"Midnight Raid in Mosul" Dio & Write-up....

dont b.s. me p.o. its ok. lol. if they're bad so be it. i know they're not even close to my other oif guys...but like i said...my mind just isnt in it like it should be. i think when i get back from iowa and can calm my mind back down to a sense of normalcy i can do better. i've done better i know that. i just cant explain it other than some burnout and my other issues. however, i know model will be back soon and you guys can go at it while i "take a brief brake".

as for the whole second guy thing, i know it doesnt look like it from the pose im holding him at but he's actually taking one in the body (bullet that is). however, i never really liked it blah blah blah...alright dude, gonna go watch some red wing hockey!!

HOW IN THE $*&^  .... am I supposed to catch up on 14 PAGES worth of crap!!! You guys talk too much!

HAHA!!!!

Gi'me a few days to sort through my laundry ... and these pages, and I'll start up my blurbs again.

Hope everyone had plenty of time to build these past few weeks. I'm looking forward to seing some progress!

psstoff995 wrote:

Oh yeah- hey model, how ya been? -CAMO!! YOU GOT ANY MORE PICTURES OF THEM FOREIGN LEGION GUYS?? Haha j/k

of course!

Sooooo ...... I'm thinking of shutting this build down. Since coming back, I've trying to jump on it again and I'm just not feeling it. It's not that it's too difficult or impossible, but it doesn't make sense to me anymore. It's too .... over the top. I mean ... after it's completed, I'm going to end up with this HUGE .... thing!?! (and that's IF it doesn't turn into a shadow box!)

I've already started packing most of the parts and things into a box, so that maybe one day I'll be retarded enough to pull it back out again. I've also got the resin pieces that I cast from the original molds. I may try to put something together from that.

Seems like a lousy way to end this one ... got any suggestions!?! I'm all ears ...

modelchasm wrote:

so that maybe one day I'll be retarded enough to pull it back out again.

lol hey- that just means we were all retarded enough to push you into it (ok maybe just me)

modelchasm wrote:

I've also got the resin pieces that I cast from the original molds. I may try to put something together from that. Seems like a lousy way to end this one ... got any suggestions!?! I'm all ears ...

I got it! Get a bunch of your 1/16 guys and have them checking out the giant 1/12 scale bronze statue of an SF soldier!!

sorry, I got no idea. I guess for now that cardboard box labeled "retarded project" will hafta work for now.

I think what's got me down is that I'm really still in the "thinking" phase on this one since it's got all this FO crap going on. I really don't like spending more than a week or two planning a build up before I start in on it .... and this one has been going on for HOW LONG now!?!

I may continue this one as a regular build .... w/o all the lighting though. However, once it's built, that's it. No adding lights .... so I'm going to put it away for a little while until I know that's what I want to do.

I've got an F-117 in the shelf that I know I'm going to light up. That one may very well take care of the "lighting" bug that I've got.

You and me both buddy ... I toying around with building up just one of the figures that I cast just to see how to comes out. I think that if I get done with one of them, I might be in the mood to finish the rest.

However, I've pretty much decided that I'm not going to light this one up. I think that the correct way to do this one IS going to be using a shadow box and I'm not about to do one this large. So, this idea is still on the table, but it's going to be with 1/35 figures ... not 1/12!

This project ... with four 1/12 figures .... just might be the one that I carry back over on my next "vacation". I've found that I can build what I want to and then if I want to weather it ... I just let it sit around for a few days! Nice and dusty!!! And perfectly weathered to boot!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!

But, first things first ... I've got to get my SF figure out the door. So, I'm going to be concentrating on that one this week.

your figs sat around for 3 weeks...they should be plenty dusty...lol. well, 1/35 is certainly more managable. i've been toying with taking out of the box one of my previous 1/16 builds that i started oh lets see now ummmm.....3-4 years ago something like that. . its the dragon delta force guy. i was painting him in woodland camo. have the gear and the upper torso done...then for some reason i put it in the box and left it for all this time. here's a couple of pics of the unfinished fig!

this second is blurry...but whatever!

You were saying something about MY figure being weathered after 3 weeks ... should I even begin!?! .... 4 years!?! That's like sending your kid off to military school .... I'm surprised you recognized the damn thing! LOL!!!!!

But seriously, that woodland looks great! Just finish it. You're almost 1/2 way done anyway!?! Heck!, I bet you can finish that one before psst finally gets done powdering his! HAHAHA!!!

Hey .... where is he BTW!?!

