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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 17, 2007 10:37 AM

MrDrummy wrote:

Well, dyed, distressed leather has a bit of that smooth wool texture to it-- I think it looks perfect!!
I'll give that a try. This figure business is a bit more difficult than I imagined it would be!!!

Thanks!

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MrDrummy

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February 2007
From: Lubbock, TX

Posted by MrDrummy on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:07 PM

Well, dyed, distressed leather has a bit of that smooth wool texture to it-- I think it looks perfect!!

I'll give that a try. This figure business is a bit more difficult than I imagined it would be!!!

-Justin
On the Bench: 1:48 Dragon Dr. 1 1:48 Trumpeter MiG-15 Fagot B

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:45 PM

MrDrummy wrote:

THat looks awesome.
How'd you go about getting the main part of the coat to look like wool? (not the fur, the other part) A lot of dry brushing?
I'm in the process right now of trying to get an overcoat to look a little more like wool than it does right now!!

...thanks, actually it is supposed to be dyed-leather...I base-coated it w/ a primer and "stipled" it w/ an old brush to give it a slight texture before the greys were applied...

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MrDrummy

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February 2007
From: Lubbock, TX

Posted by MrDrummy on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:28 PM

THat looks awesome.

How'd you go about getting the main part of the coat to look like wool? (not the fur, the other part) A lot of dry brushing?

I'm in the process right now of trying to get an overcoat to look a little more like wool than it does right now!!

-Justin
On the Bench: 1:48 Dragon Dr. 1 1:48 Trumpeter MiG-15 Fagot B

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:01 AM

m1garand wrote:

What? No winter trigger guard on that K98 and the figure is wearing heavy mitten glove! Just kidding my friend. I always wanted to pick on some one who is far better than I am
Manny,
As always, great work and excellent detail on this figure. Now, where's the female figure that goes with this lonely sentry?

LOL...she is under that big, bulky coat...

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m1garand

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November 2005
From: Somewhere over the rainbow

Posted by m1garand on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:53 AM

What? No winter trigger guard on that K98 and the figure is wearing heavy mitten glove! Just kidding my friend. I always wanted to pick on some one who is far better than I am

Manny,

As always, great work and excellent detail on this figure. Now, where's the female figure that goes with this lonely sentry?

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rjkplasticmod

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February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, November 12, 2007 6:33 PM

The hands on all Verlinden figures are usually way out of proportion. I assume the sculptor has unusually large hands & uses his own mitts as a model. There's a lot of other reasons to dislike Verlinden figures, but that's always been the big turn off for me.

Regards, Rick

RICK

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, November 12, 2007 5:53 PM

Very good job. Better lighting would show off the details more. Good work in picking out the toggle buttons on the coat. Nice touch with the footprints in the snow. Verlinden posed the rifle very strangely in the figure's left hand, that's typical awkward posing in Verllinden figures and one of the reasons I moved away from them. I agree, the mittens look enormous.

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the doog

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January 2007

Posted by the doog on Monday, November 12, 2007 5:30 PM

Agree, Manny about the eyes--these eyes are much more realistic than some of your recent ones. The narrower slit is better for a war-wise soldier.

Great painting! I'm curious though--did they wear armbands on regular clothing? I thought that was something they only did on the white winter outfits?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 12, 2007 8:11 AM

SteveM wrote:

Yeah, I wuz gonna say that the eyes look great. I like this one, MR. Is this one an older one, or did you just finish it?
Steve

Thanks, it is actually one of the first Verlinden pieces I ever painted...I just now got around to putting it on a base a few weks ago...today, I would have painted the coat more of a tanned-leather color...

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SteveM

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June 2006
From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World

Posted by SteveM on Monday, November 12, 2007 5:33 AM

Yeah, I wuz gonna say that the eyes look great. I like this one, MR. Is this one an older one, or did you just finish it?

Steve

Steve M.

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IanIsBored2000

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August 2006
From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont

Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:37 PM

Looks great to me. Specifically the fur texture, groundwork, and the eyes look narrower than some of your others (a good thing, IMO). The mittens look ginormous in the first couple pictures, but I'm guessing that's the correct size? Nice job.

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