...a couple of dog faces...

Manny ..... excellent figures. I'm very curious to see what it is that they're so "bummed" about. I think that will help tie in the "dogged" faces.

COL ... Thanks for lightening up the pics Manny posted. I was getting ready to do it myself just to have a look-see and then POOF, there they were. HAHA!

Looking forward to this one, Manny ....

Hans von Hammer wrote:

were'nt  they good enough for discussion purposes there Colonel?  Hhhhmmmm? Sure, if we're discussing shadows....

                                                  What say you, Herr Feldmarschall?

were'nt  they good enough for discussion purposes there Colonel?  Hhhhmmmm?

Sure, if we're discussing shadows... I just wanted to see what everyone else was seeing in order to discuss it as well... As for making them too light, well.. I ain't pro-photo editor,  so I did what I could to help m'self (and anyone else who's in the same boat as me) out... I couldn't see the faces, now I can...  

If'n it bothers Manny, I'll be happy to delete them...  What say you, Herr Feldmarschall?

Ain't trackin' ya, Indy...  

Sure, I can lighten them two guys as well..

Before:

After:

Dunno about your screen, but they was pretty dark on mine... Couldn't see the face detail on either...

I don't get it Hans, does that look better to you? Is it sabotage? Why not alter this one ?   It's 'darker' than either of those. Weren't they all kind of good enough?

Here, I adjusted the exposure a bit on the "Lili" and Alpine figures... Hope ya don't mind, Manny..

Yes, nicely done, Herr Feldmarschall, I like the one in the cotton duck field coat particularly.

Like Doog, I think the tanker could be improved just a hair, I think you could narrow his eye slits, they seem to pop just a little too much.  I'm thinking a little more of the flesh highlight along the lower lid side.

Your Schaeferhund is excellent!

Regards,

Brad

"Lili of the Lampost", I believe...  That set was used in an Osprey diorama book.  It featured an Infantry squad coming back from a fight with all these dirty, tired, bloody grunts looking at the lady and her "prospect" with varying degrees of disgust and interest... The male figure was impecably dressed, obviously a REMF, had a Citroen convertable, a dog, and fresh food in the back..

INDY wrote:

This scene will be May, 1940 France, either a French Businessman is stepping from his Citroen(Tamiya's new 1/35 kit) and watching as German armor rolls in....OR a Gestapho Agent, posing as a French businessman, watches as his brethren roll in .....either way(imput at the MM Forum included an observation that the'driver' resembled 'Herr Flick' (from some BBC show I've never seen)--anybody seen it? Anyway, the MM thread on this build is along with a build on the same new kit by Mark Bannerman. It's an honor and alot of fun to share the build/blog w/ him--gettin alot of great feedback it's darn interesting. http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=31923&p=1   <---HERE if anyone wants to view/read This lady would add a bit of "intrigue" to your spy-scene, no?

LOL ~ YUP ~ Very good idea. I shall consider it Eric.    I went back in time to Bump our 'groundwork' thread for a guy earlier, and took a look at what you we're talking about. So.... you're tellin us that there you we're with this killer Dio, with $150 worth of amazing painted Alpine Axis figures(not to mention all the rest of

 it!) and all they wanna talk about was the darned dog!? I feel your pain buddy. It's like the couple people I showed my little vignettes in the cubes to, and all  they say is..."Oh I love the little cube!'(The only part I didn't make!)That'll teach me to make those too.LOL(@ $5, aint gunna happen)  Hey Man....................Peace! Or War(Whatever you're into)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Indy

INDY wrote:

This scene will be May, 1940 France, either a French Businessman is stepping from his Citroen(Tamiya's new 1/35 kit) and watching as German armor rolls in....OR a Gestapho Agent, posing as a French businessman, watches as his brethren roll in .....either way(imput at the MM Forum included an observation that the'driver' resembled 'Herr Flick' (from some BBC show I've never seen)--anybody seen it? Anyway, the MM thread on this build is along with a build on the same new kit by Mark Bannerman. It's an honor and alot of fun to share the build/blog w/ him--gettin alot of great feedback it's darn interesting. http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=31923&p=1   <---HERE if anyone wants to view/read

Always a pleasure to see your work Manny!  The dog is beyond awesome!!

