Thank you all for your kind thoughts. This is truly the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with. 

Moving on, Lost Again, the way you moulded those packs was really clever and informative, thanks for sharing.

Phoenix, I'm loving the bar tender! What is it about the beard you don't like? If it's the representation of a beard, have you thought about working it with a hot needle? Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but a needle, blunt end first, is pushed into a cork, and then you can heat the other end to work on refining beards and hair.

Aw krap, sorry I missed your post somehow Piers! Nice work there casting off a replacement set of packs! 

Phoenix: That looks great! Super job on the jumpsuit and the face looks perfect! Crazy about not offering more a bar top though. 

Progress of the bartender.  Test fit the head and arms with blue tack.  Not sold on how his beard looks. Plenty left to do with the face and body.  Unfortunately much of the detail on the bartender turned out to be rather soft.

Sadly they only included that one section of the bar top.  Thinking of scratchbuilding a couple more sections to provide sufficient room for the figures to be posed as intended.  Getting started on his human partner.

There is some great work going on here.

Drums and Jarrod, the Spartans are amazing, so good.

Glamdring Fury man is very cool

Ikar, that is one scary dude there

Pawel, nice job on the launcher man

Pat, good work on your space cowboy marine

Phillie, Mando looks all business. Can you take the helmet off?

I have had the Aussies on sticks and primed for a few months. I am converting a tankman, and I was not happy with the lack of gear on board so I did a mould around another figure to cast some of their gear.

The mould being formed

And the gear in place on the figures, ready for more primer.

Looks cool Phoenix, looking forward to seeing where you go from here. 

I need to get some more work done on mine... 

It's good to have you back Dodgy.

Some great work shared so far.  I've only recently gotten started on my figures.  An early shot of the two characters at the bar.

I haven't done a figure before (only tabletop game miniatures) so it's slow going.  I'll probably create a WIP post in the Figures forum and provide occasional updates here. 

Hey Dodgy,

Sorry to hear about what you have been going through mate. Having people you can talk to, taking time and acknowledging grief can help on a long road.

Take care mate.

Grief takes time.  I've had my share of losses and give yourself time.  The other thing is you can be chugging along doing okay and something blindsides you and tanks you again.  Time my friend.  The only solution.

Welcome back Dodgy.  Sorry to hear what you've gone through and glad your doing better.  

I'm sorry to hear about all you went though Dodgy. I hope maybe we can take your mind off things. 

And I've done nothing really, just plugging along on Sadako-san. I'm still working on the TV. The thing about 3D printed is you get the straitions though everything and I'm trying to sand the worst of them out.  

Hello Dodgy!

It's good to have you back with us. I've seen you put my M79 gunner on the front page - thanks a lot! What are you working on now? Have a nice day!

Paweł

Hi all. Obviously I have been absent for some time. When I last posted I thought I was ok and dealing with things, and then the bottom fell out. Due to my grief I have not been near my bench, or even looked at the FSM website for months. I now have a better handle on things and have started building again.

I would like to offer a big vote of thanks to Gamera because it seems like he's been holding things together here, for which I am very grateful. I would also like to thank you all for your patience and commend you for the fine work you have been putting in. Hopefully I have updated everything, but if I have missed something, please let me know.

Dodgy

Thanks guys! Working on the TV now. This has been a nice break from vehicles... 

Love it Gam Gam!  One of my favorite scary movies.

Hey Gamera, even at this early stage the creepy factor is cranked way up.  Looking forward to seeing more!

I went back and studied the movie. The flesh tone on Sadako-san's arms and hands is pretty much normal skin tone. Her nails are torn up and bloody from trying to climb out of the well she died in so I did add a little reddish brown wash to her fingernails.

I've got some flickering LEDs for the TV and they look pretty good inserted inside. Will get photos of it up when I get a little more done on it. 

PS: The nightgown is still in grey primer. There's some rough areas in the 3D printed model I'm having to fill and sand out. I'd thought the gown was all ripped and torn and so I could skip some of the cleaning up but on rewatching the film the gown is pretty pristine and perfect. Odd considering how Sadako died trying to climb out of an abandoned well.... 

Thanks, Gamera! Unfortunately, I don't think I have tried and true tips for you on the coloration you mention. I've never tried that kind of flesh-tone before. 

Sorry somehow I missed your post! 

Looks good, you're off to a great start! 

I cleaned up my figure- still haven't really started on her. I'm wondering how to paint an undead pale greyish skin look. 

Okay, the kit I'll be doing is a 1/35 Djiti's Production US Soldier with Kid (pic 1). However, in a twist on the kit, I will be making a war correspondent who is giving the Bible to a child. This means my man the soldier will have to lose his gun and have a "PRESS" insignia stamped somewhere on his person. Now, this doesn't seem too complicated overall; but it could be a pricey change. For one thing, I need to get a replacement 1/35 right hand because the man's right hand is molded to his gun currently. Furthermore, I wouldn't mind placing a camera in his new right hand, meaning I'd have to get a set of modern cameras, too. 

Anyway, off to the races:

Here's the kit and some of my initial paint work...and that hand molded to a gun. Coming along alright so far. I'll probably slap the PRESS insignia on the man's helmet since the shear amount of stuff this guy's carrying makes it hard to get it on his vest. And I know ammo pouches probably aren't the best to leave on a correspondent, but they're molded to his body. So, I'll just leave those on him and pretend he's carrying some extra camera parts or something in 'em. 

Oh wow Ikar- great job!!! 

At least I've gotten the fire giant done.

As I said over on the figure forum great job there Pawel! 

Guess I really need to get on mine. The figure I was going to do for a friend for Christmas is still sitting here, haven't even worked on her in over a month. I guess I should put it off till next Christmas and get moving on Sadako... 

PhilliePhan79

Calling the Mandalorian.  Really fun build!  This was my first figure ever.  I will have to get the Boba Fett to pair with him on the shelf.  

The only thing that I didn't like about this kit were the fit of the weapons into the various hands.  So you'll notice his spear and gun are holstered.  

This is the way

 

 

 

This is the way 

I also have this model and I'm more eager then ever now to put time aside for it, I'll have to start a production list at this rate.

Outstanding work Pawel.  Very realistic.  

Gamera - thanks a lot for your kind words!

knox - looking forward to your progress, I wonder what you are going to do with her!

I've been working on the gear. trying to show the ammo pouch open:

Other stuff:

And here's a Claymore bag/M7 Bandoleer I sculpted myself out of Milliput:

And the fig is finally done:

Thanks for lookin' and have a nice day!

Paweł

That looks cool! 

Here is my first figure.  Work is keeping me really busy at the moment, but I'm planning on retiring soon, so should have some extra time.  Maybe.  I know honey do projects have been accumulating.  75mm vampire mistress.  

After all you went though Dodgy it's just good to have you back. 

Pawel: Looks great! 

Howdy Dodgy! Good to have you back here!

I'd like to update the (slow) progress on my figure.

My neighbour helped me with a base:

I have also tried to model the Vietnamese mud and how the pants would look like after crouching in it:

Managed to do some work on the helmet using some custom decals:

Recently I have also shaded the jacket and glued it to the pants:

Thanks for looking and have a nice day!

Paweł

Hi folks. This is just a quick note to let you know that I am back on board and playing catch-up.

Dodgy