This is my attempt at a second world war figure that consisted of the famous Fallschirmjager or German Parachute regiment available from Andrea Miniatures.
This 90mm piece consisted of the metallic figure together with the rubble scenery made out of plastic except for a few bits, like the pipes, made out of metal.
The scenery was painted first. Since this is depicting a bombed area ( supposedly the famous Montecassino monastery) i decided to paint it mostly grey and white. The whole area was given a black coating before drybrushing the whole thing with a light grey colour imitating the rubble powder that you get when a building is destroyed.
This was then drybrushed again with different tones of pure white to white/grey mix. A little brown was also added to the walls to create dirt. In some areas black was used to create the effect of a bomb blast.
As you can see there is lots of dirt including on his trousers and boots. All drybrushed with the grey/white mix.
The camouflage was done by copying it the best i could from the one in the box cover since this was also my first attempt at it. I think it turned out alright.
Seen from the back. Notice how the sack is a bit dirtied to add realism. The water canteen has also been nicked with metallic colour in some areas to appear worn and used.
The gun was undercoated in black and then lightly brushed with metal colour to provide not only depth and contrast but also a realistic worn look. The bullets were done by drybrushing gold all over the casings and drybrushing bronze on the bullet itself.
One German paratrooper ready for combat.
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