SMH-TC13

PREFACE THEME COLLECTION VOL.13

This is the 13th “Theme Collections” title in our new series that draws upon previously published articles in our Scale Model Handbook Special Editions Collection books where the content is dedicated to a specific category or period. In this latest edition we’ve gathered together eighteen themes on World War One, also known as The Great War, which has a popular following amongst the miniature figure modelling fraternity. That is a substantial amount of visual content! With 205 step-by-step photos and a total of 340 images, you have enough material for a comprehensive, high-quality project. Future titles in this new series will offer carefully chosen articles, grouped together into specific themes.

Our books are produced using a high-quality digital printing process giving excellent quality illustrations, using 300g matt laminated velvet paper for the covers, with 150g velvet paper inside all perfect bound with a special glue!

As always, thanks must go to all our contributors for their support and for sharing their secrets with us. Special thanks are due to Pietro Balloni, Luca Marchetti, Alex Vallejo, Darren Parker-Mead, Man Jin Kim, Alexey Lucanev, Fernando Vallejo, Taesung Harmms, Andrew Cairns, Young B. Song, Dae-Hyeong Kim, Ju Won Jung, Paul Ondeck, Yannis Papadopoulos and our English Text Editor Ken Jones.
We hope you’ll enjoy our latest edition!

Stelios Demiras
Editor/Publisher

CONTENTS TC13

4 Major of the Royal Field Artillery on the Somme 1916
Painting Figures Using Enamels And Oils
12 WWI German Stretcher Team
Painting a Dramatic WWI Vignette
Using Enamels
18 German WWI Stormtrooper, 1917
How to Place a Figure in a Realistic Setting
24 Private, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, Le Cateau 1914
Painting a Scottish WWI 54mm Figure
26 Captain John Bradstock
South Wales Borderers, Tsingtao 1914
Painting Khaki Uniforms & Flesh Tones
32 Private, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, Mons 1914
Painting a WWI British Soldier in Action
34 WWI Early War German Ace Oswald Boelcke in 54mm
Painting Realistic Personalities
in Miniature with Acrylics
42 First World War German Airmen
Painting a Imperial German Air Service Pilot
and a Mechanic in 54mm
46 British Trench Raider
Painting a 75mm British Soldier
of the First World War
49 British Soldier at Gallipoli
Painting a British Private of 1/7th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers at Cape Helles 1915
52 Edward Corringham “Mick” Mannock, VC, DSO & Two Bars, MC & Bar (24th May 1887 – 26th July 1918)
Painting a WWI Large Scale Bust
of a Real Person Using Enamels
56 James McCudden VC
WWI British Ace Pilot Bust of
James McCudden VC, 56(F) Squadron Royal Flying Corps Painted in Enamels
60 First World War German Stormtrooper Painting an AC Models WWI Stormtrooper
63 The Black Knight of Germany
Painting the WWI German Flying Ace
Eduard Ritter von Schleich
66 Billy Bishop - A Canadian Pilot in No. 60
Squadron Royal Flying Corps 1917
How to Paint a Pilot’s Leather
Flying Coat and Equipment
68 World War One British Artilleryman
Painting a 75mm British Artilleryman
Using Acrylics
72 WWI German Stormtrooper
Updating and Improving a 1/35 Scale Hard-Plastic Figure
Using Metal Foil, an X-Acto Knife, Liquid Glue and a Hornet Head
76 First World War British Lewis Gunner
Painting a Large Scale Bust of a WWI British Soldier
Using Different Colour Mixes
and Techniques

CONTRIBUTORS
MIKE “THE KIWI” BUTLER • GRIGORIS MARMATAKIS • STELIOS NEOFYTIDIS • TOSHIHIRO SANO •ERNESTO REYES STALHUTH • ALEX VARELA “IGUAZZU” • DAVID ZABROCKI