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1/16 Jaguar "Over The Top" WWI scene

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1/16 Jaguar "Over The Top" WWI scene
Posted by Irish3335 on Friday, February 4, 2011 11:58 PM

Ok, just finished my British Officer preparing to give the signal to go "over the top".  On the scene itself, I was particularly drawn to this figure, especially the message sent of sending men into a spray of lead and metal - the "Great War" was an interesting melding of the centuries old style and method of warfare and new deadly technology that brought about the trench warfare - amazing anyone survived.  The figure by Jaguar is fairly nice, but it has a TON of holes and gaps from the mold process - fortunately non of it was in critical spots like the face and corner details.  Overall the detail is good, but a lot of cleanup had to be done to fill the holes, clean up some of the details, and get good fit.  I learned a lot about what to do and what NOT to do (like wait till the figure is painted and finished to attach packs and make the straps - I dont think they look great, but the came out ok).  Modified the base with some sandbags, took off the resin wood wall and replaced it with real wood, same with the ladder.  Lot of time and effort, but I really am proud of this one, and especially proud of what it represents.  As we get closer to the 100th anniversary of WWI, I think we will start to see more models and memorials to those great men.  All comments welcome, thanks all

picure of model kit, you can see what the original base / figure look like

my version with slight modifications

view of Officer looking at his watch, thanks to the aircraft forum for the watch face suggestion!

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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, February 5, 2011 8:41 AM

Very nice painting.  Well done Yes.

Regards,  Rick

RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Saturday, February 5, 2011 11:05 AM

Great work!  Your work on face is spot on... just perfect!  The only thing I would change is to tone down the whiteness on the sleeves.  It will be very difficult to remain that clean and white in the trenches.  That's my only thought.  Again, outstanding work! Yes

Andy

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  • From: South Carolina
Posted by jetmodeler on Saturday, February 5, 2011 11:08 AM

Excellent job.Yes

 

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Posted by TD4438 on Monday, February 7, 2011 5:59 AM

Dude,that is awesome!

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Posted by Buckeye on Monday, February 7, 2011 6:03 AM

That's fantastic! Toast

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  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, February 7, 2011 7:19 PM

That is one sweet build! The colors and shading look spot on, specially the face. Toast 

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  • From: Allentown, PA
Posted by BaBill212 on Monday, February 7, 2011 7:27 PM

Nicely done,,,    very nice job

The only suggestion I would offer is to add a little pastel or dirt to the footwear and lower portion of the pants...  dirty him up a hint.

All in all       a great job

Thanks for sharing

Enjoy the ride!

 

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Posted by Irish3335 on Monday, February 7, 2011 11:01 PM

Hi all, thanks for the kind words.  Definately going to take your advice BaBill and dirty him up a bit more, need to draw the groundwork up his legs a bit.  Sleeves are too white, have to do the same there.  If anyone knows Joe Flemming in Morgan Hill (had some fantastic stuff at Nationals) he is the one who showed me all the tricks and techniques - thanks Joe!

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