That's probably true ... man, college kids are WIERD!!!! Glad I was never like that!?!?!

HAHAHAHHA!!!!

Hey! hahaha made it, still the PM. Sorry- today was laundry day. I did finally manage to add the wire for the radio... that took too long, looks ok. But even more of a PitA than the slings....

Glad to see I was missed? lol or talked about at least. That 1/16 figure looks familiar, for a second I thought you had made two of that 1/35 scale guy from your 1^st dio.

I'd love to see at least one of those modified 1/12 scale guys modified and built up, lights or not... this MRiM project came to far...

The quick build was looking real good though before you left, is it still just stuck with the primer? That'd make sense that you'd want to wait until you figure out the groundwork before you'd move on. ACU again? Or 3 tone?

And camo- you know you'll beat me on whatever it is you finally paint up- I've been looking for powders for a while... That'll be the first part of the stage. Did some shading work with paint and muddied up the elbows and knees. But it's stuck again... lol no surprise.

Well, then far psst sake ... this one shall go forward. I'll continue with my first thought .... just minus the lighting. The overall idea will be of the stack getting ready to move to the door once the charge is set and goes off.

The only change to this that I think I'm going to make is that I think that I'm going to leave the 203 gunner out. I just can't come up with a way to use or loose the vest. And I've NEVER seen an SF guy with a 203 vest on .... that's just crazy talk.

Thanks guys for "believing" in this one ....

modelchasm wrote:

And I've NEVER seen an SF guy with a 203 vest on .... that's just crazy talk.

hahahaha yeah that was a little weird. I have a few M79 gunners from a Dragon Nam kit and even then- the grenade vests look weird.

For pete's sake! Well I'm glad something will come of it, even if it's 3 guys lined up on a low wall and that's it- no lights, no box- should still be quite a sight. I think some pictures with a coin or some kind of in scale object would really set this one apart too. No need to make such an already large and complex vignette even more complicated lol

sorry im gonna use this thread for this model. i would just like you guys to view it and tell me what ya think b4 i put it out there. hope that's ok.  you told me to finish it and today was one of the few days i was motivated to actually do something!! anyway here's my delta guy minus the weapon and the finishing touches!!!

let me know what ya think. btw p.o....went and bought some gray pastels buddy....not to use on this figure but to use on my dio...and to make a point.

Camo,

You're figure is looking good. The face is looking great, but I'd go back over it to add a little more depth. Is there still a seem on the helment? And I'm sure that you're getting ready to start the whole weathering process, right!?!

You've got a good starting block. Just go for it. Shouldn't take long to get it finished up right.

thanks for the insight model. i planned on removing the seam on the helmet and adding depth to it as well as touching some things up (as stated). are u saying i should go back over my face for the depth or the figure? i realize the face needs more work...lol. i posted it just to show u i "finished" it and wanted to get some feed back. will go back and touch up and get it how i want it no doubt. or at least well enough to post.... the seam is already gone (removed last night) and am working on the rest. there wasnt a seam on the ^&$^ thing until i had to pry the helmet on that ^$%^&^&^ fat head!!!! lol. cracked it down the middle! no big deal its "fixed" and now to the rest!

HAHAHA ..... Fat guy in a littt-llle coooat ..... HAHAHA!

I'm not worried about you weathering the dang thing. I know you got that covered. I was just thinking that the face needed some .... deeper colors in the flesh tones. I know that pretty much means redoing the whole face, so it's REALLY not necessary. Maybe you could give it a few coats of a really thinned (darker) flech tone color ..... so that it would flow into the recesses.

I don't know ... I'm just thinking.

That was one of the biggest differences btwn my figure and other at the show. The guy that took 1st really had a lot of depth in the face.

But like I said before, I' not worried about you "doing this one up". Just get it finished and then I'll tell you what you did wrong! ... HAHAHA!

well, i appreciate everything your saying. i would go back and redo the face if it meant i was going to put it in a show. seeing as how im not...no big deal to me. while i want it to be pleasant to look at...if it gets boo's...oh well...i like it regardless and i refuse to make this anything more or less than a hobby! as i said...if im mediocre...so be it! i will however keep your thoughts in mind should i find the desire to build one of my other 1/16 figs!!

as far as your fig...what was there to make darker...he had sun glasses on so there wasnt much of a face to begin with!! besides, even though u took 3rd...how many people entered? was it 3 or was it 33? was it 103? if it was 3...then yeah you can feel like you didnt do so well, if it was 33...you did damn good!!!