This was my entry for the “Armies on display” competition at Scale Model Challenge. Finished the display board really last minute and had less then a week to get from zero to done.Really happy that I took a bronze medal home for my little army. One more interesting fact of my trip to Eindhoven was […]
US Airborne
Step-by-step…. painting US Officer Drumpf
While I was on holiday in Italy with my wife, there were a few days of rain and that meant using the brushes and colors that I had brought along. 🙂 Donny Drumpf was chosen as the next target and off we go: I started off with the Khaki-Yellowish uniform with the following colors: MC887 […]
PFC MILLER READY FOR ACTION – US GLIDER INFANTRY SOLDIER
The casts have finally arrived and I am happy to announce the second Stoessi’s Heroes release just in time for Tactica in Hamburg. PFC Miller, US Glider Infantry, Operation Market Garden 1944 If you are interested in a copy, it’s €5,90 + shipping.
US Glider Infantry – Sneak Peak
The first Stoessi’s Heroes miniature release is approaching! Waiting for the remaining casts to arrive from Brother Vinnie, but for some reason he’s gone silent on me. I really hope to get my first own production ready for sales within the next few weeks. Proper pics of the “promo” paint job next week. Let me […]
Finally, the final pictures: Nutsplanet US Airborne Bust
Without much further commenting, the final pictures of my Nutsplanet US airborne bust: If you like this bust, you should take a look at the other works from this sculptor, Jun-Sik Ahn, His works are amazing! If you are on Putty&Paint, you can vote for this piece right here.
The biggest brother ready for Duke of Bavaria
While I haven’t posted for a while, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been painting. In fact, I have finished a few paintjobs and today is the big cleaning day: Even before I put my airbrush into the bath, tons of paint residue came out – especially my needle canal looked pretty bad. I guess […]
US Airborne bust WIP #5
I’ve been painting quite a bit over the past few weeks, but I wasn’t able to post any picture updates. After the painting most of my US airborne’s field gear & backback separately, I am now starting to assemble everything to see how the overall light situation works. I am mostly happy how it turned […]
WIP update (US airborne bust, Bolt Action Germans)
This weekend has been really good in terms of finding time for painting. Spend a few hours on the US airborne on Saturday. I made good progress with the hand grenade, the first aid kit and the field gear which is going to be attached to his belt. Still tons of work to do: backpack, […]
US airborne bust – Work in progress #3
After the workshop with Alfonso aka Banshee, I definitely wanted to try out some of the new things that I have learned (or at least hoped to have learned) immediately. The hands of the bust are now painted with the “new style” or at least new knowledge about colors. They are not 100% done yet, […]