1/16th ww2 machine gunner

Well that's very well done my friend. A natural talent you have there. Hope to see more photos of your models in future!

The mud/dust/dirt on the greatcoat was done by mixing a tiny bit of talcum powder with a Humbrol enamel... unfortunately I did this about 6 months ago and at that time wasn't keeping a log on my various builds, so I can't remeber the exact colour, although Natural Wood or Light Earth seems to ring a bell... I then stippled it on the areas, and built up the layers where necessary... this also gives a feathered look on the outer areas of the muddied item...

The groundwork was built up using Polyfiller and various grades of railway stones. Once the mixture was dry I base coated the area with Humbrol Light Earth. Thereafter I used several washes of oil Burnt Umber and Humbrol Matt Black and Humbrol Clear Poly in varying degrees until it dried with the effect I was looking for. The Clear Poly was put in so that here and there it would dry with a quasi wet look... The ground work was largely hit-and-miss... pure luck as it was the first time I'd tried groundwork...

Thanks for the welcome... I guess I should post an intro some time...

yea the mud on the coat and the mud on the groundwork. Anyway, welcome to the forum!

Both are very well done figures. Thanks for posting.

Regards, Rick

Hi umustb

Thanks for the jind compliment. Do you refer to the mud on the greatcoat or the groundwork?

Very nice. Tarok, how did you make that mud?

Nicely done. IMHO the figure could have been weathered a bit more, especially the boots and other leather work.

Here are some pics of mine. I did this for a campaign on another site. This was my 1st ever 1/16th figure...













Cheers

Tarok

Awesome.

Looks really good, man! Very realistic!

I agree about the flash bleaching problem... I have a piece of frosted clear plastic that I hold in front of the flash, which disperses the light well enough that you don't get those semi glossy reflections.


Thanks for showing it,
Take care,
Frank

Looks good man, but you have the same problem with the camera that I have, impossible to get an accurate shot with the flash on because everything appears glossy when it really isn't - particularly if you have used oils for the face.

I really like these Tamiya figures. Great work - keep posting

sorry i forgot about cap locks

THE 1/16 SCALE DRAGON WEHRMACHT CAV AND FLORIAN GEYER KITS 1619 AND 1615 ARE COOL TRY THOSE IF U HAVE,NT ALREADY

ok thanks ajlafleche. i'll try to make the eyes smaller and remove the gloss on the greatcoat...

As with Rommel, this appears quie glossy. Remember, a great coat is wool and that has no sheen. The eyes seem to be a bit too big. Try adding a dark flesh along the top and bottom to reduce the size yet get more definition.