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Posted by *INDY on Sunday, May 30, 2010 11:42 AM

tigerman

That's great animation with the Brit figures charging in. Awesome work on the vehicles as well.

Thanks Eric--nice to hear from you. People keep asking me how I'm going to top 'Clash'. I don't think I'll try to top it in epic-ness or blog-thoroughness---I'll just try to top it a little in quality and by way of venue, color richness.

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Posted by tigerman on Saturday, May 22, 2010 1:08 AM

That's great animation with the Brit figures charging in. Awesome work on the vehicles as well.

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 Eric 

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:53 PM

~Yup Huge Andy!

I'm working out the final pictures now

I'll have them up soon--stay tuned!

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Posted by deafpanzer on Monday, May 10, 2010 1:15 PM

Your diomara is huge... looks like you need a camera with wide-angle len!  Looking forward to see more pictures...

Andy

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, May 10, 2010 3:40 AM

Project Complete~
~~I've continued on to finish everything up, but of course I don;t have lamps enough to evenly light something of this size on the bench--also, it was my intention to photo this build outdoors in the sun, just as the scene takes place, and was painted with that end in mind all along.

 
~~SO....until I can take a proper set of pictures outside..... here are only five pictures for now, so you can get some idea of the finished Diorama.....
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                                     ~! Clash in Tunisia !~
 

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     The British figures we're always the real subject of this Dio    
 
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   The basic idea.......... is a direct infantry attack on a German fieldgun position, quickly dug into the terrain, ringed by a few transport vehicles, parked nearby at the ready. The gun I have chosen is the Dragon 7.5cmPAK40, a new item for the time..... 

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Posted by *INDY on Sunday, May 9, 2010 4:28 AM

~Brian~ That's hugely appreciated man--thanks for dropping in.

~Anti-Tank Gun Emplacement Complete!

 


~~I have finalized placement and installed the guncrew and gear using musicwire pins & C/A
I may add an x-tra personal weapon or other item yet, but this is basically it for this area of the scene.
 

The commander, who will be played by Ron Pearlman in the film (it's now confirmed)  has recieved his Afrika Corp issue binocs (Swinging ont he foil strap) and Luger on his right hip (just his style---maybe he likes American Westerns?)
 

Most of the gear is fixed with the Gel C/A, as it stays put where I want it and doesn't run into visable spots--but also bulks up to fill areas in uneven surfaces really well and bond.(In the old days, old school 'contact cement' would have done the job, but was a bit more messy and sometimes unreliable used in small amounts.
 

I have used pins on some items you may not expect, because sometimes it's difficult to get a positive 'seat' and be sure not to have visable glue. The ammo stowage tubes  above we're already pinned anyways, from painting,  and here I'm showing how I arrive at proper orientation by turning the part 180 degrees and using the pin itself to guide my micro-drill to the desired pin travel path.
 
 
Other items just had to be glued carefully. Several items I'd prepared we're not used, but I like to have them on hand so i can decide at the last minute just how many little details need to be lying around--the rest go into my "painted spares" collection (although I may still add a few things to the Opel's stowage)
 

~~Plenty left to fit into place!  Next up is the 'motorpool', and then the rest of the mini-men.

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Posted by New Hampshire on Saturday, May 8, 2010 8:13 AM

Indy, things are looking pretty damn fine my friend!  You have been putting your hours in on this build and it shows in spades!

Brian

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Posted by *INDY on Saturday, May 8, 2010 4:42 AM

~Bob~    Cool He will be featured in the update post after this one

~~Final Assembly~~
 

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~I have begun final assembly with the gun emplacement. I know it's not very much the norm, even on detailed builds,  to  show this chapter in much detail.      It's a bit anti-climactic to see everthing without the complete scene to reference everything by, but as this has already been an unusaully complete and thorough blog--I intend to show some of the Dio in parts as it comes together....ahead of showing the completed scene. I think this will let the modelers following this build in to my process (one possible way of doing things) at a really pivital yet enjoyable part of the build.

