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)
I am interested in models of tanks, airplanes, ships, military figures, I build them little by little when I feel like it. I am also interested in the history of war. My starting is Tamiya’s Military Miniature series in elementary school.
From elementary school through university students repeatedly suspend and restart my modeling, it’s about 25 years of this hobby’s history.
From February 2007 I was quietly doing a site called “Miniature-Arcadia”. It is being transferred to this blog with the same name from December 2016. My update pace is uneven, but please come to see me here occasionally.
