest
A little more refinement tonight.
Cheers,
Calvin
Thursday, 5 August 2021
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
The Accordionist - Italy 1943
Labels:
Tamiya,
Tamiya - German Soldiers at Rest
A small update from yesterday evening's painting session.
Weathered the floor using a concoction of gravel dust, texture paste and paint applied with an old stiff brush rush in a stippling motion.
Moving on to the pigeons now....
Cheers,
Calvin
Sunday, 1 August 2021
The Accordionist - Italy 1943
Labels:
Tamiya,
Tamiya - German Soldiers at Rest
Stripped down and repainted the faux finish on the accordion casing.
I have also decided to change the setting to a more compact one to focus the viewer's attention onto the figure. Plus I have been wondering how to employ the box of pigeons from Miniart.
And for size reference.
Cheers,
Calvin
Saturday, 31 July 2021
The Accordionist - Italy 1943
Labels:
Tamiya,
Tamiya - German Soldiers at Rest
More painting done this Saturday afternoon.
Calvin
Friday, 30 July 2021
The Accordionist - Italy 1943
Labels:
Tamiya,
Tamiya - German Soldiers at Rest
Some progress on the painting of the figure this evening.
Cheers,
Calvin
Saturday, 24 July 2021
The Accordionist - Italy 1943
Labels:
Tamiya,
Tamiya - German Soldiers at Rest
Another figure from Tamiya's German Soldiers at Rest set. This time I decided to modify the standing soldier with the two loaves of bread to an accordionist.
To accommodate the accordion from Miniart, I had to slightly reposition the left arm and remodel the fingers with stretched sprue. The front section of the accordion bellows were not well moulded and had to be rebuilt using stretched sprue. Finally, the shoulder strap is made from Tamiya Pla-Paper and the buckles formed with epoxy putty.
A scene is composed with a piano and seat from Miniart. The ornate tiles are made using the Canon Selphy photo transfer technique onto epoxy putty.
Cheers,
Calvin
Thursday, 22 July 2021
High and Dry - Scharführer, SS-Totenkopf Div., Hungary 1945
New photos of an old project made in 2001. It is a Hornet figure swapped out with a Hornet head posed on a T-34/76 ChTZ turret from Tamiya. The groundwork was built up from parts found in my scrap box. This is personally one of my favourite builds mainly because I really had fun putting it together. I entered it in the Euro Militaire 2001 competition and it was awarded a Silver medal in its class.
Cheers,
Calvin
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