Expert Fally opinion request

[SLICK7]

I am nearly finished my FJ mortar team for my dio with my troopers. I still need to weather the kits and weapons. I know the side tie boots are outdated for the Bocage but i had them and they are leather (pleather) so I am going to use them. I look forward to your opinions. SLICK.

 

[andy101506]

the boots arent that big of a deal, cause some older soldeirs would have still retain them over the years. also they would have been continued to be issued untill stocks were used up. i would maybe mixed them in with some front lace boots to even it out. the only thing i really notice, is that ur soldeir holding the mortor has a ss belt on and his litzen is red that of flak or arty. another has a heer belt. at the time of normandy falscrims would had a mixture of gear as the luftwaffe stuff was a little harder to get as far as the brown leather stuff instead of the black standard stuff. belt buckles would had been something that pretty much every soldeir should of had. i really like the helmets and the weathering is also a very nice touch to the group

 

[LizardKing1968]

great team bash bro. the helmets are spot on for normandy..you did your research.. KUDOS!

 

[warhorse]

nice weathering! they look formidable..tough that is .real tough

 

[Airman67]

how did you get the boots to look like that?

 

[SLICK7]

Thanks everybody for the feedback. Very helpful and useful. To weather the boots and the uniforms i use Doc O'Brien's weathering powder from Micro Mark. Search Results - Micro-Mark
I use fine sandpaper to weather the fabric and leather then brush on the powder. layering the colors gives an even more realistic look. You have to be careful with the grimmy black because it is unforgiving.

 

[Pangaea95]

Great looking group of fig's, the only thing I would suggest is to reduce the saturation of the color, most photo software has the ability to do this easily, here's an example. a pic with the saturation reduced

and the original

I did this using my iPhoto software and just reduced the saturation a little. being most of us use point and shoot digital cameras, it's hard to adjust certain settings and the cameras tend to capture too much sometimes, this is a nice little trick that adds a touch of realism imo

 

[muzzer]

I think your fj mortar team look brilliant, excellent weathering on the boots, can't wait to see them up against your airborne troopers. Good job.

 

[rjsonofhss]

First and foremost, the figures look fantastic! I've been involved with my son's FJ reenacting unit for years and have picked up some info from "the group" and from some very helpful veterans. You might switch the mortar to the Wgr 42, (the short version of the 81mm mortar) the 5cm mortar was pretty rare by 1944. Any mortar team would be packed with ammo, everyone would be carrying extra mortar ammo or mg ammo. I've seen reenactors carry 5 belts of mg ammo. Ammunition goes very fast, so everyone humps some extra! You might also have an old vet with a green smock. According to the real vets, the green smocks were the badge of experience and authority, so they kept them as long as possible. I'll post some picks of our reenactors' mortar team.

 

[Will1/6]

Nice work figures look good.