Woof!!!

Yeah I was thinking Ivory as well- pearl eh? Cool deal

Is that a scar on the left cheek of the other face?! Thats awesome. The hunched over guy kind of reminds me of frankenstein, you forgot the bolts on his neck though.

No joke on the dog faces... glad you're still working on a few things! Oh- and nice dog. Keep it away from the buyers and the wives at your next AMPS show

INDY wrote:

~ Manny, very nice. they are dog-faces. They really have a look to them.& Nice to know someones been doing something besides cursing Greatmodels.  The pooch is cool. the Wife's been naggin me to get my dog OOTB and put him in a Dio already. Aren't those Alpine figures among the best? I just couldn't dig that leaning tankers shruggy lean, but I bought & painted the other one though :   Thats 1 of the stock heads from the kit, looks like a totally different dude than yours huh?    Very cool you're on a Kassarine Pass Dio(what happened to DITCYII?..still comin right?) I gotta a Dio in the works around those parts comin up too*(great minds think alike) it'll be Brits though-attacking--called  "Clash in Tunisia". In the meantime I've got a thread going in Autos(of all places) for a  build for a different Dio so(throw ME a bone and go take a look)   This scene will be May, 1940 France, either a French Businessman is stepping from his Citroen(Tamiya's new 1/35 kit) and watching as German armor rolls in....OR a Gestapho Agent, posing as a French businessman, watches as his brethren roll in .....either way(imput at the MM Forum included an observation that the'driver' resembled 'Herr Flick' (from some BBC show I've never seen)--anybody seen it? Anyway, the MM thread on this build is along with a build on the same new kit by Mark Bannerman. It's an honor and alot of fun to share the build/blog w/ him--gettin alot of great feedback it's darn interesting. http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=31923&p=1   <---HERE if anyone wants to view/read Thanks boyz.........Oh and I've read that while Patton wore them fancy wheelguns, he would sometime wear 1 or even two .45 Auto's

Thanks, Indy--Alpine figs are my favorite brand...I chose this set because the Americans got their collective arses stuck in a vise at Kasserine and these two guys seem to reflect that in their postures and faces---and they look very early-war...I thought the ivory-handle on the 45 would give the fig a splash of color on an otherwise drab piece. 

That dog (both are from the Dragon German Police fig set) will probably go in my WIP, "Counterattack!". I put the other one in "Backhand Blow" and got more compliments and comments abnout the dog than anything else---even got several offers to buy the dog (mostly from guys who had their girlfriends w/ them at the AMPS and IPMS Shows)...

That's cool that you are also doing a Kasserine dio--mine is more of a vignette...DITCY II is still #1 on my priority list and is really begining to gel now...all major elements have been completed...should be posting a mock-up by this weekend.   

I like your 1940 scene, but since it is a spy scene you gotta have a chick fig in it!!! I'll check it out...   

~ Manny, very nice. they are dog-faces. They really have a look to them.& Nice to know someones been doing something besides cursing Greatmodels.  The pooch is cool. the Wife's been naggin me to get my dog OOTB and put him in a Dio already. Aren't those Alpine figures among the best? I just couldn't dig that leaning tankers shruggy lean, but I bought & painted the other one though :

Thats 1 of the stock heads from the kit, looks like a totally different dude than yours huh?    Very cool you're on a Kassarine Pass Dio(what happened to DITCYII?..still comin right?) I gotta a Dio in the works around those parts comin up too*(great minds think alike) it'll be Brits though-attacking--called  "Clash in Tunisia". In the meantime I've got a thread going in Autos(of all places) for a  build for a different Dio so(throw ME a bone and go take a look)

  This scene will be May, 1940 France, either a French Businessman is stepping from his Citroen(Tamiya's new 1/35 kit) and watching as German armor rolls in....OR a Gestapho Agent, posing as a French businessman, watches as his brethren roll in .....either way(imput at the MM Forum included an observation that the'driver' resembled 'Herr Flick' (from some BBC show I've never seen)--anybody seen it?