 

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~~Working back to front, I began assembling the Diorama by installing the fieldgun in it's position on it's desert parapet. Oversized holes had been left in the groundwork for the trailing arm spades to dig in, but they needed some filling in after placement, using the same Elmer's Woodfiller used in the base construction. This both filled the excess space in the holes and cemented in the spades. Small dollops of Locktight Gel Superglue we're used under each wheel to permenantly attach the Pak40 . Some colouring was done to the areas near the spades using pigment powders, to simulate the colours of  the surrounding rocks, not the sand scattered around by the wind .  A small bit of discarded earth was portayed the same way.
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The gunner figure (nearly) went right into place, but  the the gun sat slightly lower in the dirt  than I'd calculated on the bench. To get him seated right on the trailing arm I straighted out his right leg, by cutting under his knee with a micro-saw, and warming the styrene with my butane soldering iron, that also acts as a heat blower. Obviously some care is needed, particularly on a finished figure! I got success and needed  the smallest touch-up, and ended up with a far more natural position of his leg than I had!

 

 

 

 

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~~My loader finally "takes a knee" (forever) in my scene. This was just a matter of pulling the pin(saving his spot in the earth), testfitting, removing, adding some C/A along the length of his already attached fit-pin, and seating the figure home.
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~Well, here it is--a start! (a finish?) either way--it's been a long time coming to put together, and soon these two will have the command and logistics structure they require in place  These two figures represent the most involved of the figure conversions on the build, and I think they're pretty effective in thier roles, but certainly need the others to complete even this part of the Diorama.

 

 
~~Back soon with more as it happens Gents,, thanks for your patience !.......

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Posted by M1Carbine on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 2:18 AM

Hey! Adam....where is Mr Pearlman????                 LOL

 

 

Bob

 

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Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 1:34 AM
The British Forces Move In~~~~
 ~
~~So last details to the figures~~
 

a couple of them still needed to be armed...
 

and a few small accoutrements, but (not too many!)
 

Oh, a boy and his 1st mission!  So innocent. 
 

Equipped as a fast-attack force.
 

I decided to have the Bren gun man carrying his spare barrel case, though usually carried by his spotter, along with x-tra magazines, my Brengunner is a bit of a big guy and looks like he can handle it and needed a little something more. I made a foil carry strap painted khaki.
 

~The Tommygunner got a .38 holster and just some smoothing out in general.
 

His lower end came out pretty well with the kind of dust and grime I wanted, and shows how much better some of the new Dragon figures can paint up--even the boots-which are often lacking in both size and detail are pretty good here I think.
 

This Dragon figure with Hornet head came a long way I think towards looking the part.
 

I did go back and put some fine rainmarks to the fallshrimjagers' jump smock using some enamel. It's not too obvious here, as I found anytime I really painted it as really visable it was way out of scale.I worked slowly and applied very light small marks.
 

Here's all the figures for Clash again, one last "class picture" before they're set against eachother 
 

In fact .....Here's every single thing going into the Dio, sitting around like props on a movie backlot , until I have time to properly assemble the thing and find out if the elements fit my vision.         
             ~~Not long at all now......................................

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, April 30, 2010 3:11 AM

Boomer~ Ehya---Cheers for that.. They are gett'in pretty close now....all the little details.

Check back soon--almost finished!!

BeerYesCool!

 

 

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Posted by Boomerang on Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:39 AM

  Hey INDY, just catching up here. Your figures are looking great. They look nice and dirty and gritty, just right for putting into an action diorama. The pic you have with all the figures posing for a group shot is cool. They are all looking like mates right now, but they will soon be having a go at each other...Stick out tongue

  You have some good poses going too. Once it's all put together the dio should really tell a story.

  Look foward to seeing it come together....

 

Boomer...Australia

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Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:57 PM
~I have been at work here and there,attaching some of the British troops equipment, touching up and completing the leg-gear.
 

Here's the lot of them, before weathering thier Ammo Boots
 
 

And here I've used the pigment powder mix from the Dio base to make a wash, and carefully aplied it to the footwear, as I'd imagine they'd be pretty dusty, and the black just about invisable
 
 

Of course  at this section of the figure work, it's essential, particularly in the usual case of using figures sourced from different manufacturers, to ensure the equipment is consistent throughout. Not quite everything is attached to the figures yet above, but I wanted to show how I spread-out the equipment load among the team, and make sure to vary the load-out from one man to the next somewhat, to avoid the 'toy-soldier' look of matching packs.
 

Alot of equipment items can be easily placed, others will not look right without some grinding-away of the underside of the item, or the attachment point on the figure. You can usually use your fingtips to handle the parts, but I find if I loosely hold many items in tweezers, it's far easier to see the placement as you set it--without your 1:1 scale hand in the way.
 

