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German Infantryman Winter Camou - finished pics!

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German Infantryman Winter Camou - finished pics!
Posted by jgeratic on Sunday, May 14, 2006 4:51 PM
As mentioned in my previous progress post, this is a Tamiya 1 /16 figure with one of those ceramic Verlinden bases which also included a resin jerrycan.  Mainly used Tamyia and Andrea acrylics and some Prisma pencil crayons for finer details. 
Scratch built helmet rivets and vent holes with Squadron putty, adding a drop of white glue to give more time to work the shapes.  Recognition armband and weapon strap made from lead foil.  Snow is from Woodland Scenics and was sprinkled on after spraying surfaces with hairspray.
The left hand had to be cut at the knuckles and then reattached to give a better grip look on the barrel.

Jack










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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 14, 2006 11:33 PM
Spectacular! Truly. I can only get results at that level with oils. Just can't hack acrylics. My hat's off, sir. Beautiful work.
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Posted by Avus on Monday, May 15, 2006 4:57 AM

Bow [bow]Bow [bow]OUTSTANDING!Bow [bow]Bow [bow]
I wish half my figures looked as good ... or was it my figures look half as goodWink [;)]

Not only your white is excellent but the face ... looks really real!

Klaus

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Posted by Yann Solo on Monday, May 15, 2006 8:16 AM
Wow! Looks fabulous.  The face is specially realistic.  Very good job!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 15, 2006 6:27 PM
Amazing work! The best part about the flesh tones on the face are that they appear "flushed"....just like someone would if they were out in the cold! I haven't seen this done before, and you really accomplished it spectacularly!
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Posted by m1garand on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:13 AM
I can't get the right color for the skin even if my life depends on it.  Nicely done!
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Posted by Panzerjaeger on Saturday, May 20, 2006 2:43 PM
Wow! Great finish. Looks fantastic. You can paint figure sir!
Work, work, work! You gotta put models on the table somehow!
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Posted by mostlyclassics on Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:31 PM

Superb. Simply superb!

Thanks for the photos.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 21, 2006 3:25 AM
Makes me cold, tired, and hungry jsut looking at it! Great job
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Posted by MontanaCowboy on Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:32 PM

OUTSTANDING in every way.

but....

is that his thumb on the trigger of the -44?

"You know, Life is like a Rollercoaster. Sometimes you just die unexpectedly." No wait, that's not it.
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Posted by jgeratic on Monday, May 22, 2006 10:47 AM
hi everyone, thanks for all the great comments! 

plymonkey - different mediums require different techniques.  Acrylics dry fairly fast so instead of blending one has to rely on washes and drybrush.

m1garand - not sure how you approach skin colour, but to start I suggest never use black to darken the tones.  This just makes it look muddy.

MontanaCowboy - Must be the camera angle.  If you look at his other hand you will notice he is wearing 3-finger type gloves, so I assure you he has the correct finger on the trigger.  Smile [:)]

Jack


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Posted by waikong on Monday, May 22, 2006 12:27 PM
Just fantastic, the skin as everyone says is just great. Hats off to your painting skills.
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Posted by richgb on Monday, May 22, 2006 1:56 PM

What more can I say but that it looks real. Superb. Thanks for posting the pics.

Rich

...this is it folks...over the top!
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Posted by spector822002 on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:41 PM
Nice work on this one ,... I like the mud effect on the lowers .   Skin tone is great too .
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  • From: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Posted by Yann Solo on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:59 PM

This is simply incredible!  The only thing I have to say is that the snow flakes are not reallistics.  Is it me or there is no decent product to replicate snow.  I never saw a good reproduction of snow.

And I will have to build a winter diorama for my Flak 36,  I wonder how I will do this.

Anyway, you did an amazing job on that figure, I whish I could do such work.

 

No matter where you go ....... there you are.
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Posted by biffa on Saturday, June 3, 2006 4:48 PM
beautiful job all round on this figure the face is spot on, very nice work well done. 
Ron g.
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