Verlinden 1:16 M60 gunner

This is the old Verlinden M60 machine gunner. I did paint it in the old 6 color desert cammo (cookie chip). I did not like how it turned out and after sitting on a shelf for a number of years I decided to repaint it in the old BDU woodland scheme. Skin tones are oils and uniform and equipment in acrylics.

Let me know what you think, any suggestions for improvements?


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Super looking job on this Ingvar. The camo shape and color is very realistic and you have picked out the details nicely too.

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The BDUs are perfect.

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Another excellent figure Ingvar, the BDUs came great as did the M60.

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Thanks Karl, much appreciated.

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Thanks Lee, I do have a BDU in woodland from my military days so it was just copy paste :grinning_face:

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Thanks Richard, the Verlinden figure is one of his best sculpting. I remember some of his WW2 Germans having a bit peculiar anatomy, hands bigger than the head, etc…

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Me too! Haven’t tried them on in awhile but the field jackets still fit.

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you’ve nailed it mate, I love the faded look of the uniform

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Yes unfortunately some of his large scale figs had problems lol

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Very crisp and clean painting there. I especially like the BDU’s and the fading on them. Looks a lot better than the one I did a few years ago. I’ve got another in the stash so I might have to revisit this one.

G.

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Richard, I know where you’re coming from. This one in particular. VP 2441, the head is huge! Going to take some work to get this anywhere near decent.

G.

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You’ve absolutely nailed the woodland pattern. Excellent work.

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I always recall that WW2 RAF pilot figure with the extremely long arms! There were others as well and later on some of his 1:35 scale figs were bloated.

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I think the best ones were the early ones. The early figures from Desert Storm were some of the best. You can tell it was a different sculptor with the later ones.

G.

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I agree 100% and still have some of his first releases.

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Great camouflage painting and the skin tone looks wonderful…I really like the Matt flat paint scheme and how nothing is semi-glossy on the uniform.

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Thanks a lot Peter, I appreciate your feedback.

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The hands on this one looks “slightly” out of scale…

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:joy: Yes those are some of the things that plagued his figures.

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