Woody - Thanks for your kind words.
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mfsob - Well, it's a surprise encounter/capture. A minute after this he'll be unarmed.
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Mike - I'll let "pj" know that his yellow is too yellow and that he should tone it down. Thanks.
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Manstein - You love all female figures? Perhaps you haven't seen a housewife figure with broomstick in her hands high over the head. Thanks for your kind complements on the flesh and eyes. Magnifying glass generally let me take closer pictures but sometimes this privilege is not clear. Perhaps I need a better camera, the one I've been using is a cheap, under $100 one.
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Chris - Thanks for your kind comments. You asked some questions about how it was painted and what paints used, to get the answer for you I asked "pj" and got the answer by mail. Here I translate for you:
Question: How do you paint? what colors used?
Answer by "pj": I spray Mr.Color paint (thinner formula) in part of skin and uniform colors. As for the details of color, for example (1) human flesh color, use color #51 mixed with a little clear orange to spray, then use green color to spray moustache and beard (this requires some expertise in using airbrush because of tiny parts... I use magnifying glass all the time), there may be some overspray mist of green... but if it's a good airbrush there'll be little of that, my airbrush is a double-action and its needle cone cover somewhat distorted... then use color #51 mixed with clear orange to spray over the oversprayed green area, or use lighter shade of green... then follow by red color mixed very thinly, spray over the cheeks
(2).. Use paint (Enamel formula) Tamiya's X-20 mixed with flesh color but make it a bit darker and paint by hand, this will make the details of model clearer and have some dimension because the paint will fill in the recessed area (3).. then work on eyebrows and eyes. As for uniform, e.g., German soldier, spray green color first ---> then use Winsor & Newton oil paints Green & Black color mixed, and paint by hand so that it fill up the recessed areas. If it fill too much then use a brush soaked with Enamel X-20 to wipe it out. When dried, then use green color mixed to have lighter shade of green to drybrush it (use a brush, cut its hair to have even end, dip into the paint and rub with paper so that the paint on the brush is mostly removed, not wet, then rub lightly on the model body, making some dimension on it, then work on the details of model itself another time."
Such a rather complex process, huh?
BTW, all these vignettes are standard 1:35 scale.
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Karl, Thanks for your kind and continuous support!
The painter of these vignettes is "pj" who has painted a lot of 1:72 figure sets for me before. He's got a bachelor degree in Fine Arts and his occupation is "freelance artist". No wonder that his works are works of art. A.J. once commented that he thinks "pj" is my best figure painter.