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~ ! Clash in Tunisia ! ~ { Final Photos on page 37 }

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Posted by Macktheknife on Saturday, May 1, 2010 2:40 AM

I believe that the black shells are PzGr39 APCBC and the green is SprGr 38, so yes. AP and HE :)

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Posted by *INDY on Saturday, May 1, 2010 1:32 AM

~Chris~ Thank you greatly for that post--I'm really happy you are liking this project like that---Please stick around...it's all about to come together.

~And hey man..I'll look forward to seeing a cool WIP from you--that's awsome that you're inspired!

 

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Posted by cml on Thursday, April 29, 2010 11:56 PM

Howdy Indy,

Just wanted to let you know i've been watching this post for ages and think your work and WIP updates are terrific.  I notice you started back in October last year - i can't believe how fast you build!!!

I'm an exceptionally slow builder, normally taking 3-4 months to finish one model (and with nowhere near your amount of detail or quality as yours), so i'm just blown away by this diorama!

Thanks for taking the time to share with us, i've really picked up a lot of great tips.  Hopefully I'll be hosting one of these WIPS one day Wink

Chris

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Posted by *INDY on Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:16 AM

rtfoe

Wow! Figures are dressing up well. This is the best time as the minute detailing will really set the figures apart from the ordinary to perfection.

I like the way you're varying the equipment distribution amongst the figures...gives them individuality. Being battle hardened and on the field for quite a while, a typical Tommy will pack all his worldly possessions in his back pack.

Cheers,

Richard

~~Thanks for the appreciation Richard. Yeah, this is one of the most fun parts but in a way the most difficult, getting all the little accoutrements to hangaturally in an authentic way.   I'm of the camp of trying to add every extra detail that I can justify, but not one single bit more---like never trying to include everthing that comes in a Verlinden set...or it can get too contrived looking---which is a tricky balance because of course every Diorama is a contrivance.  On the other hand, I think omited details can work fine  sometimes too---Like I'm sure what you say is true, that every veteran fighter has all his belongings in that little packpack--but  I'd say in the event of an attack might leave that pack at camp, or a closer rally point, if it doesn't contain what's needed for that mission--and not every trooper would, after a while in the field, have every item of gear he started out issued.

The man on right has no entrenching tool--one man had bayo mounted, another--not, hard to tell if they all have packs on.

 

These Gents didn't feel the need to pack in much gear  at all  for this   job. What'a you think?

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Posted by rtfoe on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:22 PM

*INDY
~I have missed a day posting...but have been at work here and there,attaching some of the British troops' equipment, touching up and completing the leg-gear.
 

Indy,

You can't be posting all the time...gotta make time for the build, you know what I mean.Stick out tongue

Wow! Figures are dressing up well. This is the best time as the minute detailing will really set the figures apart from the ordinary to perfection.

I like the way you're varying the equipment distribution amongst the figures...gives them individuality. Being battle hardened and on the field for quite a while, a typical Tommy will pack all his worldly possessions in his back pack.

Time for me to work on my build as well. Big Smile

Cheers,

Richard

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Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:53 PM
~I have missed a day posting...but have been at work here and there,attaching some of the British troops' equipment, touching up and completing the leg-gear.
 

Here's the lot of them, before weathering thier Ammo Boots
 
 

And here I've used the pigment powder mix from the Dio base to make a wash, and carefully aplied it to the footwear, as I'd imagine they'd be pretty dusty, and the black just about invisable
 
 

Of course  at this section of the figure work, it's essential, particularly in the usual case of using figures sourced from different manufacturers, to ensure the equipment is consistent throughout. Not quite everything is attached to the figures yet above, but I wanted to show how I spread-out the equipment load among the team, and make sure to vary the load-out from one man to the next somewhat, to avoid the 'toy-soldier' look of matching packs.
 

Alot of equipment items can be easily placed, others will not look right without some grinding-away of the underside of the item, or the attachment point on the figure. You can usually use your fingtips to handle the parts, but I find if I loosely hold many items in tweezers, it's far easier to see the placement as you set it--without your 1:1 scale hand in the way.
 

These packs we're often stuffed-full, and fit high & tight. I placed the bayonet to be hanging according to gravity, but portrayed it swinging on the other, running, Enfield man.
 

I'm really happy with the results I've gotten using these Dragon figures Ken sent me,
(thanks again Ken!)  though it was a good deal of work getting them into shape, and some details are just inferior, like the boots, which I think are better covered in dust.
 

I noticed when modelling Commonweath troops before, that the large ammo pouches need to hang away slightly, as above, when the soldier is in certain positions.
 

