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Forrest and Bubba

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  • Member since
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  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Friday, November 27, 2009 7:30 PM

Than to all for the comments.

Renarts, thank... that is exactly the tyoe of critique I was looking for.  Areas to work on inthe future.  Much appreciated.

Marc  

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  • From: Sunny Florida
Posted by renarts on Friday, November 27, 2009 12:48 PM
All in all these look good. Some critique for you would be to use a little more contrast in your highlights on the flesh areas. While you have some great tonal ranges in their with your coloring, it could use a little sharper contrast with your highlights to make facial features stand out and give character to the figures.
A little larger iris would reduce the "beady eyes" look. There are a couple of tricks you can try with the eye to give them more definition, you can paint the eye area black and then go in and paint your whites, iris, pupil etc. When you clean up the upper and lower edges of the eye (the lids, fat pouches under the eye etc) it will leave the eye very well defined. Or you can use a fine brush and use a dark brown or black line along the upper edge of the eye. This gives you a lash line and or a defined eye shape and deliniates the upper edge of the eye. If you want to give the impression of squinting or looking up into the sun, a simple wash of black or very dark brown in the eye area and then some careful clean up will do just that. A handy trick if you want to avoid having to paint eye detail and looks just as good.
Your piping on your uniform should be cleaned up, as their are areas of over paint. On both the tunic piping and the shoulder tabs. Paint that first and then paint your jacket. Its easier to clean up the edges than to try and paint the piping. Another trick here is to use something just heavier than a heavy wash remove some of the excess fluid from your brush by touching brush where the hairs meet the ferule to a tissue and then use the side of the brush to "dry brush" the piping. This makes a nice clean line.
The lining you did on the right arm is good but is a little too heavy and creeps up his wrist. Instead of just lining it like that, shade your arm as it disappears into the sleeve with the darker portion nearest the cuff and on the lower side of the arm.
The camo looks good, and I think you could have done some lining work on the pockets, where one flap of the collar lays over top of the other and the seams. This would make it stand out more and give it depth. Again you can gradually shade the body of the jacket is it disappears in to the hatch of the vehicle and give more body and depth to the figure.
Nice hob all around and I look forward to more.
Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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    April 2009
  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Friday, November 27, 2009 1:12 AM
Not to forget about Bubba big lips... biggest ever!  Figures looking GREAT! Thumbs Up [tup] Never that easy doing the camo. 

Andy

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Posted by calvin_ng on Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:52 PM
HAHA i remember that! Yeah Bubba would always talk about shrimp
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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, November 26, 2009 3:13 PM
Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich

 

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Posted by calvin_ng on Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:59 PM
Really NICE figures! I cant paint figs for the life of me though. Im impressed with the camo and the five o clock shadow. Werent Forrest and Bubba in forrest gump?
  • Member since
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  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Forrest and Bubba
Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:31 AM

Regleg12 has Gino & Joe...the doog has Hans & Franz... I have Forrest and Bubba.

These are the 1st serious attempts at 1/35 figures.  The 1st 2 I did for my Jagdtiger looked like they fell asleep in a tanning bed for a whole day. 

These are Dragon figs, which have better faces than the Tamiya figs form the kits.  The Tamiya figures have crisper detail in the uniforms.  I guess I could have swapped the heads, but didn't

I used Vallejo paints and built up the layers of shadows and highlights slowly using hermesminiatures toot as a guide. 

Looking for critiques please.  What (and how) can I do better?

 

Marc  

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