Subscribers’ Figures Gallery 2

This is a 1:10th scale bust by Matches Military Miniatures of one of my WW2 Royal Navy Heroes, Wanklyn VC of HMS/M Upholder. The figure is part of their ‘VC Collection and includes a 1:1 Scale VC.

Here is a selection of stunning pieces by Michael Butler – the depth of talent here is truly awe-inspiring! What I love about this collection is the variety of pieces that Michael has tackled – just look at the expressions, emption and sheer storytelling ability that has been brought out in his application of skill.
You can find more from Michael at “The MedRom Forum“
Thanks Michael for sharing your incredible talents here at SMN. Geoff

Tamiya’s 1:16th scale figure built and painted several years ago.

Essentially body, helmet airbrushed and shaded, equipment painted with acrylics and face done in oils.

Ian R.

Life Miniatures 1:9
Oils

David L.

Here is a fantastically painted piece from Ray Farrugia. His figure is 75mm in scale. Really inspiring work… Thanks Ray!
Geoff C.

Verlinden RAF Pilot 1940
The 120mm scale figure cast in resin was a straightforward build. The radio jack was connected to the flying helmet using 3amp fuse wire while the hose for the oxygen mask was made from plastic rod.

The figure was painted in Tamiya acrylics with a clear glaze used for the lenses of the flying goggles. The yellow of the lifejacket was toned down by adding Desert Yellow to flat yellow.

Steve N.

Here is my RAF Tornado crew 1991 – 120mm scale figures from David J. Parkins. Hope you like them?

1:10 scale
Oils
Carl Reid sculpt

Tricky to photograph as the figure has to be tipped backwards to get the light on it!
David L.

1:32 Model Cellar/ Mike Good sculpt
Oils
…..better start constructing his aircraft!

David L.

Manufacturer: Imperial Gallery
Scale: 120mm
Material: Resin and white metal
The figure shows the heavy loads that had to be carried in the Falklands during forced marches. The soldier wears the typical winter uniform that, with the exception of footwear, performed well. Armed with the Sterling sub machine gun, he also carries the Carl Gustav rocket launcher.
Steve N.

Russian Commissar 1917
Castle Miniatures 75mm
Oils

David L.

Following a bequest from a widow who was clearing out the remnants of her husband’s models, it was decided that completing the figure below would be a suitable tribute to a fellow modeller.
The figure, sculpted by Ray Lamb was released jointly by Hinchliffe and Tashio. At its release in the 1970’s, it was considered a landmark piece. Cast in white metal, weighing 650 grammes it was designed to a scale of 150mm.
Because of the weight, the first step in finishing the figure was to create several sub-assemblies that allowed ease of painting. The start of a colour scheme had been laid down on the figure and this was used as a guide to follow.
The figure was base coated using acrylic paints; the flesh tones finished in oils while the armour was done in inks. The finished mode has been used as part of the club display and hopefully will help keep the work done by another modeller alive.
Steve N.

David G L.

1:10
Dolman Miniatures
Oils.
First time painting a female bust…even got some eyeshadow in!
Not my best, flesh tones a bit meh (she was cold!), but a learning experience

David L.

Young Miniatures 75mm scale figure.

Manufacturer: Verlinden
Scale: 120mm
Material: Resin
The Paratrooper wears the camouflaged uniform used in Desert Storm. More suited to the American deserts than those in the Middle East, it is quite distinctive. Armed with the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) this light machine gun has proved highly effective since its introduction.
Steve N.

Here you can see the box art pictures of new Adalbertus 54mm figure #54005. It is sculpted by Grzegorz Kupiec, painted by myself Wojtek Bulhak. Glad you like it.
Check out our website Adalbertus Miniatures…
Wojtek B.

Teutonic Standard-Bearer (1410) – Standard of town Brunsberg

After what seems like an age, I’m finally moving this one off my bench. Its been an interesting project, often frustrating (frustrated with myself not the model), but he’s finally done.

Life Miniatures – The Few, scale 1:10. He is painted mainly in oils over Alclad primer with acrylics only being used on the oxygen hose. Printers inks and oils used for metals.

Hope you like it!
Billy C.

Now this piece, is one of my Favourites, it’s made my Andrea Miniatures of Spain and is a 90mm white metal piece. The base is the main focus of this piece. It was the first time I’d made a tree from twisting wire together, then coating it with Polyfiller. Well I tried it, what a mess I got myself in, there was Polyfiller all over the workshop tabletop, floor and me, I threw it an a bucket!
I’d been bought a pack of Humbrol Airclay for my birthday a few weeks before, and it got slung on the side, not sure what to use it but I used that… well this turned out to be a better option; once I’d cleaned off the Polyfiller I set about adding the Airclay to the tree. I started with the bottom and worked my way up the trunk, this had to be done in stages as it was starting to bulge at the bottom; I scored the bark on the clay and left it to dry. As I got to the finer branches I swapped and used Milliput, this sticking better to the twisted wire. I remembered an article in a Hobby catalogue about how to make wagon wheels, for these ceramic carthorses and set about making the wheel. I wanted the wheel to be damaged, as a good one would not be left leaning against a tree. I set about cutting all of the fellows, these are the individual parts of the rim of the wheel, made out of balsa, cut and shaped. I drew a wheel on a piece of card which was to scale and followed the curve required, these were glued and pinned together and left to dry over night. Next morning I started to make the spokes, these had to be cut and shaped all the same except the ones that were to be damaged; achieved by using a modelling drill set on a very slow speed, and using sand paper. The metal edging to the wheel is made of a thin strip of lead foil and it was pinned in to place with N gauge track pins.
Snow? A friend of mine who is a stone mason, was needing some promotional photos doing of his work, so I went and did them for him, and he was engraving a marble headstone in one picture, and the dust was in an extraction bag it was perfect for the snow it has a certain sparkle to it, it’s perfect for the snow so I came home with a box of marble dust! The ground work is also Airclay.
Dave B.

