1:48 French Resistance 'Henri'

French Resistance - a figure designated by the name Henri, scale 1:48

The item belongs to the French Resistance range of Dynamo-Models and is intended for 1:48 scale. The particular figure is named Henri in the name, so it can be told apart unambiguously from the other figures of the same range in a collection as well as in a scene.

Historical background

The French resistance movement operated during the years of the occupation of France in the Second World War. Its members wore no single uniform - what is typical is civilian dress, a working jacket, a cap or a beret and only as much equipment as was necessary. It is precisely this civilian look that makes the figures of this range interesting for scenes with a town street, a country farmstead or a parked vehicle, where an ordinary person and a machine stand side by side.

Tips for painting and placing in the scene

Civilian clothing rests on a muted palette: gray-blue, brown, olive, dark corduroy trousers. So that the figure does not merge with the ground, give one element a more saturated tone - a scarf at the neck or a belt. Build the face on a base skin tone, shade the eye sockets and the area under the cheekbones and on the other hand lighten the forehead and the nose. In 1:48 work in thin layers and rather raise the contrast than add details that will be lost at a distance. At the end even the scene out with matte varnish and dust the lower part of the legs with pigment in the color of the terrain, so that the figure really belongs to the base. Adapt the preparation of the surface to the material of the particular casting.

Who the figure is for

• Builders of dioramas in 1:48 scale on the subject of occupied France
• Modelers looking for figures in civilian dress
• Collectors of Dynamo-Models figures
• Anyone interested in named figures that can be put together into one scene