Anyway, the MM thread on this build is along with a build on the same new kit by Mark Bannerman. It's an honor and alot of fun to share the build/blog w/ him--gettin alot of great feedback it's darn interesting.

http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=31923&p=1   <---HERE if anyone wants to view/read
Thanks boyz.........Oh and I've read that while Patton wore them fancy wheelguns, he would sometime wear 1 or even two .45 Auto's

Figures look great, Manny. Only think I wish would be for brighter pcitures. :)

Well done.

Steve

Agreed, they are nice figures, none is supposed to be Patton, and you are probably right about the grips on the .45.  

How's THAT for neighborly? 

Citadelgrad87 wrote:

Patton had a lot of sidearms, including the venerable .45 auto: "On the cover of Life Magazine's "Defense Issue" dated July 7, 1941, Patton is seen in the turret of his command tank. He is wearing the M1911 Colt .45 automatic in a government issue shoulder holster. The tank is adorned with red, white, blue, and yellow stripes along with two flags attached to the front sides; one flag with the two stars of a Major-General; the other is a flag of the Second Armored Division."   From an online source that I couldn't exactly tell what it's called other than "Chapter 5--Patton's Sidearms" because I Googled it and it wasn't aparent from the link.

I have no doubt he had many different sidearms.  I just thought the really 'fancy schmancy' ones were his revolvers.  But, hey, I could be wrong.  I think it has happened before..... maybe.... once....

'Course, this is all irrelevant to discussing how good Manny's figs look.

Patton had a lot of sidearms, including the venerable .45 auto:

"On the cover of Life Magazine's "Defense Issue" dated July 7, 1941, Patton is seen in the turret of his command tank. He is wearing the M1911 Colt .45 automatic in a government issue shoulder holster. The tank is adorned with red, white, blue, and yellow stripes along with two flags attached to the front sides; one flag with the two stars of a Major-General; the other is a flag of the Second Armored Division."

From an online source that I couldn't exactly tell what it's called other than "Chapter 5--Patton's Sidearms" because I Googled it and it wasn't aparent from the link.

Except Patton's were revolvers and this one is clearly a .45...

Great figs, Manny.  You're an 'arteest'...

You calling Patton a pimp?  LOL...and since these tankers are pimps, they do like a little rouge now and again...

That quote WAS Patton, in response to a reporter asking about his revolver, assuming they were mother of pearl grips.  Patton carried Ivory handled pistols, and corrected the reporter.  I think the color is still right, though.

To avoid further confusion, let's all watch Patton and reconvene.  I need to grab it on Blueray anyway.

Mansteins revenge wrote:

ajlafleche wrote:  Mansteins revenge wrote:  Pearl-handled Colt! "They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol." Following up on Karl's lip comment...I've been using Citadel Tanned Flesh for lips. It's not as brash, unless, of course, you like your tankers "just a little on the trashy side." You calling Patton a pimp?  LOL...

Yeah, and I'd do it to his face if he was standing here in front of me...of course, he be 124 years old!

Love the German Shepherd.  I have three and that would look great with the model of Kidd Hofer's P-51B I'm going to do.  I've seen many pictures of him and his German Shepherd Duke, he even took him up flying with him.

Mike

ajlafleche wrote:

Mansteins revenge wrote:  Pearl-handled Colt! "They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol." Following up on Karl's lip comment...I've been using Citadel Tanned Flesh for lips. It's not as brash, unless, of course, you like your tankers "just a little on the trashy side."

I'll look into your Citadel Tanned Flesh color, unless that's just more lip service from you...

Mansteins revenge wrote:

Pearl-handled Colt!

"They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol."

Following up on Karl's lip comment...I've been using Citadel Tanned Flesh for lips. It's not as brash, unless, of course, you like your tankers "just a little on the trashy side."