In the words of Wilbur Smith "War is the game played by old men with the lives of the young". The pawn in this game is the combat soldier, represented by the miniature toy soldier; an insignificant being on the battlefield. Combat is the most intense moment of war, where life and death balances on a knife's edge. The results are terrifying and reveal the worst part of our human nature. Conversely, there are moments when it exudes the best of our human spirit. Most of the miniatures you see here are diligently researched from historical sources and handcrafted between scales of 1/35 to 1/16 (approx 50mm to 120mm). The intricate rendition of human expression and fine details not only demonstrates the level of craftsmanship but also serves as a reminder of the fragile nature of human life. I represent no political bias though my miniature creations. My aim is to portray humanity through the chronicles of military history and thus it is my pleasure that I present to you my weblog Perspectives in Miniature.
In conjunction with AK Interactive, this exclusive Gen 3 acrylic paint set is specially composed with the essential colours that I use to render WWII German Uniforms. It contains 18 colours and a small pamphlet with my personal colour mixes. If you are keen to acquire all the colours on my palette to paint a field grey tunic, a splinter pattern zeltbahn, an oak-leaf pattern smock or the Kharkov anorak, look no further, this is the set for you to get started.
Do check out my Podcast interview with Barry Biediger and Jim DeRogatis at Box Dioramas.com
This instructional DVD published by Model Art magazine was primarily developed for the beginner armour and diorama modeller in mind. The video presentation will feature a variety of easy to master techniques used to render a 1/35 scale plastic injected moulded figure.Topics include proper paint application techniques, choice of brushes as well as some little tricks for painting fine detail. It is fundamentally a showcase of some of my methods and techniques for painting military figures and I am certain it will prove beneficial for any modeller who wishes to improve on figure painting. It is currently available in both Japanese and English.
This video presentation documents the process of rendering a highly detailed 1/35 scale after-market resin figure. Watch as I take the viewer through the process of rendering of leather, uniform insignia as well as camouflage patterns using the techniques and materials presented in the beginner's guide to achieve convincing results. It is available in both Japanese and English.
In this third instalment, I will share my techniques and materials to customize and detail an inexpensive stock plastic figure. Watch as I take you through the steps on how I modify a pose, model details such as hands, belts and webbing and insignias. Learn about working effectively with epoxy putty as well as plastic styrene and paper. As a continuation from my first two DVDs, I will demonstrate how to model and paint a simple groundwork as well as an alternate approach using a monochromatic underpainting to render both a field grey tunic and the World War 2 German Splinter Camouflage pattern on a helmet cover. If you have enjoyed and benefitted from those previous titles, this edition will be a welcome addition to your journey in scale figure modelling – regardless of your current skill level. It is my sincere hope that this could inspire you to embark on your own creative adventure in this fantastic hobby. .
I've finally laid on the crowning touches to this protracted commission
over last weekend. Hopefully I could squeeze in some time to do some
sculpting before the start of fall.
9 comments:
Hi Calvin,
Long time no chat. Excellent piece, like the color scheme you apply..lots of blue, violet in the mixing. Very rich and nice.
Allan
Really great, my friend. Hope all is going nice with the baby.
one word: nice!
btw, how is abigail doing?
Andreas
Hi Calvin,
Congratulatios for your last figure, It looks really great, the color balance is perfect.
It's a jewel for my eyes.
Best Regards.
Hi Calvin, He really turned out nice and with all the time invested you should be very happy with the results. Enjoy the family and we all look forward to what you tackle next. ~Jim
Great painting Sir well done ,If I may say one thing it looks like the Helmet Cover was painted in Palm print ? I as as Palm print was never made into Helmet covers , Zeltbahns and the Camo caps .
Some were localy made into helmet covers in totenkopf but again very small numbers
But again I will say great painting work sir
The helmet cover is the "variegated " variant found in the 3rd volume of Michael Beaver's book Uniforms of the Waffen-SS.
Calvin
Thanks again for the well wishes and kind words. Managing time for work, family and modeling is like walking the tight rope and juggling fire torches all at the same time. Abigail is going to celebrate her first birthday next week so time for modeling is going to halt once again :(
Calvin
hi im 14 years old and a live in Chile. I am painting the dragon set 6407 and i have problems with the highlighting of the coat. Can you made something like a tutotial teaching how to paint a wehrmacht coat or put some pictures of your works?
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