Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Monday, 9 January 2023
USMC BAR Gunner - Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, 1950
A Happy New Year to all. This is a WIP of a special commission job of a 1/16 scale sculpt by John Rosengrant for a collector depicting a US Marine at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. From what I currently know this is not a commercial kit but a limited run of copies for a closed group of aficionados.
Saturday, 31 December 2022
Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 191, Ostfront 1944
Looks like I managed to keep on track to hammer this figure out before the end of 2022.
Friday, 30 December 2022
Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 191, Ostfront 1944
I am currently working on this classic Tamiya figure sculpted by Yoshitaka Hirano which comes with the Strumtiger kit. I have always had a penchant for this figure ever since I saw a rendition of this figure by Stefan Muller-Herdmertens back in the early 1990's in Tony Greenland's book Panzer Modelling Masterclass. I swapped out the head with one taken from Tamiya's Wehrmacht tank crew set (35354) and the hand holding the mallet is from Royal Model. I sharpen some of the details like the lapels and left hand with a scalpel and the insignia was added after the tunic is painted. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can hammer this out before the close of 2022 or at least make this the first figure for 2023.
Cheers,
Calvin
Monday, 26 December 2022
A Round Up of 2022
This is a round up of almost all the projects I managed to complete throughout this year. As you can see, I have been a rather industrious. The reason being that I have completely overhauled my painting and modelling technique to work faster and more efficiently. I would also like to thank long time partners (Alpine Miniatures and Young Miniatures) and new collaborators(Royal Model, HD Model) for allowing me to paint their box illustrations. Last but not least, I would also like to extend my appreciation to AK Interactive for their generous support in this journey. Here's looking forward to another good year ahead for 2023.