Leopard 2 crew
 

Making a start on the crew of my leo 2, sculpts from Sol, painted using games workshop and mission models paint. Attachment 2267282Attachment 2267283Attachment 2267284Attachment 2267285Attachment 2267286Attachment 2267287Attachment 2267288Attachment 2267289Attachment 2267290Attachment 2267291Attachment 2267292Attachment 2267293Attachment 2267294Attachment 2267295Attachment 2267296Attachment 2267297Attachment 2267298Attachment 2267299Attachment 2267300Attachment 2267301Attachment 2267302Attachment 2267303Attachment 2267304Attachment 2267305

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Wow, I need to try some figures!!! Great flesh tones and shading Tom!!!

Nice job on the eyes.

Those are excellent looking figures. Did you sculpt the faces too? If so - really nice job. The helmets look superb. Would you consider doing a how too? I've always wanted to sculpt a tank figure.
Great job!
B

Thanks for the kind words guys, this gives me a little push to do all the other crew I've been putting off.

Continuing with the leo crew ive been steadily working on them. You wouldnt think it but neatly painting the helmets blacks round the faces has probably been the hardest task. For the driver I decided to do that first. Much easier.

For the goggles some blue was added to the black, then a touch of white to each successive highlight. Then I use a high gloss lacquer for the final shine effect.

The uniforms are painted in the standard German camo, 4 green shades,some brown and some black. Time consuming but I like the effect. I'm considering a thin brown wash just to mute it slight, what do you think?

For the driver there was very limited clearance to have him him unbuttoned. I made a little box for him to sit in with magnets in the base. After some testing and toying with just using a head magnetised I decided I needed to retain at least the shoulders. To do this I needed to deepen the box about 10mm. Luckily there's nothing in the lower to get in the way. The diver just needs his uniform painting and I can call it done.


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