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Tamiya 1/35 Sturmartillerie Figure *WIP*

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  • Member since
    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:11 PM

SST, forget about trying to drybrush Tamiya acrylics; they just won't go there! You're better off to try just about any other paint.

Have you tried regular craft store acrylics? They come in a bewildering variety of colors, and with a little bit of practice, you can mix up just about any shade. You don't need to mix enamels into this...you'll regret it if and when you want to apply washes.

Your figure looks on-target for the base coat. I wouldnot however, go solely with the "wash" method. Don't get me wrong, its a valid technique, but the amount of folds in this figure's clothing begs for individual shading with a darkened shade of the field gray. Just add a touch of black--or you can even try panzer gray--to a small dollop of field gray, and with a tiny brush underline all the folds and anywhere where a shadow would fall. You can THEN try a very thin wash of raw umber, and follow that with DB'ing.

Or, for a different look--more dusty and faded--try a somewhat thicker wash of raw umber+white+a pinprick of yellow oils (yelllow oil is VERY dense!) to get a nice dusty tan shade. Wash that over the figure and then take a paper towel--NOT TISSUE!-LEAVES "HAIRS"!!!--and squeeze it around the figure to get most of it off the high parts, leaving it in the folds. Dont worry about it "destroying" the shading you'd already done; it will provide depth to these.

Good luck! EXPERIMENT!!!Propeller [8-]

  • Member since
    May 2007
  • From: The Socialist Republik of California
Posted by Sic Semper Tyrannis! on Saturday, August 25, 2007 2:46 PM

Thank you Ian.

I have yet to highlight the uniform and add shadows. Really trying to take my time with this one and actually LEARN something. I find myself getting in a hurry for no reason and that usually leads to disaster.

The uniform was brush painted with Tamiyas XF-65 (Field Gray). While experimenting with my highlighting, I added a touch of XF-49 (Khaki) to the base color. It looked OK but I could'nt get it to drybrush to save my life! The paint wouldn't leave the brush! When mixed just a hair thinner it would smear. I'd rather use an enamel for this purpose but I have anxieties about trying to match the acrylic field gray to a Humbrol or Model Master enamel. Help?

SST

On the losing end of a wishbone, and I won't pretend not to mind. ----------------------------------------------------------- 1/35 Dragon SdKfz 251/1 sMG Various 1/35 Figures 1/35 Dragon Stug III Ausf B. (Balkans)
  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Saturday, August 25, 2007 2:31 PM
A wash and/or drybrushing on the folds of his clothing would make an INCREDIBLE difference, breaking up that monotonous (Notice how that word describes itself.....hmmmm something wrong with me to notice stuff like that....Sign - Off Topic!! [#offtopic]  other than that, I'm still learning with figures so I can't help much.  Definately a flat coat when done as well.  Good skin tone, too/
"Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
  • Member since
    May 2007
  • From: The Socialist Republik of California
Tamiya 1/35 Sturmartillerie Figure *WIP*
Posted by Sic Semper Tyrannis! on Saturday, August 25, 2007 2:14 PM

I have been working on this guy for about a week now. Its the fig you get with Tamiyas Sturmtiger. I really needed some practice on my figure work and I was dying to try some oils for the first time. Please let me know how I can improve. Thank you.

SST

On the losing end of a wishbone, and I won't pretend not to mind. ----------------------------------------------------------- 1/35 Dragon SdKfz 251/1 sMG Various 1/35 Figures 1/35 Dragon Stug III Ausf B. (Balkans)
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