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H E L P ???????...with figure face painting ?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:08 AM
thanks for the web sites cplchilly, milt1......they'll be more than helpful while i experiment........practice..........& blunder........lol
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Posted by cplchilly on Monday, July 12, 2004 5:32 PM
Heres another one that might help
http://www.track-link.net/
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Posted by ghamilt1 on Monday, July 12, 2004 4:26 PM
If I may, I want to echo the suggestion on getting hold of Bill Horan's book. It's an absolute "must have" if you're interested in painting figures.

Personally, I'm an oil painter. The slower drying time of artist oil paint allows for some really satisfying blending techniques. Horan describes these in his book, and I've been really happy with the results of my figures since I've tried his techniques.

If you try the "British Model Soldier Society" website, they have some good articles on basic face painting techniques as well.

http://www.btinternet.com/~model.soldiers/

Hope this helps and good luck!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:22 AM
thanks Mike.......
i have Shep Paine's book and will search the others out......
and will definitely check out the Vallejo website......

i'm in the experimenting......practice & failing stage as we speak.........and am determined to produce acceptable results..........lol

thanks againWink [;)]
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  • From: Sunny Florida
Posted by renarts on Friday, July 9, 2004 6:19 PM
Rik,

Bill Horan's book, Military Modeling Masterclass has some great info if you're book shopping.
How To Make Model Soldiers by Philip O. Stearns great old school book.
Making Model Soldiers of the World by Jack Cassin Scott is another good book.
Shep Paine's book on dioramas has some great information on figure painting.

The magazines Historical Miniature and Figure International also routinely produce very helpful articles.

The vallejo acrylics website has some very helpful info on using their paints, but will work for most acrylics.

Then theres that most important technique.....experiment, practice, fail and try again. The more you do and try the better you will become.

Good luck and lets see some results.

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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H E L P ???????...with figure face painting ?
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 9, 2004 10:01 AM
i've done a handful 1/48 figures for aircraft dios and one 1/35 USAAF pillot that i was extremely lucky on.........
now i'm intentionally focusing on learning some techniques for face painting with acrylics.......in 1/35th and larger...........
i've a "How to........" book........."Realistic Military Figures" by Lynn Kessler & Don Winar.......which seems to be pretty good............
any other suggestions ?
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