I'm still working on getting the right look to the canteens, but there wasn't much point before placement because they we're very difficult to complete while stuck to the sticks. At this point I use a palette that's just a little of this and that...kind of a muddle really to fill in the blanks and solve and errors found when assembling everything. There's always touch-ups to do when attaching the painted gear items, but getting most of the painting done off the figures goes a long way towards completion when painting this many mini-men.
 
 

One of the things I'm personally most proud of of on this entire big build, this Tommie's  scratchmade Hobnails fitted to the soles of his Ammo Boots.
 
 
~~Thanks you guys, for sticking with me to the end...............................
 

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Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:49 PM

~Richard~ Thanks so much for that. I think the rocks work great-I've never tried anything like that before, and rocks(real ones) have never been one of my interests--you gotta draw the line somewhere!  Wink

I've seen those overhead progress shots before in professional articles, a sort of time-lapse-photography....I had just made sure to shoot essentially the same shot all along and hey. it works.

The B&W does look prett cool, huh? I can't wait to see if it works on the completed scene---around 2 weeks away now I think!!!

The figures and other large elements will be pinned-in with the same musicwire rods that are fitting them to the working blocks.---you can see some small pins poking out of the surface of the base, saving the placements until everything is ready..

Thanks for following..it's great fun having you here.

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Posted by rtfoe on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:31 AM

Niiiccee!

The liquid mask on the rocks was a neat idea. Cool!...the row of top shot progress felt like I was a CIA operative viewing satelite images on a monitor.Big Smile

Also like the comparison shots in B/W. What will you be using to secure the figures onto the base?

Cheers,

Richard

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:53 AM

rtfoe

Awesome build and post Indy,

I really am going to take time to go through the whole post, probably jump from one page to another to view the progress and what it was before it became these masterpieces.

A lot of people don't understand the length of time taken to complete a diorama with this many figures. In the last 6 months you've achieved a lot and although nearing completion, please do take your time with the base. These figures, Opel Blitz, Pak 40 and Kubel wagon deserve it.

Looking forward to more progress.

Cheers,

Richard

~Richard~ I thank you whole-heartedly for that post (And your use of the word "masterpieces")   ....and taking the time to look through the blog--I know it's gotten very long and unweildy--by time I'm done,  I'll arrange a contents page with hotlinks to help people move around the thread in case they are researching a specific kit or such.

It's really taken about the right amount of time for what it is I guess---would have went a whole lot faster if I wasn't working for a living  Stick out tongue most of us can relate to that I think. I have prepared a good base for this build, I think. The base construction is likely my favorite part of the entire process.....I may start the next build with that part !

Base started on page 20

Base completed on page 24

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 Indy

 

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Posted by rtfoe on Monday, April 26, 2010 8:57 AM

Awesome build and post Indy,

I really am going to take time to go through the whole post, probably jump from one page to another to view the progress and what it was before it became these masterpieces.

A lot of people don't understand the length of time taken to complete a diorama with this many figures. In the last 6 months you've achieved a lot and although nearing completion, please do take your time with the base. These figures, Opel Blitz, Pak 40 and Kubel wagon deserve it.

Looking forward to more progress.

Cheers,

Richard

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, April 26, 2010 7:52 AM
~While I reserve the right to re-touch the Axis forces.....I'm setting them aside as essentially finished and returning to work on the attacking British unit.
 


Because it's difficult to shade those light-colored uniforms, and I need to make the most of the subtle folds I went to a Floquil wash thinned with white spirits, as these flow profusely within a confined, controled area, just right to fill the shallow folds, but far quicker drying than oils. Colors varried to suit the base shades, but lean towards dirty greys.
 


I've tried to make sure everything has a consistaint quality but the shading has to be subtle on these uniforms. Note how I have yet to complete socks, putties & boots on any of these figures, but the time is close

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 ~Some of the features of the Dragon figures come out quite well with several careful layers applied.       I'm looking at the torso here, by the way  Sad  You?  Surprise

 


I also tried to get the uniforms to look completed without looking too 'painted', if you know what I mean. This was by way of thin blended layers, going around and around, over & over.
 


~~While some of the Dragon details are kind of obscure, I've worked to 'draw-in' the pockets & seams of this Tommies shirt. (Above) Maybe it would be a good idea to spend more time carving out thse features at the start.
 
 


I also tried to get the uniforms to look completed without looking too 'painted', if you know what I mean. This was by way of thin blended layers, going around and around, over & over.
 


I hit a few details too, like missing wood parts, but have more to do along those lines.
 