These packs we're often stuffed-full, and fit high & tight. I placed the bayonet to be hanging according to gravity, but portrayed it swinging on the other, running, Enfield man.
 

I'm really happy with the results I've gotten using these Dragon figures Ken sent me,
(thanks again Ken!)  though it was a good deal of work getting them into shape, and some details are just inferior, like the boots, which I think are better covered in dust.
 

I noticed when modelling Commonweath troops before, that the large ammo pouches need to hang away slightly, as above, when the soldier is in certain positions.
 

I'm still working on getting the right look to the canteens, but there wasn't much point before placement because they we're very difficult to complete while stuck to the sticks. At this point I use a palette that's just a little of this and that...kind of a muddle really to fill in the blanks and solve and errors found when assembling everything. There's always touch-ups to do when attaching the painted gear items, but getting most of the painting done off the figures goes a long way towards completion when painting this many mini-men.
 
 

One of the things I'm personally most proud of of on this entire big build, this Tommie's  scratchmade Hobnails fitted to the soles of his Ammo Boots.
 
 

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:15 AM

~Jim~ Thanks Jim!~

~Bob~ Thanks Bob! I know you could if you practiced at it--pointy brushes--references close---match the colors and mix enough of each to get through he job.

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Posted by M1Carbine on Monday, April 26, 2010 6:22 PM

Adam - WOW! looking freaking awesome brother, wish I could do German camo like that.

 

Bob

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Posted by JTRACING on Monday, April 26, 2010 2:12 PM

Nice work on those dudes!

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, April 26, 2010 7:57 AM
~While I reserve the right to re-touch the Axis forces.....I'm setting them aside as essentially finished and returning to work on the attacking British unit.
 
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Because it's difficult to shade those light-colored uniforms, and I need to make the most of the subtle folds I went to a Floquil wash thinned with white spirits, as these flow profusely within a confined, controled area, just right to fill the shallow folds, but far quicker drying than oils. Colors varried to suit the base shades, but lean towards dirty greys. This paint is excellent and very fine in pigment grain, but will get a bit glossy when applied very thinnly, as it gets very smooth when dry--but a light dusting with testors Dull Cote will work perfectly to even things out and take off the shine.
 

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I've tried to make sure everything has a consistaint quality but the shading has to be subtle on these uniforms. Note how I have yet to complete socks, putties & boots on any of these figures, but the time is close

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 ~Some of the features of the Dragon figures come out quite well with several careful layers applied.       I'm looking at the torso here, by the way  Sad  You?  Surprise

 

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~~While some of the Dragon details are kind of obscure, I've worked to 'draw-in' the pockets & seams of this Tommies shirt. (Above) Maybe it would be a good idea to spend more time carving out thse features at the start.
 
 

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I also tried to get the uniforms to look completed without looking too 'painted', if you know what I mean. This was by way of thin blended layers, going around and around, over & over.
 

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I hit a few details too, like missing wood parts, but have more to do along those lines.
 

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Pretty soon I'll get the equipment attached and then I can finalize the belts and harness--that way they have a better chance of looking like they belong together.
 
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There's the whole lot of them as they stand--they are as anxious as the rest of us to be down off of blocks and on the road.
 
~~Please keep tuning in-----we're closer still! ,...........................

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Posted by *INDY on Saturday, April 24, 2010 1:11 PM
~~Well maybe it was too much contrast on those trousers after all.  http://www.militarymodelling.com/CuteEditor_Files/Images/emwink.gif 
 I did a bit more  work there there..
 
 
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I also weathered the emblem slightly that I'd afixed to his helmet with a touch of the sand-coloured pigment mix for the Dio---I used this on  his boots & the boots of some of the others too (not pictured) That Emblem is from  Eduard by the way and is coloured P.E.
 
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Having these tiny detail items stuck-down not only makes painting a breeze, but  attachment and painting of small straps like this FAR easier too--that is some small fiddlely stuff!  I added the chipped-up sand-coloured paint to the grenades with a very pointy brush.

