101st Airborne Trooper, Pics

Hi Matt.

First off, I also checked on some re-enactor and militaria sights, and there are several examples of D-Day U.S. Paratrooper uniforms in a light green colour. My example appears to be wearing a uniform which was particular to the 101st Airborne, so perhaps your colours are perfectly correct. In fact, I would bet on it. Having said that, here is how I went about getting the shades you see in the posts here.

I used Humbrol enamels, for most of the basic colours. To get just the right shade, I sometimes add a little artist's oils to these. For example, I used the Humbrol tan #95, with a little Burnt Sienna and Light Yellow Ochre to get the right shade. This mixture was thinned out and applies in a thin coat. You have to leave it set over night to make sure the first coat is really dry, and then I used the artist's oils alone to do the shading. Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber with a touch of Lamp Black were used for shadows, and the Yellow Light Ochre and Titanium White for the high lights. This is just for the basic uniform colour, but the other bits were painted in the same way. It turns out a little shiny, so you'll need a good dull coat to take the sheen off.

There are alot of good sources for actual painting techniques. Bill Horan's book "Figure Painting Masterclass" is one of the best and would be well worth the price if you can get ahold of it. The best thing to do is experiment and see what works for you. Let me know if there is any thing else I can help you with, and thanks again for your feedback. I look forward to seeing some of those pictures

thx ghamilt1!
I used http://www.usarmymodel.com/index.html for my figs. I used SAC bomber tan for the basic color. At first I sprayed it since it came in a can, but that left a weird spackledy look, so I then sprayed into a film canister and brushed painted the figs. I dont know what SAC bomber tan is supposed to look like, but my guys' uniforms seem to be a lite green. If u hav any info on this please fill me in. I might try to post soe pics up soon if I can get my digit camera running. thx.

-matt

nice job, wish i could do the same

Hi gringe88;

Sorry for taking a while to post a reply, but I was on a short holiday. I happened to have an old copy of a modeling magazine kicking around, and they had a feature on the old Dragon 1/16 "screamin' eagle" airborne trooper. This particular article featured many colour photographs of original and reproduction uniforms and equipment, and so I used this as my primary source. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to mention the specific magazine here, on a site sponsored by ther fine people at Fine Scale Modeler. So, at the risk of committing a major faux pas, the article can be found in Military Modeling, Vol. 26, No. 8, August, 1996

awesome fig ghamilt1!! I have built some airborne guys myself. they're Nemrod's 1/35 WWII 82nd Airborne bazooka team in Normandy. I've got them on a simple base too. My paint job's a bit differnet from yours though. May I ask where U got your research info for the overall color of your figure's uniform? I thought I used a brown on mine, but now it appears almost as a lite green. could u fill me in?? thx. again great looking fig!!! like the brick wall too.

-gringe88

I've stuggled with photography for a while now, there just isn't enough time for two hobbies. I took these pictures outside to take advantage of the natural light, as my previous attempts were all rather dark. Thanks for the feedback.

From what I can see, this looks great. The harsh sunlight and the heavy shadows tends to mask what is your painting work and what is being highlighted by the sunlight, e.g., in the first picture, I thought his boots needed some more highlights, but in the second, this doesn't seem to be the case. This light also only allows a hint of the facial features.

Great looking paint job. Paratroopers are a particular favorite subject for me. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you one and all. It is indeed the one in Dan's post.

If it's the one in Dans pst, then awesome job. If not then you have some rather nice lokoing x's up top there.

Very nice painting . Thanks for sharing.

Ghamilt1......Beautiful paint job...


Regards, Dan

glenn that looks awesome. others will give you the finer points which i cant but to me it looks awesome.

joe

Alright. It would seem as though the good people at photobucket are having some technical problems of their own, as I am unable to register with them, sooo.... here is a link where you can view the pictures. Again, I hope this doesn't put all of you off seeing the figure, as it is a really great kit to build and to paint. But you can judge that for yourself if you want to go through the trouble.

http://members.shaw.ca/twigmore/p34at.htm

This is a link to another forum gallery, so I hope it works. When I try it it works, but then again, I had no trouble with the first set of pictures either.

Thanks for your patience.

Yes, I got the pop up as well. I was using the "msn" user thing (I am by no means technically savy) to publish my pictures to the internet. I'm trying to register and open an account with "photobucket" and hopefully I can get some pictures everyone can see soon. Sorry about the confusion.

No pics, but I do get a pop-up inviting me to join msnusers. Much as I would like to see youre work, I don't like responding to pop-ups.