Pretty soon I'll get the equipment attached and then I can finalize the belts and harness--that way they have a better chance of looking like they belong together.
 
 
There's the whole lot of them as they stand--they are as anxious as the rest of us to be down off of blocks and on the road.
 
~~Please keep tuning in-----we're closer still! ,...........................

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Posted by *INDY on Saturday, April 24, 2010 1:07 PM

~Doog~ Thanks again---& will do!

~~Well maybe it was too much contrast on those trousers after all.   
 I did a bit more  work there there..
 
 

I also weathered the emblem slightly that I'd afixed to his helmet with a touch of the sand-colored pigment mix for the Dio---I used this on  his boots & the boots of some of the others too (not pictured) That Emblem is from  Eduard by the way and is colored P.E.
 

 

Having these tiny detail items stuck-down not only makes painting a breeze, but  attachment and painting of small straps like this FAR easier too--that is some small fiddlely stuff!  I added the chipped-up sand-colored paint to the grenades with a very pointy brush( I've noticed these stick grenades we're painted with whatever available paint usually was used for helmets and such and rarely stayed coverd very well before use--although I think I like to portray them simply as 'steel' most of the time)


~A tiny strap was added for the Commander's binoculars too. This and the other binoc strap we're made from the foil of a Yoplat lid--An ideal choice for this work
 ( no my figures don't look particularly good veiwed from below as little attention is paid to veiwpoints that in the end will be unavailable)
 

~The 'sand' pigment mix was applied wet to the shovels to finish them off.
 
~~More up as I can~~ I do have company here right now  ---and my internet has been going screwy  recently  too ,  but I'll let nothing stop me from getting this project buttoned-up right soon!
Next up;     Back to the British--to get their painting complete~
thanks for hanging with..................

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Posted by the doog on Friday, April 23, 2010 9:56 AM

*INDY

Karl~ Thanks & thanks for trying to help--that may be a good way to create a 5'O clock shadow-if that's what I was after on the loader....but like I had  said on page 26 of this long blog  I wasn't going for stubble

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""I  gave the loader an even heavier beard(salt 'n' peppa) with a liquid putty undercoat""
I actually wanted him sporting a fuzzy beard, not just stuble, to emphasize  how unrested and overworked he is.......    and actually textured his face with Tamiya Liquid Surface Putty---terrific stuff for adding or removing slight textures-have you tried it yet?
~~if I wanted to portray a "5O'clock shadow" I would likely choose to use the accepted figure painters convention of mixing some Paynes grey into the base flesh color and thinly applying to the beard-pattern area like I did here.
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I'm sure you remember Mr. Ron Pearlman ?  Zip it!

~Edmund~  Thanks for poppin in & good to see ya my friend !

INDY--ahhh, I see---well, you've caught me doing it again--not carefully reading the whole thread before commenting. My apologies--in that case, you've done a fine job of it. Carry on!

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, April 23, 2010 2:35 AM

Bob~ That's it--just a shadow of grey stuble   YesCool

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Posted by M1Carbine on Friday, April 23, 2010 1:48 AM

Adam - is Mr. Pearlman getting a beard????

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, April 23, 2010 1:19 AM

Karl~ Thanks & thanks for trying to help--that may be a good way to create a 5'O clock shadow-if that's what I was after on the loader....but like I had  said on page 26 of this long blog  I wasn't going for stubble

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""I  gave the loader an even heavier beard(salt 'n' peppa) with a liquid putty undercoat""
I actually wanted him sporting a fuzzy beard, not just stuble, to emphasize  how unrested and overworked he is.......    and actually textured his face with Tamiya Liquid Surface Putty---terrific stuff for adding or removing slight textures-have you tried it yet?
~~if I wanted to portray a "5O'clock shadow" I would likely choose to use the accepted figure painters convention of mixing some Paynes grey into the base flesh color and thinly applying to the beard-pattern area like I did here.
 

I'm sure you remember Mr. Ron Pearlman ?  Zip it!

~Edmund~  Thanks for poppin in & good to see ya my friend !

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Posted by Schnobs on Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:12 PM

Looking very nice Adam! 

Karl that's a great tip on the 5 o'clock shadow.!  I will have to try that!

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:58 PM

*INDY

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Indy, that's a great looking group of soldiers there, but can I make a suggestion?

Instead of painting the "5:00 shadow" on the face with paint, use black pastel, or MIG pigments on a brush to add shadow to the face. Slap it on, and then use another short brush to whisk some of it away, leaving a much more subtle and realistic impression of the stubble. Smile

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Posted by *INDY on Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:49 PM

!Andy~  Enough said  Stick out tongue Thanks Buddy--I'm still working on him--but very close.

