Signature Set for WW2 German Uniforms from AK Interactive

 

Through the courtesy of the good folks at AK Interactive, I am so happy to receive my copy of the 18 colour box set of AK Interactive Gen 3 acrylic paints. It is composed of all the essential colours I use to paint World War Two German uniforms and a small pamphlet containing my colour mixes. Stay tune for the upcoming weeks in which I will reveal on how I go about using them. Till then have a good weekend.

Cheers,

Calvin

Bread and Butter, Unteroffizier, Großdeutschland 1942

Some progress this evening on the entrenching tool and the bayonet.  The last item to complete would be to replace the shoulder boards before moving on to the groundwork.

 

Cheers,

Calvin

Bread and Butter, Unteroffizier, Großdeutschland ,1942

A little more progress this week. 

Cheers,

Calvin

Bread and Butter, Unteroffizier, Großdeutschland ,1942

Heer we go again, this time it is a study of a Großdeutschland Infantryman in his marching kit taking a short respite from the 1942 campaign in Southern Russia. Tamiya's German Soldiers at Rest(35129) provided the basis for this conversion with a new head donated from the Wehrmacht Tank Crew set(35354). Other components from Tamiya included the helmet from the German Infantry - Mid-war (35371), the Kar98 rifle is from German Assault Pioneer Team and Goliath set (35357), various field equipment are from the German Infantry Weapons Set A (35204), the stick grenade from German Infantry Weapon Set B (35205) and the Jerry can from German Jerry Can Set - Early Type (35315). 

Things are so far shaping up rather nicely and I do hope to complete the sculpting of the webbing details by early next week and get some paint on him before the month of October ends.

Cheers,

Calvin

Landser, Stalingrad 1942

Going for that 1980's Verlinden-esq look.

Cheers,

Calvin

Landser - Stalingrad 1942

Another adventure in miniature gastronomy comes to a close. What started out as a simple "out of the box" project gradually snowballed into what I could aptly describe as a mini diorama. I took inspiration from the 17th century Dutch painter Jan Steen whose paintings reflect the daily lives of the 17th century Dutch common folk - and in my case a German infantryman tucking into this supper next to an open stove amidst the debris of Stalingrad. In  Jan Steen's paintings, the scenes are heavily populated with artefacts and the characters are depicted going about their activity, oblivious that they are being watched. It places the viewer as the role of a voyeur, whereby enticing them to take a deeper and closer look at the image to uncover the narrative.  

In this piece, more time was diverted to create the backdrop and accessories than the figure itself. As the narrative goes, the standing soldier is not the focus  but rather serves as a visual "bait" to arrest the initial attention of the viewer before they divert their gaze to the field stove - the center piece of the scene. The pile of debris are simply bells and whistles which creates the noise to repel the attention back to the stove and the small feast.

Given the fact this was figure designed and manufactured in 1984, it still holds up quite well. Apart from the the collar insignia which comes from a decal set from Tamiya, everything else is painted with AK Interactive Gen3 acrylic paints. There are some inaccuracies with the tunic but I decide to let that slide as it is after all a classic piece and I do suppose the flaws does constitute to part of the figure's charm.  

Cheers, 

Calvin

Landser - Stalingrad 1942

Finally got on with the painting of the figure this evening.

Cheers,

Calvin

Landser - Stalingrad 1942

More adventures in miniature gastronomy. 

Cheers,

Calvin

Landser - Stalingrad 1942

I managed to sketch in the colours last Friday evening. The colourful pile of litter will be likely be desaturated with a light over-spray of grey/buff to allow more focus on the foreground scene. 

Cheers,

Calvin