Signalis Elster Replika in 28mm (part 1)
Start out with Wargames Atlantic Cannonfodder
Cut down forward part of boots and smooth transition from suit to boots. (Lots of cutting and smoothing with plastic glue)
Connect 2 knee stripes on each leg to emulate the knee parts of the model. (Added a drop of sprue glue in between the 2 tabs, then cut and smoothed with Tamiya extra thin)
Remove and smooth the zipper of the suit to make the torso more smoothed. (Lots of cutting as well as lots of sprue glue, the zipper is the most prominent part of the original body)
Slightly cut back on the collar to look more like a neck. (The model's design makes it so that if you cut the collar away completely, you would be lowering the resting point of the head)
Shallow cuts with a sharp blade to mark where the unit's chest opening would be.
Cut up a piece of styrene sheet till it was thin enough to look like her holster's strap. (Could have used greenstuf or similar to make the strap but was too lazy to do so here)
Cut away and smooth the back protrusion where the backpack would have been glued on the original body.
Cut a piece of sprue to look the par of her holster. (Doesn't need to actually fit her weapon, otherwise it would look far too large for her size)
Remove cuffs of suit on hands holding binoculars, going to simplify the shape in the next part to look like a bundle of flares.
Remove cuff again on pistol holding hand.
Cut down on pistol till it is just the trigger and grip. Afterwards, slowly add cut down pieces of sprue to emulate the game's revolver. (I acknowledge that I did a shitty job with the pistol's shaping, afraid to add the unique cylinder because the pistol is fragile and far too small)
That is my progress so far. I hope to finish the miniature in the next part with the head and a coat of paint. Thank you for reading.