 


~Well...here's the Germans for the Dio(  They're All Very Close Now!)
 

Got this man  a better looking Maschinengewehr (from the spares box ) with a sling

 
 

 
Of course I still have the Ammo painting to do & I might want a dangling shinstrap on the loader and maybe some collar runes? 

They go together well enough, but I'm thinking I need to lighten the loaders tunic.

Everytime I think I'm done, some number of details occur to me--like a strap on those binoculars--of course they would have one!
   I'll try to get to all that stuff tonight--each night it's like that---a run down on what's missing---a small(or not-so-small) list of whats badly needed.....
 
~~Thanks for joining me here..............................
 

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Posted by deafpanzer on Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:25 PM

I... AM.... SO... SPEECHLESS...  Wow

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Posted by *INDY on Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:55 PM

M1Carbine

Man this is a great toot.  I porint every new page Adam..........thanks buddy.

Bob

~Bob~ You're too cool -  have at it Man!

~Wayne ~ That's Awsome- thanks & welcome home!


~~Got back to work on my wayward Fallschrimjager
 


Looks quite great in hand, even through the visor, but alas, the zoom reveals some refinements are needed!


No highlights to his trousers yet, haven't messed with the rainmarks to the jumpsuit yet, and only have basic painting still on some of his kit of gear.
 
 
 
The MP40 seen here will be replaced-it's been broken a few times having left it on the bench far too long (a benchgun as Ed says?) plus one with a sling will be requisitioned for use.
 

~~I think it's a neat pose and perfect for the scene--I knew painting him was going to take some number of nights to do him any justice. I think he will be a holy terrror once he's in situ on the surface of the Dio.
 
~ back very soon with more Gents!   

 

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Posted by M1Carbine on Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:15 AM

Man this is a great toot.  I porint every new page Adam..........thanks buddy.

 

Bob

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:32 PM

Aaron~  Thanks for trying to maintain decorum and ensure quality. I will endevour to hold up my end.


Last night I got around to doing some basic painting on my wayward Fallschirmjager. I'm not going to go into how I've doing the camo on the jump suit. If your interested it's a direct rip from The excellent Osprey Modelling title Modelling Fallschrirmjager Figures by Jaume Ortiz Forns & Daniel Alfonsea Romero--Though I did find some photo-reference to support the look of what they show-though more sun-bleached as I'm trying to do it for my man. The camo is one of many possible tropical types found at the time in the Med. theatre and not wanting to make a complete study here in the Fallshcrimjager but wanting to do him justice and loving the look of this custom charactor standing in Italy in this book, I've made a go of it.
 

 Though I would like to make a thorough study of these 'sky-warriors' sometime, they are certainly a worthy subject, and alot of tremendous reference is out there(though some of it is big $$!!)
 
 

 


Done some work on my 'loader' as well, he's pretty close now.
 
 
I'm finding the metal figures are fantastic when you go to finish all the little fittments--instead of needing to paint those harness-rings a bit of gentle scratching shows the bright metal under the paint and has the real look to it.
 

Some collector got a nice haul for Chrismas! A bit of good reference for gas mask, ammo & fuelcan for us too.
 

 


This guy still has his additude problems but is close to finished

 
 
Here's what I mean about a production line. To speed things up some, you may as well handle the field kits all at once--each canteen, each breadbag should all be about the same anyway so layer by layer, I move from one to the next, though the DAK Sentry was basically finished alone as I was concentrating efforts then, but I'm checking to make sure everything is consistaint, though not nessessarily matching.
 
 
 
 ~~With this last figure started, they have all recieved alot of work  and soon as I have those guys above done I'll get back to the British force and finish up!......................

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Posted by Aaron Skinner on Monday, April 19, 2010 8:59 AM

Gents,

Let's try to keep the conversation productive and avoid the kind of personal back-and-forth that was present over the last couple of pages.

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, April 19, 2010 8:44 AM

~Boydd~ Hey Buddy, I really appreciate you coming back and saying all that. I believe it's true, I've done everything I can to answer each and every post addressed to me, and like I said try to create the best build log I can besides the project itself. Sometimes the silence get discouraging, but that passes, especially when great guys like you  remind me they want the blog, and reallyI know it's a long-term resource.   Thanks for your confirming that excellence prevails here...I'll endevour to live up to that.

