It is a kit that mixes German soldiers and Russian soldiers. I think it is pretty good. I made it in March 2015. I finished it with oil painting.
The soldier of the German and Russian in winter equipment. German & Russian figure mixed kit is scarce. For my exercise, I try this Dragon figure kit while waiting for the Alpine resin figure to dry.
Ordinary figure parts and common dragon kit equipment parts are included.
It’s scarce. It’s a fluffy, quilting uniform German soldier. Judging from the form of the helmet, he is a Fallschirmjager soldier.
I wrote numbers on the back of coat parts for a memo. He is holding a signal flare pistol, I suppose.
(18-February-2015)
This Russian soldier’s left arm parts are rare, and a machine gun strap is one part of a hand. Later I added a missing strap from metal parts; anyway, it’s OK.
Rough assembling was completed. Because they are all unique uniforms and equipment, I was making all four pleasantly. Dragon Models does not seem to release a new military figure product recently. I wonder if they are not popular.
The mold of the quilting was deep, but after filing, some molds disappeared, so I needed to re-carve with a needle.
This soldier looks like a thin coat and is cold. Possibly it was around the New Year of 1942. The German military of that time should have had a hard fight because the equipment was short in that severe winter.
A good mold of ushanka (Russian winter hat). It’s Russian characteristic that the round magazine of the PPsh-41 sub-machine gun. The cigarette was cut brass line into short pieces.
Russian soldier Tokarev M1938 rifle and wears a coat. As for the equipment, relatively older than the Russian soldier mentioned above. I can’t say all four members are handsome but individual-looking.
(20-February-2015)
I painted primary colors roughly. The coat is glossy and unnatural now. I hope this will be amended after splaying mat coating.
This is a Russian Team. I’m afraid their eyes rolled back white…
More detailed paintings completed include faces. I suppose they are very average, not so bad.
(26-February-2015)
More detailed painting. The right Fallschirmjäger jacket is too white, so I’ll have some weathering later.
I painted the shadow and highlights here and there on these Russian soldiers.
(14-March-2015)
This time, all four figures are repainted in oil. The first one is German Fallschirmjäger holding a submachine-gun MP-40. This figure’s lively and favorable expression. It’s a rare injection kit for wearing a quilting jacket. I had some washing in the quilting pattern to show up.
He is wearing a characteristic helmet of a special force and the feel of an elite. I added a machine gun strap made from a small metal slip. It’s difficult to attach to a machine gun with instant glue.
This is the figure of firing signal flares—solemn expression before the assault. I had a little mad weathering with the coat hem.
Regarding the whole painting in oil, every color should be made to my feeling; it was difficult. I drew highlights and shadows on the coat, which is very monotonous in one color field gray. But the drying time is long, so I can take a lot of time to work.
The Ushanka (Ушанка) cap and submachine-gun PPsh-41 can be indicated that he is a Russian soldier. A little bit fearful expression, but I suppose good drawing.
I drew a highlight on his khaki uniform for accent. His height is the same as an AA battery.
He is private infantry holding a Tokarev M1938 rifle (SVT-38) in both hands. I didn’t feel anything about this figure when I assembled it, but after finishing up, I like this expression very much, good-faith-looking.
This soldier’s shoulder insignia was being drawn in handwriting. His lank is private. I painted his helmet rusty and scaling off the paint, like the atmosphere of the old veteran.
I enjoyed the painting of every figure. All four are Caucasian, and the season is hard in winter, so I painted all faces whitish. This figure size is like a finger, hard to paint in detail. A tiny stroke of the run-over brush is drastically changing the image. Next time I would like to challenge a 1/16 scale figure.
(15-March-2015)
I repainted it a little because the skin color was too white.
(16-April-2016)
