HI Tim,
Thinking about this, might it work for you to concede fine detail elements, like heads, and focus more on the complexity of body movement and clothing, and then use Hornet or other heads repeatedly? I wonder this because the (yours and the other guy’s) heads have very unique attributes which might not reproduce all that well consistently during the printing process?
Looking forward to seeing your next steps
Cheers
Nick
Truly amazing Tim, becoming as one with your build adds a very special level of detail, as you say, an actor…just don’t forget your Equity Card, 
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G, 
Yep possibly that’s Plan A/v2 if necessary, particularly for “me” – 2 litres of botox didn’t cut it.
I haven’t studied Hornet heads that closely but I think they try to make each face/expression look different (per set)…which is kinda the opposite of what I need, namely recognisably the same guy. Even so, it may be enough that the hair looks the same – most of the figures of each agent will have fairly neutral/deadpan expressions anyway. Gabcik wrestling with his jammed Sten & Kubis hit by shrapnel, and also running away, will have more animated expressions for sure. Heydrich & Klein are where I’ll go to town with Hornets – surprise, shouting, aiming, collapsing wounded, running.
Whatever, let’s see when I’ve got all 11 agent figures on the bench – almost certainly you’ll turn out to be right.
Thanks G, yeah but as Nick points out I may end up just being a body-double. It wouldn’t be the first time I lost my head in this project…
Two figures just arrived from the 3D guys, they’d tweaked the poorly-scanned bits to give me a basic idea of how they’ll look & to test scale/overall compatibility. The colour figure has issues – a deep tan & heavy frosting mainly, that should hopefully be ironed out when they’ve fixed the glitches…
In comparison the white figure is 90% perfect, despite being scanned on reduced resolution…
And as for scale compatibility, my MiniArt judges seem fairly impressed even though the new guy can’t talk yet…
3D Take 2 will hopefully happen in the next month or two, it’ll take some organising.
Brilliant Tim, just brilliant!
Great looking figures Tim, is it an expensive undertaking, if you don’t mind me asking?
G,
You even come to life in miniature. The first result is rather impressive!
Thanks as always guys,
G – well as one billionaire to another, I’d say a tad less than your new fleet of Lambo’s?
OK let’s see – as mentioned I’m not being charged for what turned out to be a test run. The successful scanning session (time-dependant) is likely to be around A$250; 11 figures around another A$250; suit hire A$100. But 11 resin figures from a good manufacturer would cost around the same here, so the extra work to produce them is really only around A$350 (US$230, £180, €210).
That might seem expensive but budget-wise I haven’t bought a kit for 18 months (Nurse! A bunch of guys just keeled over) so it depends on your perspective. How-ev-er, in the 5 year life of this project I’ll be just over A$2,500 (US$1,650, £1,290, €1,500) including the above. And counting, if that ICM Merc ever surfaces 
Groundbreaking , innovative modeling history from a member !!!
It’s on its way Tim…
H.P.
Hi Tim,
Wow - even if only test figures, these look great - certainly an affirmation to your concept and reason to have hope the refined versions will be even better. The coloration is another interesting problem. On one hand, something that could save you some time, on the other, will the surface look similar to your painted figures - see? the prices you pay to be a pioneer!
Cheers
Nick
Thanks Glenn/Nick
I have a feeling colour-printed figures (when de-glitched) will sport a satiny-gloss sheen. So if they turn out to be otherwise perfect they’ll need spraying dull-cote, which may or may not be successful. If it isn’t, then I’ll be happy(-ish) to overpaint them in flat colours down to my usual standard.
As you imply, there’ll be a sickening irony if the final colour agent figures look brilliantly life-like & make my own (in the context of the narrative, the 2 Germans) look like sh.
There’s no price difference between printing colour or mono. Given the above risks, it’s a looming dilemma about whether to just get ‘em all printed mono 
Don’t forget the blue socks re: BBQ photo …
For the benefit of others that’s code - an anagram of “Queen Beth blocks frog booth protest”… I think there’s something in there for everyone. OK increase the medication.
