Hi Neil, Just spotted this comment about the grenade....don't know if this helps, but it will give you an idea as to size.
Iwo Jima 1-32 Scale
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Mind you, they get bigger when you pull that round thing out ...
Steve
Steve
Since my last update I have been doing a little bit of gap-filling and detailing to some of the guys, so here's a couple of shots.
I tried making the eyelets in the belt with a hot needle but I didn't like the effect so i decided to try 3D printing one... that's it in the centre of the pic.
I've also done the 'logistics' and all the guys are fully kitted out with the correct equipment for their weapon.
And I've done some gaiters
They will have laces and straps once I've added the boot soles
And here's the first go at the 3D printed belt- it's a bit difficult to see the fine detail(even without my crappy photography...) until it gets some paint on it, but I think it's going to work.
I expect I will do a bit more filling when I get back to the Fusiliers and I have spare Milliput to use up.
I've been making digital models of things like a K-bar knife and signal-wire reels-there are loads of them littered all over the beach, plus jerry cans and all sorts of other detritus.
Thanks for watching
Neil
I tried making the eyelets in the belt with a hot needle but I didn't like the effect so i decided to try 3D printing one... that's it in the centre of the pic.
I've also done the 'logistics' and all the guys are fully kitted out with the correct equipment for their weapon.
And I've done some gaiters
They will have laces and straps once I've added the boot soles
And here's the first go at the 3D printed belt- it's a bit difficult to see the fine detail(even without my crappy photography...) until it gets some paint on it, but I think it's going to work.
I expect I will do a bit more filling when I get back to the Fusiliers and I have spare Milliput to use up.
I've been making digital models of things like a K-bar knife and signal-wire reels-there are loads of them littered all over the beach, plus jerry cans and all sorts of other detritus.
Thanks for watching
Neil
Excellent work as always.
Sorry l missed this...it looks really amaizing... it's going to look stunning will you add some camo ponchos folded in the belts? Will you mix unifoms?? Or all green?
Thanks Greg.
The uniforms are all plain in the pics, but the helmet covers are camo and there will be a poncho or two attached to packs
Thanks Paul, I do enjoy the research and no matter how much I try not to care about accuracy I just can't help myself...
I know exactly what you mean. I love the research. It’s as much a part of the hobby as the build in my opinion. I’ve got book shelves filled with uniforms, equipment, battles, campaigns. I tell myself that my next build will be an easy, ‘shake and bake’ build but, like you, something inside me wants more. More than that though I enjoy the history
I’m shocked to find that it’s exactly three years since I started this build, and I shelved it so as not to be distracted from finishing the French Fusiliers diorama....
Anyway, I was working on a figure for a different diorama - (the D-Day diorama, you may have noticed it...) with the same radio equipment as one of these guys, so I thought it would be useful to work on them both in tandem, using the same research and information.
So this was the where I left this guy
And this is where he is now
The big blob of MagicSculpt is his telephone equipment bag.
I created the radio in cad and 3D printed it, but unfortunately I haven’t mastered the digital sculpting that would have enabled me to create the bag and print it at 1-32 scale for this guy and 1-35 for the D-Day diorama guy.
He has a lieutenant using the phone with him, who we left like this
And who now looks like this
And together they will look something like this
You may remember that I was swapping their boot soles for 3D printed ones and sculpting the gaiters? Well in the meantime I managed to find some digital models online that I could cannibalise so I am now 3D printing the boots and gaiters as one- life’s too short.
Of course, once I had brought them out of retirement I got a bit carried away and worked on a couple more of the guys, but that was only because I had some MagicSculpt to use up....
So there will be another instalment when the next two are ready for paint, because I am in a groove now, but then they will all go back on the shelf until the next time. I’m not going to paint any of these until they are all done, for fear of forgetting what I did in the meantime.
Thanks for following
Neil
Anyway, I was working on a figure for a different diorama - (the D-Day diorama, you may have noticed it...) with the same radio equipment as one of these guys, so I thought it would be useful to work on them both in tandem, using the same research and information.
So this was the where I left this guy
And this is where he is now
The big blob of MagicSculpt is his telephone equipment bag.
I created the radio in cad and 3D printed it, but unfortunately I haven’t mastered the digital sculpting that would have enabled me to create the bag and print it at 1-32 scale for this guy and 1-35 for the D-Day diorama guy.
He has a lieutenant using the phone with him, who we left like this
And who now looks like this
And together they will look something like this
You may remember that I was swapping their boot soles for 3D printed ones and sculpting the gaiters? Well in the meantime I managed to find some digital models online that I could cannibalise so I am now 3D printing the boots and gaiters as one- life’s too short.
Of course, once I had brought them out of retirement I got a bit carried away and worked on a couple more of the guys, but that was only because I had some MagicSculpt to use up....
So there will be another instalment when the next two are ready for paint, because I am in a groove now, but then they will all go back on the shelf until the next time. I’m not going to paint any of these until they are all done, for fear of forgetting what I did in the meantime.
Thanks for following
Neil
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