Figures GB June 1st 2006 till March 1st 2007

So did the group decide to extend this build or not?  Just for the fun of it, here is a photo of a 1:72 pilot standing next to the X-15 I recently finished.  Enjoy!

Tony,

The figure looks very nice! THe photo quality really does not look bad at all.  I found your goal of essentially a model per month interesting, as that has been my goal the last couple of years as well (I have been making my goal, but usually work in a quick build or two in December to make it).  With around 400 unassembled kits in an ever-growing assortment, I should probably raise my goal if I want to catch up in my lifetime.

Hi Everyone,

I've finished it. Here is a poor quality photo, I'll have another go at it later. I must admit that I found this to be a rather bland figure to do...had trouble getting enthusiastic about it, but I'm quite happy with the finished result. It's my first completed build for the year, in a year when I'm trying to stretch to 12 completed builds...which reminds me, I'm behind schedule, must get back to the workbench.

Cheers

Tony

Hi all,

I'm just adding the last details to the German Machine Gunner today, then it's just the base to go. Will post photos once its done.

Cheers

Tony 

Avus,

Thanks for the lighting tips.  I shot the latest photos at night so I had the ceiling light, a tri-pod light and the camera flash all "helping me out".  I will try to work more on using natural light in the future, but here in Michigan, it may be a few months before we see sunlight again.

Hi Everyone,

Progress report, I've been painting all of the accessories on my German Machine Gunner. Gettig a bit closer to completion. Nothing to really justify another photo yet.

Cheers

Tony 

Avus wrote:

Nice to see this GB is going on (still without badge!).

Sorry but someone HAS to say it "Badges we don't need no stinkin Badges!!!"

Well my eye surgery went well and I should be back to work in a few weeks

Nice to see this GB is going on (still without badge!).

Some nice progresses are made; keep up the good work!

Scott, as far as I can tell you have a "light problem". Looking at the german I can see two shadows, this means you are using two light sources.
Three are better; one left front, one right front and one high behind the subject. This should reduce the shadows on the subject and behind.
You'd get the best results photographing your figures with natural light and some reflecting panels.

Tony,

Nice job onthe redcoat.   Looking at the photos that I posted, I am still disappointed in the photo quality.  I still need to experiment with photographing small detail items.  For some reason, the pictures of my 1:72 parts from an F-14 I built for a couple of other group builds seemed to turn out just fine.  Anyway, I'll keep trying.  Thanks for the compliment, and I will keep checking in, although I need to get a couple of other kits finished before I turn out my next figure. 

Scott,

What I can see looks great. I had trouble with my digicam for a while too.

Here's a photo of an old Airfix 54mm British Grenadier from the American War of Independance that I'm doing for the Airfix Welcome Back GB. 

Tony,

I guess that a little humility is good from time to time, at least that has been my thought since watching my beloved Buckeyes fall apart in the BCS nationsl Champioship game this past Monday.  That being said, here are a couple of shots of my German machinegunner.

I also went ahead and took new photos of the figure that I originally built for this group.  I am still learning how to better use a digital camera, but these are less grainy than my original shots.

I would also support an extension as I may add another kit to this build that way.  I am working on a couple for the Revell-Monogram group, but I am about ready to get another figure going.

Hi Everyone,

Here's a progress pic of my German Machine Gunner. Note there is some light highlightingdone when I sprayed the undercoat, but most of the highlights shown are from the overhead lighting.

Regards

Tony

I've finished with the shading of the overcoat, have got the highlighting to go. For some reason I can't bring myself to do field grey with oils, every time I end up shading the Tamiya acrylics I usually use as an undercoat. I mixed up a nice big blob of a good match field grey too. I've also done some of the accessories. I've set myself a goal to finish one model per month in 2007, think this one will get me on track.

Cheers

Tony 

I vote for the extension too.

Cheers

Tony 

Any chance of a photo Scott ?

I was starting to wonder if there was still anyone looking at this group build.  Please keep everyone posted as you move forward with your kit.  I built the same one a couple of years ago, so I will be interested to see how much more impressive yours is.

There's just two months tro run on this GB and I do want to finish my figure. I've pulled it out of its box and it's number one on the list from here on. It's the Tamiya 1/16 German Machine Gunner. Basic construction and the acrylic base coat is done. Next come the oils. The face and helmet are also done.

Anyone else out there still interested ? 

Cheers

Tony 

Avus,

Thanks for the comment.  Sorry for not getting on the thread in a while, but I did not see anything new last week when I was on.  Things have picked up where I work and with one day (actually night) off per week, I am limited as to when I can get some modeling in.  The work getting posted continues to look very good.  I think that during or after this outage I will be looking for a better camera for close up work.  The Kodak does great for general photos, but really leaves something to be desired when it comes to the detail shots.

Once my hours back off again, I may attempt to work on a Horizon vinyl kit of Robocop.  I painted the flesh with Andrea's flesh set that came out a few months ago, and lets just say that using it is a learning process.  I will be stripping off my first attempt and trying again later.  On my previous figures I have used oil paints, so I am accustomed to painting the shadows, blending, and then working in the highlights.  Andrea recommends laying in the highlights after the base coat, and then finishing with the shadows.  I need to work on my mindset with this, again as it goes against what I have done for years.

I will continue to peek in from time to time as I can.

Scott  

Thanks PanzerWulff !
I'll be looking out for those characters, but as you say it'll be a hard time finding them.

Looking forward to some more builds, but it looks like this thread is dying, only a few (us two) keep posting.

WOW looks great AVUS nice work on the textures and fleshtones and I love the base.now all you need is figures of Subotai,Valeria and Thulsa Doom I wonder if the others are available as figures Hmmmmmmm??? once again great job

I haven't had much time to work on my figure but I have the legs,arms,head and upper torso subassembelies built and primed and I am currently doing the clean up on the skirt and hip armor

Without further delay: voilà, my Conan is done!

Dang! It's the first GB I finish (shame on me) and I don't even have a badge!

I finally got a Photobucket account today so attached are a front and back view of my Tamilya figure.  I have not decided on a base yet, so the photos have the figure loosely standing atop an unused DML base.  I need to play around with with lighting, etc. as I can not seem to get a good clear picture.  This was my second attempt, so in the next few days I may try to improve what I have here.  Anyway, if you are visiting our group build this weekend, take a peek and let me know your thoughts.

Scott

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/More-Power-Scotty/100_0977.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/More-Power-Scotty/100_0976.jpg 

Thanks guys!

Dindn't mean to wake you PanzerWulff ... no actually I did!
The figure is 90mm (approx 1/50 scale), it's a little bigger than 54mm and a little smaller than 120mm, but waaaay bigger than you average 25mm Wargame figure.

I hear you More Power Scotty! It's hard to sit at the workbench while your friends and relatives are at the beach.
Hope to see some pics of your work soon.

Avus, you beat me to the punch.  I too was wondering if there was anyone still reading this group build's posts.  Nice job so far on the Conan figure.  The detail painting on the clothing looks excellent.  As I stated in another group build, I have been spending a lot of time on my bike lately as I want to ride the equivalent of this years Tour (2272 miles) by September 15.  But back to the importance of building. 

I have completed my figure but still need to work on getting pictures taken and downloaded.  As I do have a couple of vacation days coming up, I should have some extra time to work on that.  Unfortunately for my building, with weather as nice as it has been lately, it is hard to sit at my bench when I can be out on my bike.

Scott