Jeff Shiu 200mm Mg34 Gunner...

Here is my latest work. It is the Jeff Shiu 200MM offering of the MG34 gunner. I'll probably nameplate this one as "Stalingrad MG34 Gunner" as he looks the part. Great sculpt in all areas I just did not like the method of assembling the right arm and the gun. Since the gun is cast in his right arm it has to be attached while your painting his uniform because of the way it attaches. It kinda attaches like it is a severed limb (those of you who have this figure know what I mean as I really can't explain it better than that) so you have to finish off the greatcoat with the MG attached which causes other problems and I just don't like painting like that. Other than that one dislike I really enjoyed him. A really nice figure to dirty up and make look really combat hardened. Groundwork was part of a resin wall I had left over from a previous kit and the bricks and other pieces or groundwork were carved from balsa foam. he is as always painted in Vallejo Acrylics, Citadel metallics and Windsor and Newton series 7 sable brushes.

Andrea 90mm Monte Cassino Fallschirmjager...

This is my latest work that I just finished off today. It is the 90MM Andrea German fallschirmjager at Monte Cassino. The sculpt was very typical of pretty much all Andrea figures, smooth uniform folds, strong character in the face but some detail and accuracy is passed over such as the leather strapping and shape of the fastening buckles and such but it does not take away from the overall appearance of the figure which in my opinion is very high. He is painted as always in Vallejo acrylics with Citadel paints for the metallics. The groundwork is a resin prefab base that came with the kit along with added surface to accommodate for the larger working surface of the base. This was accomplished using Magic Sculp, scratch made bricks, wood from the parts box and some other do dads here and there.

S&t Union Infantry...

This is my latest and last figure before the APG show this weekend in Fredericksburg, VA. I thought I'd go with at least 1 piece in the civil war theme which I am becoming more interested in as of late. He is 1/16 scale and I changed up my usual Vallejo media and used the Andrea blue paint set for the jacket, kepi and trousers as I was never satisfied with any of my previous endeavors into dark or light blue. He was a little tough to photograph because he really is sculpted in an awkward position but he shows a good deal of motion which I like.

S&t Wwii Marine...

This is my latest work. It is the 1/16th scale Marine from S&T. Now let me just say I suspect that this was a recast. I bought this figure off of e-bay about 3 years ago so I really did not know how to discern recasts from originals by listings at that time and I did not pay attention to the fine print. When I received the figure it had the usual picture of the figure on the box but it was of poor quality. The box was also not a white box so already the red flags went up. As I opened it up the color of the resin was spot on, however it was very glossy in texture and was pretty much horrible all the way around. This is the first figure that actually took me longer to prep then to paint so you can imagine how terrible it was. I contacted the seller way back when but after about 4 e-mails of denial I just gave up and shelved the figure. Anyway I got the urge to torture myself and get this guy done as his pose was always one of my favorites from S&T. Enough rambling, he as usual is painted in Vallejo acrylics with Citadel paints for the metallics.

Andrea 90MM German sniper...

Here is my latest work. It is the 90MM offering from Andrea Miniatures. The figure was cast in white metal and the base with the wall section was resin. Nice kit overall and a good opportunity to really dirty this guy up giving the environment he is in and his light colored winter camo. He could fit into many different campaigns such as BOB on the western front to Cherkassy, battles around Kharkov and even Stalingrad in the east. He is as usual painted in Vallejo acrylics with Citadel paints for the metallics.