I am a bit confused though by the size of the tank compared to the figures.

Is it my eye or some kind of compression or something weird? I just don't see how the commander could fit inside the tank with a loader/gunner and driver.

I am not knocking the figures by any means. They are FANTASTIC and the painting of the tank is amazing. But even the guy on the horse seems a little out of scale.




Am I missing something?

Those figures are amazing! You have great painting skills. What's your technique for painting faces? Also what make and colour do you use for the feldgrau tunic and the grey trousers?

Cheers

Matthew

All your figures appear to date from the early war, 1940-1942, period, so the tank should be dark gray.

G

The figure painting is wonderful, but................
Panzer crew wore black uniforms.
All your figures appear to date from the early war, 1940-1942, period, so the tank should be dark gray.

G

needed an officer to tell the NCO's what to do, so here is one

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The figure painting is wonderful, but................
Panzer crew wore black uniforms.
All your figures appear to date from the early war, 1940-1942, period, so the tank should be dark gray.

G

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thanks for your kind words about the painting, as far as the uniforms are concerned and the colors of the tanks, wars are fought 7 days a week and supply problems and other variables often interfered with regulation and normal uniforms for soldiers, so i offer these two pictures to explain my color choices, also this is a summer scene and the lighter colors and undershirts would be worn.

you can see that the color of the grass is blended into the figure along with the dirt color,



by the way this is a civil war figure and I do not intend to put him on the base with the germans, ha ha

Your photos prove nothing.
Those are later war PzIV's, the Panzertruppen are clearly wearing black uniforms. The second photo shows, what appears to be US troops inspecting a PzII.
As far as the gray/brown scheme, the vehicle would be painted 2/3 gray, 1/3 dark brown not the mustard color used.
Just keep on doing what you want, your followers will stay true.
G

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Your photos prove nothing.
Those are later war PzIV's, the Panzertruppen are clearly wearing black uniforms. The second photo shows, what appears to be US troops inspecting a PzII.
As far as the gray/brown scheme, the vehicle would be painted 2/3 gray, 1/3 dark brown not the mustard color used.
Just keep on doing what you want, your followers will stay true.
G

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G--
The Panzer troops in the photo are definitely wearing a mixture of uniforms, likely in 1943 or 44, proving a point he made earlier, and the Pz II is definitely painted in a different scheme than the 2/3 gray and 1/3 dark brown you mention--I wonder what book that came from. The colors in the photo are probably anything they could find, including mud. But I suspect the Pz II photo is from N. Africa circa late 1942 or 1943 or from Sicily in 1943--times they were on the ropes and used what was at hand. Yes, I'm a follower of Doug's for the artistic element, and not a rivet counter, as too many rivets often make a dull boy intractable! Again, he's not trying to depict an exact time or place, but more of a generalized "Blitzkrieg" story at any time or place. Something Shep Paine was incredibly good at.
VR, Russ