Warriors 1/35 German Grenadier

[Stikpusher]

I saw this guy on clearnace at Squadron and had to get him. He sure bears a striking resemblence to Corporal Kruger in the 1977 Sam Peckinpah film, Cross of Iron, played by actor Klaus Lowitsch. I did add the PPSH sub gun to him from my spares bin.

[tigrazor]

Nice figure! I guess thats enamel colors? What washings did you use?

[Stikpusher]

Thanks. I think that I used both enamels and acrylics for the base colors. I wanted to convey the really filthy appearance of Cpl. Kruger, in the movie so I used various earth tone washes, Raw Umber and Raw Sienna on the uniform, Burnt Sienna & Burnt Umber on the skin areas, I even used some Flory's/Promodeler dark mud wash on the uniform and Tamiya Weathering Compact "mud" on the pants and boots and some of their "dirt" on the flesh areas.

[LyleW]

Pretty neat, big guy. These figures always look to have a distorted, Andre the Giant sort of face to me. This guy does seem to look like your inspiration, though.

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Nice dirty face on this soldier well done
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[Stikpusher]

Thank you guys. Figures, especially faces, are my biggest challenge in models currently. One day I will get them down right...