Thanks, Agentg, he is pale by my eyes, too. I think I jumped too far down the spectrum. My initial coats were a mix of dark and flat flesh. The firsts highlight was straight flat flesh, and it looked ok. Then I think I messed up, I jumped straight to lighgt flesh. I beleive I should have mixed light and flat, and then, if necessary, gone to light for final highlights.
Is there a fix, maybe a tan wash?
For primer, I used Tamiya rattle can fine surface primer. I think I will switch to a different primer with the next builds.
Tonight, there was some progress. First, I started using black on Disco Franz to trace his pockets, the collar, seams, buttons, shoelaces and the sole seam on the boots, etc. I also painted his beltS, yes, this cretin decided to wear two belts, one is for the Wampir battery backpack. Here's where we stand now.
EDIT-the page sized blow up looks pretty rough. That right pack strap was pretty muddy in the molding department, I will go back and see if I can clean it up with some gray. It's funny, these figures are very well molded, but when they fall flat, they fall very flat.
And a full length shot
And a boot close up
I also painted up the magazine pouches, and applied an unber wash to pick up some detail, they are nicely done for injection molded
And yes, I worked on boxer Hans, too
He is not as far along as Disco boy, I still need to give hime some detail attention. I did finally manage to get him to stick to, well, a stick, so his paint should take less of a beating.
Sorry about the pictures, still playing with lighting and a borrowed camera, mine is returning from Greece this weekend.
Thanks for looking and commenting, everybody, this is a constructive exercise for me. Please feel free to post any tips, tricks, or criticism.
Thanks\
Bill
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