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What Mistake do you keep making, year after year with figures ?

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Posted by Boba Fett on Friday, April 1, 2011 4:08 PM

DoogsATX

 

 Boba Fett:

 

I'm not sure if I'm rushing it, doing it wrong, or just failing.

 

 

This is my new personal motto!

 

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry...

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Posted by DerOberst on Friday, April 1, 2011 2:59 PM

I love to leave the seam behind the ears.  Or partial shave the ears off while fixing said seam.

But my favorite mistake is to handle them too soon, and smudge the oil paint right off the face of the figure. 

Note the missing paint on the nose of this guy.  And yes, I re-did the eyes so they are less buggy!

 

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Posted by SteveM on Friday, April 1, 2011 12:46 PM

Buying them at a purchase -> build ratio of 50:1

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

 

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Posted by DoogsATX on Friday, April 1, 2011 12:29 PM

Boba Fett

I'm not sure if I'm rushing it, doing it wrong, or just failing.

This is my new personal motto!

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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Posted by Boba Fett on Friday, April 1, 2011 11:04 AM

I do the same thing as Smeagol. Always put WAY too much on. However, I usually have an armor project around, so I use the leftovers for filters. Usually, my construction is always clean. It's the painting... no matter what, I never blend the colors just right. I'm not sure if I'm rushing it, doing it wrong, or just failing.

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Posted by *INDY on Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:14 PM

Posting them here.

 

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:43 PM

I ALWAYS get about 50 times the amount of artist oil on my pallet then I actually need for doing 1/35th scale figures.  Every time I waste so much

 

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Posted by ww2psycho on Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:01 PM

Not even attempting to build/paint them...

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Posted by Hercmech on Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:47 PM

Not throwing them away as soon as I open the kit.


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Posted by MAJ Mike on Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:37 PM

Manstein's revenge

"What Mistake do you keep making, year after year with figures ?"

...trying to paint them...

I only recently returned to modeling.  Working on my 6th project and every figure from all 6 kits are in baggies in the parts box.  As usual, Manny strikes to the heart of the problem. Yes

 

 

 "I'd "I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct."

"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc!"

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Posted by patton45 on Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:24 PM

yeah, did not even want to go there....

probably have 50 or boxes stil sealed, with 50 or so sets built and in various baggies all thru the garage.

I was thinking of just having a primer grey vs. primer white army and leave it at that...

 

Craig

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:06 PM

"What Mistake do you keep making, year after year with figures ?"

...trying to paint them...

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What Mistake do you keep making, year after year with figures ?
Posted by patton45 on Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:58 PM

For the past 40 or so years, I always forget about the inside leg seams and the seam under the ears. Almost every time I do this.

 

Please tell me I am not the only one..

 

Craig

 

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