While this is not total uncharted waters for me… I am not going to go swimming alone.[;)] I just started a Verlinden figure and have a couple of questions. The fig out of the box is posed with a map in the right hand and a pipe in the left but I need to make changes to hold something else. I am going to remove pipe but I really need the palms of both hands more open/flat. Can resin be softened to change shape? Are there AM hands in 120mm?
I may need to change the arms at the elbows too. What is the best method? Softening, if that can even be done, or cutting, change the angle as needed and fill the gap and redo the folds of the cloth? Or something els entirely?
Here’s what I’ve done so far. Not much. Hollowed the bottom of the tunic and thinned the edges to look liked draped cloth. Made new buttons for pants and tunic. And added knots for the shoe laces.
a really nice start on this one. The knots are cool. One thing - the title should read Panzerführer to be correct German. Just thought you would like to know. Good luck with your project, have a nice day
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…Can resin be softened to change shape?..[/QUOTE]
Not really. You can sometimes warm thin resin parts (i.e., a sabre) in hot water and make very slight changes (straighten it out), but not thicker, bigger pieces.
Thanks Mike. yeah the heat and bend things did not work. Cut and fill was the way to go. Wasn’t as hard as i thought.
Last thing to do before final assembly was to make some sleeves. Gluing the hand on the flat end would have looked like crap. Hollowed and thinned so when it is painted black hopefully it will look like an arm coming out.
The hands with the fig are holding a map in the left and a pipe in the right so both a re more or less in fists. Got the left hand flattened out. Waiting for the putty to dry on the right to sand it out.
The the signs says… finally some paint. Way harder than I expected. A whole new technique to learn. Seems it varies with scale. Well maybe not the technique itself but certainly the finesse used. Lots more to “see” in the scale than a 1/72 or 1/35 guy. I need to lighten the uniform before I start the camo.
Got the camo painted. Trying to do the shadows with a darkened base and the highlights with a lightened base would have had to be done for all 3 different colors. That’s 9 colors patch by patch.[:S] I am using a technique described in another forum. Since it is painted with acrylics, the whole thing was cover with burnt umber artist oil. Then it is brushed with a stiff clean and most important, dry, brush. This leaves a smooth even thin film of the burnt umber. The high spots get wiped clean with a cloth. After this has dried I will go back and go over the shadow to deepen them a little and then a dry brush of the base color for the highlights.
I posted this is the armor section too for the tread heads.
I think I will call this one, “For my son…If I make it home”
I thought the black on the nose was a shadow until I took a close up to see how the eyes look. Must have touched it with the black from under the visor. Just a little touch up.
