The Figure GB of 2010-2011

It's amazing what those Gen2 figs look like. That's probably a purchase that will be coming soon. Great work!

Freaking great details especially the MP44!   Thanks for the information how to tone down the camo... will give it a shot.  I am a big fan of Gen2 kits... bought two recently and I hope to get more.  In the past I used Verlinden figures but now i am leaning toward to Dragon Gen2 figures because it is alot cheaper and it comes with PE! 

Here is the figure I talked about. a promo from Brothers in Arms. I'm thinking about this for the pose, but he'd be holding the helmet in his left hand. comments?

also have this Jaguar set I'm painting up. 1/35th scale.

Bit stuck with my Build at the moment.

Still looking for a good material to fill the hollow vinyl of the Kit.

Due to the Vinyl being very soft I don't want to use anything that generates heat(Plaster, Resin, etc) and also worried about expanding foam disforming the kit.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Try Durham's water putty. It's excellent stuff. It DOES generate heat, but not enough to deform the kit, and plus it's usually the consistency of stiff clay when it does begin generating heat. I just did this to my 1/6th Geo-Metric, "Lt. Commander Data" figure, and nothing went wrong. I mixed a liquidy batch for the arms, then a thick paste for the head and body. Worked like a charm, and it feels like a resin kit. Be warned though, it is rather heavy stuff. IT will probably take 1-2 1-lb cans to complete a 1/6th figure. so it'll probably be in the range of 2-3 pounds. Trust me, it'll work!

Thx, for the tip.

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Sorry im late guys!

here are some pics of what i've been up to these are tamiya US army assault inf. I also have Canadian infantry coming up! I know they're kinda cruddy but you should see my canadian troops!

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Still a nice paint job! You're doing great!

Here is my vinyl 1/6th "Data" Sorry for the bad pics, bad lighting and the color of the stuff did not help. I cured a warp in the legs by supergluing his feet to a base. Worked like a charm. The inside is filled with Durham's water putty, so he feels pretty heavy. After finishing the waist area, it's to the paint booth for him!

I am back!  Hope this GB isn't dead... it has been quiet for last three weeks.  I finally started working on my 1/16 American paratrooper while paint was drying on my little Panzer I. 

I have to admit I wish DML did better job with this 1/16 figure... I was usually impressed by its 1/35 kits but with this I was surprised to find bad places where the parts were connected to the sprues especially like this face... right onto the side of neck instead of at its bottom or something like that. 

I spent nearly two hours rescripting all of the lines and pockets using back of excel knife to show its depth.  It made a difference... left pocket was untreated and right pocket was rescripted.  Now my tip of fingers are sore...

Arms and feet glued...

Closer look of the body... most of lines and pockets were rescripted.

I will get back to this as soon as I am done with my Panzer I for Battle of Norway GB... hope to see your work posted soon!

Old threads never die... they just come back to life! Nope, this isn;t dead. Just been uber busy lately.

Lt. Commander data. Finished him up in time for MMSI, I got a bronze medal in advanced fantasy painters, and I was thrilled! He needs a bit more work, primarily shading work. The eyes need some work too. Opinions? The base is a el-cheapo wood base, that I inset with an aluminum plate that I cut out.

I have to tell you that I am loving your Data!  Nice work on his uniform and his face is just like how it is.  He's one of my favorite characters but I don't follow Star Trek very closely... I consider myself Star Wars fan and I figure you are a BIG fan of Star Wars because of your avatar name. 

I added the gears to the American paratrooper last night... will post a picture next time I hit my workspace.

I found my camera and it happened to have a picture on it of my latest progress on my figures, so here it is.  I'm at all different stages with them as you can see.  No shading or shadowing or whatever has been done YET, just the base colors are down.  The ones circled in red are the ones closest to being done....sorry the photo is kinda bad.

looks good! glad people still remember about this... lol!

Because of work time constraints, I believe I will have to switch my figure to a 1/35 instead of 120mm. But I think I'm gonna do this guy

Is this still going? I just noticed my figure on my workdesk frozen in time,...

I was actually going to bump this soon....school's been taking time away from my bench, so I've done nothing lately....

Steve: will change for ya.

Stik: yupper. IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!

I thought this build had melted away. I'll jump back on my fig and post some pics end of week.

I'm working on a fig... switched to a 1/6th fig of an RAF pilot. Not much done, but working. LEt's get this back to  life people!

I agree.  I am glad it is not completely dead.  I will resume my work on American paratrooper sometimes next week.  I am playing Mr. Mom this week with my two young boys while my wife is somewhere on Bourbon Street in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.  Boy, I hope she comes home with bags full of beads!

Good to see more guys coming back to this. Look forward to the paratrooper. And just think of the scratch building you can do with all those beads!!

Kevin

Add some rhinestones to that paratrooper! You'll have the, "Screaming Rappers" in no time! :P Bling him up, and give him a jeep with hydros, spinners, and a pearlescent paint job to roll in!

Could you imagine the reaction you'd get if you walked into a contest and plopped THAT on the table?

And paratrooper who looks as you describe Boba should just turn in his wings...

Today I applied a primer coat on my Son Tay raider and his weapons.

Now the fun begins.

Oh ya... Instant grounds for court-marshal. Looks good stick, I'll get my own figgy up in a few mins...

OK made some progress on my figures.

This pic is the 1920s Banana Wars Marine with lewis gun, the mold was a little rough. I did some filling at waist as I cut the torso to reflect more of a lean. I also shaved off the molded 'H Harness' straps and replaced with strip styrene.

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This one shows the basic priming..still lots of work to do

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This is the China Marine..I finally got the old paint stripped

This is a wonderfullly detailed fig ,,wish I knew who the sculptor was.

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Today I added the CAR-15 and LAW to my guy. And added some slings from lead foil. Now I just want to add some more primer where I super glued on the weapons and slings before I begin painting.

Priming touch up on Tuesday and painting begun yesterday. Flesh base color in the AM and then today the different olive greens for his jungle fatigues, patrol cap and the canvas uppers on his jungle boots.

And for S&G I started painting up a set of DML SEALS that I built a few months back. Got the base color of their Tiger fatigues and Jungle cammies started.

And I started up on Tamiya's Famous Generals set on Monty, Ike, and Patton.

I finished up MacArthur (except around his eyes need a bit of work) last year but have had him sitting on the painting table...

Nice work Stik! You have been busy, I haven't got much done on my figs yet. I like the SEALs,, they are well molded and would like great in a dio.

Kevin

Tnaks Tonka! The SEALS are ok..compared to Dragon's newer figures the sure show their age but I am sure I can make them look halfway decent.

I am adding another figure to my part of this GB... Warriors calls him a German Grenadier from Stalingrad, but anyone who has seen Cross of Iron will recognize Kruger...

I built him a few days ago and added a spare PPSH I had since all the figure has is a P-38 tucked into his rear belt and the potato masher he is holding.

Keep it up Stik! He will look great. I don't do many 1/35 anymore unless for a dio,, too hard on my old grunt eyes!

I have done a little work while watching the paint dry on a few other builds. Just have to get the camera out now.