German Infantry man - Waffen SS

Modeling Subjects Figures and Misc.
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Here is Tamiya’s 1/16 scale “Elite Infantry man”. Done in Humbrol enamels and oils. The camo is handpainted and consist of six colors.

This was my first attempt at doing a camo pattern.
Please feel free to comment.

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I like it very much Tappie. I am in the middle of my German Infantryman with reversible coat and will be posting pics soon.

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Wonderful camo application, Tappie!

Your painted figures are excellent…as is this one

Regards, Dan

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Thanks, I’m still learning though and get a lot of help from you guys.

Regards,

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Looks great. I built that kit as one of my first few models. I’d like to do it again and use the techniques i have learned since then. Great work

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dang dude, I tried to build that once and I couldnt even give it a field grey paint job with out messing it up how did u do the pea pattern?

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Very nice tappie. Thanks for sharing. A+ camo job.
mark956

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2 thumbs up on the camo!

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Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it. How did I paint it? Actually quite easy, with a lot of patience and coffee.
I broke the pattern down to a base - flat earth ( all colors Humbrol ) all over. Then look at the different panels that make the uniform. Cammo is printed on a sheet and the different panels is cut from different areas of the sheet - that is why camo is never uniform ( excuse the pun ). I started on the legs doing one panel at a time. I painted the dark green patches first as they form the 2nd largest areas to be covered. I then mixed dark green and flat earth 50/50 and did the smaller lighter shades. I then mixed dark green and white 50/50 and interspersed it, following up with flat earth and white 50/50 also interspersed as well as cockpit green for the small pea dots. I then used dark green again on some of the lighter shades doing small dots at a time. I then went on to the next panel making sure that the pattern do not cross the borders between panels. I sealed it with a matt varnish to even out the paint and then washed it with burnt umber ( oil paint ), applying another coat of flat varnish, dusting with a mixture of brownish patels, sealing it off with two final coats of flat/matt varnish ( Humbrol 49 ). The equipment was painted seperately and added on after completion of the uniform. The hands come in two parts to form a grip on the gun. I positioned the hands and glued it using MEK. When set I removed the arms from the joints and sanded the hands smooth to hide the seam. I re-attached the arms. The face was painted entirely in oils and added last. I used a 4/0 and 3/0 brush. handpainting everything except the base color which was applied with an airbrush.

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wow thats nice, the camo is great!! good work on the face also!!!

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Thanks for the kind comments. My Luftwaffe pilot is almost done. I will post pic’s again.

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Can’t wait to see it Tappie
mark956

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Almost there, should be posted by Sunday at the latest.

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hey that looks awesome!!

My only comment is the helmet looks like it has never been set on the ground… no scratches [^]

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Awesome job Tappie!!! That camo job is great. I tried doing that camo job on a 1/35th scale figure and the way you described doing it is pretty much the way I did it as well. A way that I found to make the helmets not look brand new is to take a fine sand stick and sand the helmet lightly all around, and then paint it. I have found that this helps take out the shine that the plastic leaves no matter how much you paint it with flat paints, and it also gives it that used look as well. Again awsome job.

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Thanks for the advice, I’ll try it.

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Great work Tappie;
You definitely don’t mind jumping into the deep end first, thats one of the hardest camo patterns to master. It took me four fiqures before I got a reasonable likeness.

Thanks for sharing.

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A really good job on the face. It’s the hardest part but you did it well.

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Thanks. I am lucky to have steady hands and a lot of patience.

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I’ll say you have steady hands and lots of patience! WOW!!!