After I added the final details, the three figures are now primed and ready to be painted:

I continued to add further details, like the equipment, collars, uniform pouches etc. So the figures are now on the way to get finished, with some details left to be sculpted, like the gas tarpaulins. The heads are also already prepared.

Now I have started to sculpt the uniform jackets. I started with the parts above the belt, adding front and back separately. Then I added the belts. After that, I started to model the pouches:

The next step is to refine the body proportions by sanding and adding more Magic Sculp. I also started to rework the resin boots in the areas where they have been cut to allow for flexible poses, and to sculpt the trousers:

Now Magic Sculp is added to the wires to stabilize the poses, and to provide a basis for further refinement of the body proportions. It does not have to be nice, only stick to the wires…

Now I cut back arms and legs of the wire armatures to their respective length, and added resin boots to all three figures. I bent the wires into the desired poses and started to add hands:

I just started to redo the figures that go with the Panzer I and the PaK 37. Here, I would like to show how I build up my figures.

I start with building an armature from wire. I take two pieces of wire (e. g. brass, 0.6mm), and twist them together to form the “spine” (pictures 1 and 2). I then bend the arms and legs (picture 3), and add a “neck” made from a short piece of wire to the spine (picture 4). Finally, I partially fix the armature by adding a “pelvis” and a “chest” from Magicsculp (picture 5):

To get the size of the armature right, I searched on Google for a skeleton picture used by artists to help in painting humans. This was then scaled to 1/35 scale and printed. So I can check the appropriate size of my armature by simply placing it on the printout.