1:35 Chernozem-4 RKKA Sapper Team #2 (2 figures)

The second sapper pair from the Chernozem series

A following figure set for 1:35 scale. The name places it as the fourth item of the series and as the second sapper pair. The count of two figures is again data from the name, not a verified specification of the package.

What sets this set apart

What distinguishes it from the earlier sapper pair of the same series is the order number in the name, so this is not a repeated release of the same goods but different figures. Those interested in the series usually buy both pairs together: four people absorbed in the same activity make it possible to build a more extensive scene where each of them has a task and the viewer follows the whole work process. The set holds up on its own as well, as a small scene on a compact base.

Work with the brush

With a pair it proves itself to paint both figures at once, so that they have the same shades of wool cloth and the same degree of soiling. You then tell them apart by small things: a different tone of the belt, differently worn footwear, a different color of the skin. That turns a pair into two people, not two copies. Unify the contact with the ground only on the finished base, so that it cannot be told where the figure ends and the terrain begins. A pair needs its own rhythm too, so leave one of the figures somewhat lighter; the eye then reads the whole more easily.

For which collections

• for owners of the earlier sapper pair of the same series
• for more extensive scenes with several activities at once
• with models of equipment waiting for a road to be cleared
• for modelers who like to tell figures apart by details