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                        W.I.P. Celt Warrior III-II Century BC

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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, August 17, 2007 11:09 AM

                        Beautiful work Eddie.  Outstanding Figure.

                        Regards,  Rick

                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Friday, August 17, 2007 7:48 AM

                        Cheers, 'J'.

                        Well, after a light coatin' of Vallejo Coarse Pumice I applied a basecoat of Vallejo Chocolate Brown. Its jus' a matter of waitin' a few days for some diorama materials to come through the post.

                        Ohhh man, jus' sittin' an' waitin', why I can never order in advance, I don't know...! Dead [xx(]

                         

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        jthurston
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                          October 2004
                        • From: Katy, TX
                        Posted by jthurston on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:21 PM
                        Holy smokes, that's cool - It will be a looong time before I can do anything like that!!!!! This is a beautiful build, FingersEddie!!!!!
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:44 AM

                        I got the Milliput putty laid down on the base, now. I then textured it with an old toothbrush, and then layed in a few stones. The log (twig) I found in my garden and I am surprised at how much it resembles an in scale lookin' broken trunk of tree.
                        This I will enhance the look of with some paint, maybe jus' the bark.

                        Next up is the texturin' with Vallejo's stone effect paint. 

                         

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        FingersEddie
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                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Sunday, August 5, 2007 7:48 AM
                        I've completed the shield usin' quite a regular and safe design for this period. The design was lightly drawn in with a pencil first givin' me a rough guide. The base colour was Vallejo's Dark Red, and a nice colour it is too.

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        FingersEddie
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                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Friday, July 27, 2007 12:24 PM

                         southern dragon wrote:
                        you do spray the basecoat, correct?

                        Yeah, only the black primer.

                        Thanks, guys.

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        Carves
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                          April 2014
                        Posted by Carves on Friday, July 27, 2007 10:36 AM

                        Stunning Eddie, really !!!!

                        It looks so alive that I can smell his sweat.

                        Nice work man.

                        ---
                        Ben

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                        southern dragon
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                        Posted by southern dragon on Friday, July 27, 2007 10:22 AM
                        you do spray the basecoat, correct?
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                        FingersEddie
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                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Friday, July 27, 2007 5:25 AM

                        Kcmat, I basecoat with Vallejo acrylics, and then shade and highlight with Winsor & Newton oil paint.

                        Paul.

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        kcmat
                        • Member since
                          March 2007
                        • From: Kansas city
                        Posted by kcmat on Friday, July 27, 2007 2:18 AM

                         FingersEddie wrote:
                        All my work is done with a brush and oil paint.

                        Do you stick with a specific brand or vary it up some? 

                        http://www.myspace.com/madmat77
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Friday, July 27, 2007 1:19 AM
                        Cheers, man. All my work is done with a brush and oil paint.
                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        southern dragon
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                        Posted by southern dragon on Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:51 PM
                        is this with brush or air gun? either way, HOLY F'N COW!!!
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Thursday, July 26, 2007 1:34 PM

                        Thanks, Berserker. The plaid is all handpainted.

                        I've got the shield in place and ready for paint. The back of it was pre-painted before installin'.

                         

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        berserker
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                          June 2007
                        • From: houston texas
                        Posted by berserker on Thursday, July 26, 2007 12:19 PM

                        thats awesome!!!!

                        did you paint that plaid kelt?

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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:55 AM

                        Thanks, guys.

                         

                        KC, the other pattern I had goin' on jus' looked a little too anachronistic, and more like tartan or a 'tablecloth' than proper plaid for this period. The striped pattern i've used looks more homespun to me, and works better.
                        Paintin' tartan lookin' patterns on ancient british figures is a common error, it is very easy to end up with somethin' like this. Personally, I feel there must be a distinction made between the 'tartan' look, and a more crude lookin' plaid. My references show this. My 2 cents [2c]

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        kcmat
                        • Member since
                          March 2007
                        • From: Kansas city
                        Posted by kcmat on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:09 PM
                        Man it's lookin great! One question. I'm just curious what made you decide on the stripes over the plad (spelling?)? The pattern looked fantastic in the pictures and gave alot of charactor. I like the new way you have it too. Just curious what goes thru the mind of artist I guess!
                        http://www.myspace.com/madmat77
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                        IanIsBored2000
                        • Member since
                          August 2006
                        • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
                        Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:26 PM
                        Looks fantastic.  I think the shield designs would add a lot too.  I was trying to pick one to give you some input, but I just don't think you can go wrong with any of them.
                        "Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:48 AM

                        Excellent work as usual.  Should be a real stunner.

                        Regards,  Rick

                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 6:58 AM

                        Thanks for your interest, guys.

                        I now have the flesh done. Its jus' the spear and the shield left, obviously. For the shield i'll use a decal manufacturers sheet as reference, below.

                         

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, July 23, 2007 11:02 AM

                        Don't set this one aside Eddie.  It's almost done & is a beautiful figure.

                        Regards,  Rick

                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:06 PM
                         FingersEddie wrote:

                        Sorry, Eric. I forgot to mention the size. All my figures are 54mm, but that is jus' a categorical size, most of Pegaso's figures come in at around 60mm to 65mm.

                        Regards, Paul.

                        ...thanks, you are a stunning figure painter---great work, man...

                        ...and as we all know most figs are oversized for their stated scale...most 35th scale really measure out closer to 32nd...etc...

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                        kcmat
                        • Member since
                          March 2007
                        • From: Kansas city
                        Posted by kcmat on Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:51 PM
                        Man Fingers you are magic! I somewhat dread painting the figures to go with my armor builds. But, I always look excitedly thru this section for your updates. Inspires me to try one. Think I'll wait till I have a couple hun'erd more 1/35 fig.s under my belt though. Keep it up man!
                        http://www.myspace.com/madmat77
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Sunday, July 22, 2007 6:44 AM

                        Here is some more progress with this. I have actually lost interest with this figure on a couple of occasions, I think i'm sufferin' some burnout! Havin' said that though, i'm itchin' to get the flesh painted in on this.
                        I hope you guys like it.

                         

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Sunday, July 22, 2007 6:00 AM

                        Sorry, Eric. I forgot to mention the size. All my figures are 54mm, but that is jus' a categorical size, most of Pegaso's figures come in at around 60mm to 65mm.

                        Regards, Paul.

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 21, 2007 7:11 PM
                        ...looks like 90mm to me...he won't answer for some reason...Confused [%-)]
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                        IanIsBored2000
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                          August 2006
                        • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
                        Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:49 PM
                        I think all of these metal figs Fingers has done recently are 54mm.  Not positive though.
                        "Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 21, 2007 4:00 PM
                        ...what scale is this fig?
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                        FingersEddie
                        • Member since
                          April 2006
                        • From: Essex, UK
                        Posted by FingersEddie on Saturday, July 21, 2007 2:20 PM

                        All the paints i've used are mentioned in each post. I use Vallejo acrylics for the basecoat, and oil paint for shadin' and highlightin'.

                        Cheers, guys.

                        "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 21, 2007 9:40 AM

                        ...very nice work!!!

                        two questions:

                        what brand of paints?

                        what scale is this fig?

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