Natalya Meklin...

This is a new release in which I painted the box art for. It is a continuation of a series of historical busts by Minuteman Models. Her name is Natalya Meklin Soviet Fighter ace and member of the famed Night Witch Squadron during WW2. She is as always painted in Vallejo acrylics with the exception of Citadel for the metallics.

Aleksandra Samusenko...

Here is my latest figure. It is a new release in which I was commissioned to do the box art for Minuteman Models. It is a portrait bust of female tanker and Hero of the Soviet Union recipient Aleksandra Samusenko. Never painted a female bust of this size so it was an interesting little project. Enjoy!

Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria...

This is my latest commission piece that I just completed for a client. He is a World war I historical figure based on the Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. He is a Ulrich Puchala release in 1/16th scale. Overall sculpt is good but the casting was not executed very well, very uneven almost clumpy in the areas of the face, headgear, hands and boots but with some work he turned out quite nice. He is painted in vallejo acrylics as usual.

Latest Diorama - "Sniper"

Trying to focus mainly on the figures here is my latest 1/35th scale creation. This depicts the fighting in the rubble of Arnhem by the galant British "Red Devil" paras. The dio depicts Red Devils trying to advance and move one of their gravely wounded comrades by way of an British airborne jeep in the area. As the Jeep tries to position itself by reversing toward the trolley the driver is suddenly hit by sniper fire. The kneeling gent with the sten and the piat team try to use some covering fire until the driver can be dragged to a safer place. The rest of the troops are caught in the open some crouching to avoid another shot, some yelling in confusion and a couple of troops pointing in the direction which they think the shot may have came. It might be hard to tell exactly whats happening from the pics so I figured I'd explain it to help it along. The buildings, Jeep, trolley and about 80% of the figures are all modified to some extent. I used Vallejo acrylics along with MIG oil paints and MIG pigments to complete the entire scene. Any questions or comments greatly appreciated. 

 

 

120MM Kuban Cossack in German service...

Matt Wellhouser told me to go back to painting Germans so here ya go Matt, sort of. This is a 120MM figure which was given to me by my friend Chris Mrosko. I believe he was supposed to be a Kirin release some years ago but never quite made it for whatever reason. I painted him as usual in Vallejo acrylics.

U.S Marine circa 1804 Tripoli Invasion...

Hello all here is one from Minuteman Models that I was lucky enough to do the box art for. This is one completely out of my realm (lots of colors) but I had a great time doing him. You can look for him as a new release very soon. As usual he is painted in Vallejo acrylics.