U-boat Captain

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:09 pm

As some of you know I have been working on a 1/18 U-boat captain. After some research I have decided to use the figure below as my base figure. Reminder I have not applied any paint or re-tooling yet. With that said does anyone think there would be a better combination of figures that would look/work better. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

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Post by **aferguson** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:30 pm

ha.....i like it. Looks good. Whose legs did you use?

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:53 pm

Aferguson, Thanks for the kind word. I used NVA legs and the boots are from a P-51 pilot. Hopefully I will get a good portion of him the painting done this weekend. I will post updates….I like this custom thread!

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:44 am

Hey Lance, Excellent work on the U Boat Captain mate

That`s Very Impressive

Like the look of him a lot.

So you going to make a conning tower for him? As a dio piece?

Ja
Steel Bonnet

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:22 pm

are you gona build a 1/18th conning tower to put him in?

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:55 pm

Thanks JA!
luftpanzer, I am going to build something to put him in, but is a few projects down the line

JimBob55 · Post by **JimBob55** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:29 pm

You could have him standing there (knee-deep in water), shaking his fist at a ASW Avenger flying over.

Great custom work, by the way!

JimBob

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:26 pm

This what I have done so far, I am waiting on some Verlinden German medals. anyway I hope you guys like him. If there is anything that would look better or needs to be changed please let me know.

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steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:41 pm

That`s coming along Very nicely mate,very nicely indeed

ja
Steel Bonnet

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:55 am

Thats one fine looking Kriegsmarine figure you've got there. I see you used the Ardenns open coat and arms. The head... is that from one of the USMC figures?
Great job!! I'd like to see a U-boat full of these guys.

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:06 pm

I put the Verlinden German medals on my captains hat. I finshed with this guy until I make portion of a sub for him to sit in

Normandy it is the head of a USMC. Thanks for looking
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steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:48 pm

WOW they DO make the difference to the cap mate

Outstanding

I`m going to have to see about getting some of these awards & badges from Verlinden.

GREAT work mate

Ja
Steel Bonnet

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:11 pm

Yeah i like him..

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:28 pm

That looks awesome!! Really well done mate!!

-Ski

RED · Post by **RED** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:50 pm

ISC1002---I thought he looked good before you painted him but now you have taken him to another level!!!--GREAT WORK--What kind of paint and how did you paint him(brush or airbrush or both).I say forget the conning tower and build a 1:18 sub!!!

---RED---

MK · Post by MK » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:42 am

lsc1002,

Great looking figure! The Marine head works perfectly. Kinda reminds me of Capt Haddock (if anyone ia aware of TinTin or Kuifje) with the cigar and bottle in his hand. How easy is it to remove the legs off of the VC figure and German Officer?

MK

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:50 pm

Thank you all for the kind words on my U-boat Capt.

MK, Hot H2O and some elbow grease will get the job done. I let the figures sit under HOT water for about 8 minutes. You will feel the difference in the figure; you can’t bend them but the figure is defiantly soft. I use a hand towel for grip and just pull the torso of the legs. all in all it was to too hard to get them apart.

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:58 pm

hm...maybe i should try that. I usually just break my figures apart and glue them onto the custom..

MK · Post by MK » Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:32 pm

Thanks for the tip. I never tried the boiling method on the waist joint. I may try that this weekend.

aferguson wrote:hm...maybe i should try that. I usually just break my figures apart and glue them onto the custom..

You know, you really need to get a digital camera and share some of your work. I keep hearing about everything you do and curiosity will likely kill the MK.

MK

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:24 am

aferguson

MK wrote: You know, you really need to get a digital camera and share some of your work.

I second that!

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:44 pm

Great work on the U-boat capt.

kenhil2 · Post by **kenhil2** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:24 am

wow that looks great

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:53 pm

Excellent!!!

all we need now is the SUB!!!

great work.

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