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  • From: South Australia
Posted by South Aussie on Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:21 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by neudog

I have never used Vallejo before, do they dry as fast as Tamiya acrylics?


neudog; If any thing they dry a little faster than Tamiya, the real advantage with them is that once they dry you can apply other coat over the surface straight away without lifting the previous coat like Tamiya does if it is not fully cured.

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 9:10 PM
Shep Paine's figure painting book covers just about every aspect of figure modeling, from paing to scratching.

Published by Kalmbach. They publish a modeling mag also, but I don't remember which. Wink [;)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 7:54 PM
I have never used Vallejo before, do they dry as fast as Tamiya acrylics?
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  • From: South Australia
Posted by South Aussie on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 5:39 PM
Jim, I have built a couple of these fiqures and found them to be good, they are, as neudog said, a good point of entry into fiqure modelling. This due to their lower cost and ease of build compared to resin fiqures.

Tamyia acrylics can be very hard to handbrush on to fiqures and usually requires a lot of practice to develop the require techniques, I mainly used Humbrol enamels and oils in the past but now use Vallejo acrylics.

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 9:40 AM
They and the Dragon figures are very good. Verlinden's are much better but tres cher!!

Dan
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 6, 2005 10:38 AM
Don't have the book, but found via a search on this forum.
http://www.hometown-hobbies.com/inc/pdetail?v=1&pid=7245
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  • From: Ontario, Canada
Posted by Copterguy on Sunday, February 6, 2005 7:32 AM
Many thanks for the info. I think I will pick up a couple to try. The German infantryman, machinegunner, and the modern U.S. soldier look quite interesting. Do you know of any good books that serve as a beginner's guide to figure painting with acrylics? Thanks again.

Jim Smile [:)]
Current Projects: Tamiya M1A2 Tamiya LRDG Chevrolet CWT 30
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2005 11:09 PM
I would think i they would be a good intro to figure painting, i would like to do one at some point. And with the increasing range of 1/16 armour the dio possiblities are exciting.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2005 8:03 PM
For the price these are very good figures. I haven't built them all, but some of the faces (specifically the panzer officer and luftwaffe pilot) are kind of too rounded feature wise for my liking. Acrylic paints (of any brand I believe) can be used with great results, although many prefer the slow drying time of oils so they can blend colours more easily while some will just use oils for flesh tone areas.



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Jack
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  • From: Ontario, Canada
Tamiya 1/16 figures
Posted by Copterguy on Saturday, February 5, 2005 7:37 PM
Anyone ever build and paint these? I'm very new to doing figures but the 120 mm size of these really appeals to me as do a few of their subjects. Does Tamiya do a good job with these? What paints would be good to use - the Tamiya recommended paints (of which i already have tons) or another brand? Are ther particular brands of acrylics that are especially good for figures? Many thanks for any info that you have.

Jim
Current Projects: Tamiya M1A2 Tamiya LRDG Chevrolet CWT 30
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