1:35 Boys playing soccer

Boys playing soccer 1:35, MAiM figures

This is a civilian group of figures in 1:35 scale — boys caught in the middle of a game of soccer. It is not a model of equipment; the figures complete a scene that has already been built. Check the contents of the package against the details on the packaging. The brand also offers a separate figure of a boy with a ball in the same scale, so a scene can be extended.

The subject

Children at play are among the most effective civilian motifs in diorama work. Figures in movement break up a static composition — leaning bodies, legs astride and turned heads lead the eye of a viewer across the area and create a focus in it. At the same time they work as a contrast: an everyday game placed beside military equipment changes the sense of a whole scene. The motif fits urban built-up areas, yards, postwar streets and village buildings, and it stands on its own as a vignette with no equipment at all.

Building and painting tips

Choose the glue according to the material of the parts — a plastic cement on plastic, super glue on resin parts. Wash the parts in lukewarm soapy water, sand the parting seams and protect your airways as you do so. With figures in movement, first check the arrangement on the base dry; only then paint them separately and cement them. Children's faces need gentler shading than adult ones — a sharp wash ages a face. Set the clothing apart in both saturation and shade, otherwise the group will merge into one uniform cluster. Dirty the knees, the elbows and the shoes with pigment according to the base and pick the edges of the cloth out with a dry brush.

Who the group is for

• Builders of dioramas on civilian and urban themes
• Modelers who want to get movement and action into a scene
• Collectors of figures in 1:35 scale
• Those who build separate vignettes with no equipment

The figures are supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and a base are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.