Karl~ It's a great honor & a pleasure to get such a positive evaluation from such an experienced and excellent modeler & blogger &' watchful eye' as yourself. I'm just glad you've been through the whole thread and really enjoyed it, and thanks for your steady support-I know it's there if needed. Truely the figures are designed and painted to be viewed as a whole group--usually the only way you usually see them in a DIo. I think it's a really rare thing to see a blog go on to detail so much of this phase--and really it's pretty painful at times...posting halfbaked figures, when i could just spend that time continueing toward completion, and not show zoom shots of details that will be not likely seen if the final presentation at all. O f course I'm trying to do something a bit different, and better, if possible, and show some helpful ways to deal with 14 figures at once.

~Bob~ Thanks to you Buddy you are the absolute BEST!  i really always love hearing from you. that brush pictured above is a 5/0 Liner from Screaming Eagle (one of my favs for figures!) about $6 at Micheals..I gotta bail to work---

thanks guys---Cya all soon~~~~

 

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Posted by M1Carbine on Monday, April 19, 2010 1:11 AM

Awsom Indy, freaking awsome.

 

What size brush it that bud???

 

Bob

 

 

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Posted by the doog on Monday, April 19, 2010 12:58 AM

INDY, as a bunch, that is just an awesome group of figures!

I just went back and looked at most of the whole thread, and your work is top-notch in this one--the models and especially your base--just really an effort of true dedication and a pursuit of excellence.

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Posted by bbrowniii on Sunday, April 18, 2010 7:35 PM

*INDY

                       ----If there's any specific questions--please ask them....regarding technique or whatever else you think is missing ...as Doog said..it's a ton of work already---you are saying I need to do an even more involved detailed explaination and I haven't heard you ask anything. My thread doesn't asume this is the 1st WIP someones ever read, but does include tons of basic technique, and more. I don't stop to explain the jargon commonly used, as that really gets tiresome for most people to read- and I realize alot of details can hide behind any one simple word, such as wash, blend, and darken-  but if there's some actual questions..please ask.

I'm going to echo what doog said - I think you are doing a heck of a job and I, personally, think there is a TON of technique in here.  I believe in one of my earliest posts in this thread I commented on just that thing - how nicely you laid out the steps to get from point A to point G, with photos showing many of the interveneing steps.  I'll also echo your comment above, Indy.  I think you have been really proactive about taking the time not only to respond to us every time we post, but you also have answered some techniques questions with a great deal of clarity and detail.  So, I'd say you should just keep doing what you are doing because, for me, as a relatively 'basic' modeler, I've learned a great deal from this.

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Posted by bbrowniii on Sunday, April 18, 2010 7:16 PM

*INDY

Hey Boydd,

Man thanks for throwin in a good answer to that accordian question--sorry to try and shut down that convo,,I was just amazed to see 3 posts about that 2 months later from people that had nothing at all to say about what was really going on on the thread....Like I said..at least I know you are viewing it, and you've already told me you like what I'm doing so--that's cool--you're always cool Buddy--thanx!

Indy

Thanks for the 'special shout out'.  I appreciate it.  I was just glad I could answer the question before it got things going too far sideways.

As always, I'm lurking here, my mouth agape at your work - please don't take my silence for a lack of interest or amazement.  It's just hard to reply when you are speechless...

Keep up the great work!

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)

 

  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
Posted by *INDY on Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:27 PM
http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/azdak1.jpg
The perfect figure if you don't like what you're hearing.
 

http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/azdak2.jpg


 Work on him went pretty quickly, using methods all conventional to those seen in this blog

 

 
 
What's his problem anyway? Loud gunfire?
Maybe this guy should worry. I could crush him with my thumb!!
 
I could paint this one figure for a month, honestly, there's so much detail to be made the most of.   Long ago I promised myself not to do such a thing as I'm in it for the Dioramas and in the interest of creating them....some happy medium has to be reached...........

Over the shiny inks I've used a thin wash of Vallejo Iraqui Sand and then used that same colour on a thin liner brush to tediously outline the gunbelt and holster, to show it  recently worn to  bare leather.(maybe he had to take a tumble out when his Panzer was hit?)

 

 No trick for this except steady your handy and thin your paint only enough that it flows smooth
make a short practice stroke on a paper towel to see the paint delivery is right, and move right to where you need the line. Keep a wet brush very close in case you need to "erase" .
 

Zoom on the  nice details of this figures gloves & belt buckle especially.



This custom figure still need some more work, but bit by bit he's becoming what I need.
 


 


I believe they are turning into a coherent likely bunch, for a rag-tag unit. I think I may be closer than believed..............I'm well past half way with the figure painting.
 
Please stay tuned...........there will be a climactic conclusion.........................

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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