This is The Storyteller series77 figure of US Navy pilot re-enacting the Day’s work, Pacific WW2.

Verlinden 120mm scale US Navy Pilot figure.

This is the original release of the figure back in the 1990’s, I repositioned the left arm to hold helmet. The figure after priming was painted in enamels and oil paints.

I decided on a simple base using a squadron patch.

Ian R.

This is 1:10th scale bust by Retrokit of True from the Disposable Me movies. A very good bust that so captures True don’t you think?

This is the Verlinden 120mm scale US Navy Pilot figure I converted by altering the arm to hold the helmet and painted him in the squadron markings of VF-14 “Top Hatters”

This is the Special Ops figure of a US Navy SEAL scale 1:9th; it’s pretty large and very well cast, the fit of parts is second to none. Ian R.

Manufacturer: Verlinden
Scale: 120mm
Material: Resin
The officer wears the jacket from the reversible camouflaged two-piece winter suit. Issued during the Russian campaign, one side was white, the other side printed with the distinctive “Splinter” design. The suit was also available in plain grey with the trousers being worn alongside the jacket.
With a shortage of winter clothing, given Hitler’s expectation that the campaign would be over in a matter of months, clothing that provided decent protection against the cold was highly sought after.
The officer would normally have been more heavily armed with a P40 machine pistol and associated equipment but is shown here with only a Walther pistol.
Steve N.

Here’s my RFC PILOT 1917 [ Model Cellar Resin]

I use Winsor & Newton artist oils over either Humbrol base coat or Vallejo acrylic. Humbrol to achieve a matt finish and acrylic for a sheen such as leather and flesh. There is nothing worse than a figure painted without thinking about surface finish …………..except maybe cross-eyed!!

I gently bake the oil off in the oven to drive the oils out quickly which obviously speeds the drying but also aids the matting process.

All the busts are sculpted by Jon Smith in Germany [Jonsmith modelbau] and cast in resin approx 1:10 scale

The figures are white metal.

David GL.

Based on illustrations from Book 1 of the Osprey Elite series, Verlinden produced two single figure kits (2755 and 2775) and a third kit with a pair of figures (519) based on the Arnhem landings.
Used as a set, the four figures were combined to create a small diorama representing the British paratroopers being directed to assembly points having been scattered during their landing on the outskirts of Arnhem in 1944.
Looking at the figures, the first, a sniper, was built straight from the box. Based on one of the book illustrations shown below, he accompanies a wounded medical officer carried by a Sergeant. This pair are also represented in the book. The pattern and colours of the camouflage is shown clearly in the illustrations.
The last figure used was a paratrooper pointing and shouting instructions. He was modified by replacing the head with one wearing a beret in place of the combat helmet. One of the ammunition pouches was replaced by a scratch-built pistol and holster to indicate an officer.
A print of a street in Paris was used as a backdrop. Buildings at this stage, where no fighting has taken place, have no damage.
Steve N.

Oils and printing inks
Dolman Miniatures 1:10

Prefer the smaller (Indian) helmet to the larger (Wolsey) version…….both are tricky to paint and to get good photos of the face without tipping the figure backwards😉

David G. L.

Sculpted by Steve Warilow for his own line of WW1 Fusilier figures, no longer available. I believe he did a lot for Peter Jackson and Wingnut Wings many years ago.

This figure dates from aprox 2002/3. It was adopted for the hotel banners / posters promoting the World Expo in 2005 in Boston…….no idea how or why as I couldn’t go!

Primed with Halfords car primer and blemishes polished out with wet’n dry and repeated until smooth enough to paint

Airbrushed with Humbrol enamel in the approximate match to the final oil coating, attempting some basic shading and highlights with the airbrush. Once hardened the oils are applied keeping the layers very thin. Metal areas are painted with printers ink.

To speed the drying I oven dry the figures ~50oC which encourages a matt finish. To achieve a little more of a leather sheen I add a little extra Linseed oil to the paint for the helmet.

The tail rudder was painted in Humbrol for a change.

David G. L.

I had been given a CD of ‘The Yeomen of the Guard’ and I thought how colourful they looked in their uniform. Unfortunately I was unable to find details for this, so I was a bit stuck. At the time I was assisting at the “Stump”, and I mentioned my dilemma to one of the staff. He was unable to assist at the time but a few days later he came to me and pointed out one of the visitors, whom he knew quite well. “You see that bloke there, well he is a Tower Warder, have a word with him”. I did and the upshot of it was he got quite interested and said he’d see what he could do.
A few days later I got a letter with several photos of him getting dressed for duty.
My prayers were answered. As they were taken from many angles, I was able to see what the uniform really consisted of and was able to sort out a plan of campaign.
Once again it was an amalgam of kits and bits. The legs are from the Airfix Halberdier, the rest mainly from (l believe) the rifleman, his head suitably modded to take the hat made from two discs of plastic card, plastic putty etc. The skirts of his tunic were a joy to make, they were from the lead around the neck of a wine bottle (let’s make another, HIC!)
Various other bits (decorations etc.) were made from odd scraps of card, putty, sticky paper and so on. The stand was from prunings in the garden!

The young Winston Churchill, in his early 20’s, still at the beginning of his military career.

I chose to give a really youthful, almost childish, look to the figure, without wrinkles or deep shadows, and maintaining an impeccable uniform and polished straps and buttons, as befitted any officer of Her Majesty.

The figure is from Dolman Miniatures in 1:10 scale and painted with acrylics. Of impressive quality, it was a real pleasure to paint this bust.

I hope you like it as much as I did.
Manuel M.