Build Complete: #11 Tamiya Chevy 30 CWT LRDG Truck (Scorpion Conversion) WIP

Another productive late night session in the books Edmund, figures are looking good. The concept of "warm" vs. "cold" white is an interesting one and makes sense when you think about it.

"i'll sleep whn I'm dead"--Warren Zevon.

Very, very nice job Ed~   he's coming along nicely indeedy.

So much for "get some rest" (3:00AM post) ~LOL~

"I will rest when I am dead ! "       (Bruce Lee)

I should of known I couldn't walk away!

Here is the third guy almost completed I still l have some more final detailing on him tomorrow when I can approach it with fresh ideals.  I went way off the map with this one because the SAS guys often went native in their attire so I let my imagination go.  I did include a real world ref picture I was trying to capture for this guy!

Thanks Adam, Wayne, Marc, and Bob for your comments and suggestions:

According to Lynn Kessler's book on How to Build Armor Dioramas he indicates a need for a color shift which all you guys suggested and describes a cold white and a warm white.  Cold whites are for winter uniforms and should be a bit bluish or grayish in the  shadow areas and Warm whites are for warm weather white uniforms and are a bit yellowish brown in the shadow areas.  Wayne and Bob hit on these points as well.

Here is where I am at the moment at I like where its going.

Ok call me craz but in doing research they said to add some blue to the white to tone it down....................and no I wasnt on meds at the time...........................I think.

Bob

Wingnut I agree,    

Guys for painting black or white uniforms.....take a look at this, on Google Books

LINK         <-------                       Helped me out on my first black uniform. It's a tightrope walk, but it was fun & I learned alot. Came out fairly well

sorry, got no example of a white uniform to show yet..................

I must be getting senile or sometime.  i don't remember a good portion of the builds here lately.  Like this one.  But it looks terrific

~ED~  Yes, yes, yes, that is more like it !! I like that beard alot better. You know it's better. He has a more "chisled" kinda "wooden" look that I think fits the bill. Not the above Bill or our other Bro Bill, but "the ticket.'...Ya know. As for the box-art...I'm likeing your painting better!

 I'm not sure the guy really understood what garmets the sculpter was portraying,,    HE IS however no slouch of a modeler! I searched his name and found this....YIKES~!

Found at http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=2152  more pix if you like it

Thanks Dave & Bill for your comments.  I am relieved to hear that because that is what I was trying to do add character to something the size of a pea! 

Now I am off to research the best method to shade and shadow white.  Lynn Kessler has some good information i one his books that I need to review.  Two guys left and then it's all details from there.

Definitely can see a difference in the "before" vs. "after" on the driver Edmund! He's definitely got more character now for lack of a better word. Sharp work!

Dave:  I think the hands on experience with the beards payed off and of course Wbill's and Adam's thoughtful comments as well drove me on to take another run at the driver.  I have called New World Miniatures and "informed" them that I will be painting their box art from now on! 

Bob & Adam:  Thanked again to both of you for your continued support!

Reworked Driver Figure:

I added more character to the face and beard as well as work to the hands and redid the shadowing and highlights to create a more dirty in place appearance.

Ok Ed Im coming over to your place to get a figgy painting toot...................for some reason that doesnt sound right.................at all.

Bob

Schnobs said :  "Feelings are for girls "      

Nice !      I try to save all my feelings for my girl  too 

Hey Will, thanks for giving me credit for Ed's work--You can go back and EDIT posts ya know.

Hit {MORE} then {EDIT}  then go to work !  If you want--I like getting credit for Edmund's work too though 

Oh, haha sorry. I saw Indy's post of those last pics whoops... Looks great Edmund!

Who is the Indy you speak of young Padawan?