Lol, I was gonna use Glenn’s line, Jack the Ripper, but that will suffice, Tank!
Awesome job, Tim, figs look great!!
All aboard, this metaphorical tram’s rolling again after variously derailing, re-routing, mis-routing onto a circular track, and running out of electricity more than once – so now, to make it go faster all the seats have been chucked out. Hold on to whatever’s left, the Terminus is round the next couple of bends.
I’ve ditched 3D scanning/printing of figures entirely. I won’t bore you with all the reasons why, let’s just say it was a concept too far, for me anyway. One day it will happen and the potential’s huge, but not for this project. Which means the original idea – to show a sequence of photos narrating the assassination attempt – is also ditched. It’s impossible to do it justice without being able to create the four main players in multiple poses.
Another casualty has been ICM’s new Merc 320 limo kit which I’d intended using as a stunt-double for the one I part-scratched in 2018. No longer required, even if one ever reaches these shores.
So that leaves what? Well, all the work I’ve done over the past 5 years still allows for photo sequences of (a) the immediate aftermath of the bomb exploding (b) the “crime”-scene investigation by the SD/Gestapo. I’ve just finished an extra 11 figures to populate those scenes, I think that makes a cast of around 50 total.
Here’s some test shots of the original Merc following dilapidation, which highlight some defects…
The obvious problem is the suspension, the car’s way too fragile for me to mess with it enough to make the rear right sit down properly on its haunches while still keeping the front left on the ground. The least risky cure will be to break the deflated’s axle thus dropping the chassis to make it sit down for photos of that side, and chock it up again to take photos of the other side so that the front left is on the ground.
Other things – wasn’t expecting the red shredded seating to show through the holed side panel but I guess that must be fairly realistic. Investigation photos show some dust on doors & side panels, so powdered pastel chalks to come. Overall I’m kinda OK with the car, it’s not super-exact compared to the 1:1 but it’s the best I can do considering it has fought me every step of the way - repeated breakages, non-drying cyano glue, vanishing accessories, and since taking the photos the entire front fender fell off – I guess it just didn’t like being wrecked & we’ve all been there. There will be bits of debris on the ground eventually, but let me know if I’m missing something else…that you think I can fix.
I’m happy enough with the tell-tale tuft of leather in the top section of the passenger seat – the path of the splinter that sliced into Heydrich’s spleen while he was standing up in the car drawing a bead with his not-loaded pistol on the hapless Gabcik.
And yes that’s me surveying the damage, sole survivor of the 3D experience – mainly totting up the financial damage of being a very, very expensive avatar.
The last steps now are to inflict collateral damage on the trams (some of which I’d prepared when I built them), and then wait for a run of 2 or 3 consecutive days out on the balcony forecasting zero wind & shade temps below 30°C to photograph the entire set. And enough blanks to deter marauding rainbow lorikeets & pigeons, I can do without snow-drifts landing in the background.
Timmy, Glad to see the Benz back up and about (or maybe not so much) on that fatal bend!
—mike 
Man, now that has been a long time coming… A pity that the scanning/printing didn’t work out as expected. It had the prospect of a great future… Apparently the said company was not mature enough in itself to be ready for that future…
Nice to see an old [ 5 years ya say ] project back on the bench .
Best laid plans of mice and men , choose your snapshot in time build and run with it Tim !!!
You basically have all the puzzle pieces complete at your disposal , … stage em out man .
Tim, glad to see this epic project coming to fruition. 50 figures is still a monstrous undertaking. Sorry the 3D plan didn’t work, it certainly wasn’t your fault. Good luck with the photography. It will still be a labor of love waiting for the right weather and man-handling those massive scenes into position for the perfect shots. Everything you have created for this grand show looks absolutely perfect. Take lots of photos. I can’t wait to see the results!