Bill:  Thanks Bill!  I did build up the Future with small pin drops of Future followed by ample use of my hair dryer on a low setting to ensure that i did not blow it out of the lense aperture.  All four of the figures have beards and I wanted to practice different techniques for each one.  I like the young and older contrast of the two front figures.  I attended a meeting this morning where some of my Vietnam friends have full beards and they let me touch them (their Beards)  and examine them closely i think I will add some nicotine stains to the mustache and around the mouth.  I wanted to portray a  grizzled veteran Sgt. from WW1 which goes with his WW1 leather vest

I am still learning how to approach this and I haven;t found much info out there on painting facial hair so I am figuring it out as I go.  I plan to have more of a salt and pepper look on the next figure.

Wayne:  Thanks as always for your support Wayne and I know you are very protective of my "feelings" which I really appreciate but I welcome honest and thoughtful comments.  Bill has really helped me become a better modeler over the last year by setting standards in accuracy and detail. He is the only one that pointed out I had a track on back wards this year and he was very cool and diplomatic about it.  He also saved the day when I was assembling intakes for my Stug III and even after he provided feedback I assembled it wrong Twice!  

I really appreciate and look forward to reading positive comments on my work it drives me on but I also strive to earn the respect of honest critics.  I did this figure in a 12 hour marathon session so later today I will take some of this feedback and approach it with new eyes

I just got off the phone with Adam who also had some well intentioned constructive feedback which I admit sometimes isn't easy to hear but feelings are for girls this is about getting better!

Let's Do This!! 

Those figs look great Indy!

Good method on the goggle lenses Edmund, Future is great stuff for that sort of thing but you do have to slowly build it up. Your "Mr. Lee" figure is looking sharp...if you wanted to be really bold, you could give him a bit more of a grizzled look and introduce some black or brown streaking into his beard...that way he would look like a true veteran but not someone from the old folks home if you know what I mean. Of course, that's easy for me to say...not sure how easy/hard it would be to pull that off!

Thanks Jim!  I visited with Adam on the phone today about various methods of approaching this and it seemed the best approach was to paint the inside of the lenses the same color as the watch cap and then run a Grey wash in to make it a little opaque and murky and then build up the lenses with Future.  I was going to use Gloss but all I had on hand was Tamiya Clear so I had to get creative!

Glad you like it young man!

Thanks Bill you have been with me every step of the way and it's appreciated!

AgentG, really, you haven't gotten the call yet?

Schnobs, that is very nice, I like your use of future to simulate clear lenses, I also think that your older figure came out nicely, the beard is great!

      Thanks, Jim  

That's EASILY your best figgure to date, Edmund.  I am enjoying this build a lot.

Good nnight,

Bill

LOL funny Jim!

I completed painting the driver figure today in one marathon session and I checked with my wife and she isn't pursuing a divorce so it worked out okay.  I tried to paint my first older figure and he ended up looking like General Robert E. Lee if you ask me.  I used future on his goggles to simulate clear lenses.  All painting was done with Vallejo "water colors"  and a few finishing oil washes,

OOO, that is good, I like your flesh tones, I also have discovered the joy of oil washes, I now use them for everything...

      Thanks, Jim

Thanks Jim, Adam and Bill for your continued support and insightful commentary!

Figure Update:

After all the research with a Lotte trepidation due tothe fact that this was my first bearded figure I dove into the Lewis Gunner figure tonight.  I used Vallejo Cork Brown and Dark Sand for the flesh base and then it was frenzy of Vallejo paints and Oil washes after that.

It got kind of crazy in here!

Hey, that is a very nice looking build. I was right, that looked great without stowage, if possible even better with stowage!! very cool!

     Thanks, Jim

Pretty much that's it Adam...that and the impulse in Verlinden sets to have all manner of things strewn about that don't make much sense being where they are other than to be "eye candy". One of my favorite examples is the resin sand bag armor meant for use on an M10 for example...it's got two ammo pouches molded into the top bag just sitting there as well as a canteen sitting in the corner on the bags that go over the fender...the slightest little bump or jolt would cause both to go flying off but they are there to add a little variety I guess to the whole presentation and nothing more.