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~A tiny strap was added for the Commander's binoculars too. This and the other binoc strap we're made from the foil of a Yoplat lid--An ideal choice for this work
 ( no my figures don't look particularly good veiwed from below as little attention is paid to veiwpoints that in the end will be unavailable)
 
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~The same  'sand' pigment mix was applied wet to the shovels to finish them off

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Posted by Dr. Coffee on Saturday, April 24, 2010 4:33 AM

*INDY

You got me there Doc--you are technically correct--I was going for somthing a slight bit slang and just calling it a machinegun, as every submachinegun is indeed a machinegun .....but yes, in practice I didn't use the correct word.BeerYes

The borders between terms are a bit vague, but the general rule-of-thumb goes something like:

  • If the thing fires pistol ammo it's a 'machinepistole'
  • If the thing fires rifle ammo it's a 'machinegwehr'
  • If the thing is too large for one man to move and handle (even under severe pressure), it's a 'mitrallieuse'

So the Tommygun (.45), Schmeisser, Stengun and MP5 (9mm) are all 'machinepistole', while AK47, M16 and MG42 would be 'machinegewhere' (with 'sturmgewehr' as a sub-class of 'machiengewehr'), while the Maxim and M2 would be  'mitrallieusen'.

DoC

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, April 23, 2010 8:33 PM

You got me there Doc--you are technically correct--I was going for somthing a slight bit slang and just calling it a machinegun, as every submachinegun is indeed a machinegun .....but yes, in practice I didn't use the correct word.BeerYes

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Posted by Dr. Coffee on Friday, April 23, 2010 1:41 PM

*INDY

http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/aaadak2.jpg
Got this man  a better looking Maschinengewehr (from the spares box ) with a sling 

The German 'gewehr' is 'rifle' in English. 'Machinegewehr' is 'machine gun' in English. The weapon in the above image is a sub machine gun, which in German is 'machinepistole.'

DoC 

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, April 23, 2010 8:33 AM
http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/aaadak1.jpg

~Well...here's the Germans for the Dio(  They're All Very Close Now!)
 

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Got this man  a better looking Maschinengewehr (from the spares box ) with a sling

http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/aaadak3.jpg 
http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/aaadak4.jpg
 

 
Of course I still have the Ammo painting to do & I might want a dangling shinstrap on the loader and maybe some collar runes? 

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They go together well enough, but I'm thinking I need to lighten the loaders tunic.
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Everytime I think I'm done, some number of details occur to me--like a strap on those binoculars--of course they would have one!
   I'll try to get to all that stuff tonight--each night it's like that---a run down on what's missing---a small(or not-so-small) list of whats badly needed.....
 
~~Thanks  everybody for your interest....be back soon.............................
 

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, April 23, 2010 8:28 AM

Thanks DOC ~ I appreciate that. !

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~~Got back to work on my wayward Fallschrimjager
 

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Looks quite great in hand, even through the visor, but alas, the zoom reveals some refinements are needed!

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No highlights to his trousers yet, haven't messed with the rainmarks to the jumpsuit yet, and only have basic painting still on some of his kit of gear.
 
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The MP40 seen here will be replaced-it's been broken a few times having left it on the bench far too long (a benchgun as Ed says?) plus one with a sling will be requisitioned for use.
 
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~~I think it's a neat pose and perfect for the scene--I knew painting him was going to take some number of nights to do him any justice. I think he will be a holy terrror once he's in situ on the surface of the Dio.
 

 

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Posted by Dr. Coffee on Friday, April 23, 2010 7:29 AM

*INDY

 


 

 

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This guy still has his additude problems but is close to finished

I like that one. Seems to me like one of those seen-it-all, done-it-all 20-year veteran seargants. Don't remember where he fits in the big picture, but in isolation like above, he seems to be diciplining some of the lesser qualified / experienced replacements he is bogged down with. I find his body language a bit more assertive than a Tom Waits'ish do-no-good'er...

DoC

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:36 PM

 

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Last night I got around to doing some basic painting on my wayward Fallschirmjager. I'm not going to go into how I've doing the camo on the jump suit. If your interested it's a direct rip from The excellent Osprey Modelling title Modelling Fallschrirmjager Figures by Jaume Ortiz Forns & Daniel Alfonsea Romero--Though I did find some photo-reference to support the look of what they show-though more sun-bleached as I'm trying to do it for my man. The camo is one of many possible tropical types found at the time in the Med. theatre and not wanting to make a complete study here in the Fallshcrimjager but wanting to do him justice and loving the look of this custom charactor standing in Italy in this book, I've made a go of it.
 
http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/aafalsh1.jpg

 Though I would like to make a thorough study of these 'sky-warriors' sometime, they are certainly a worthy subject, and alot of tremendous reference is out there(though some of it is big $$!!)
 
 

 

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Done some work on my 'loader' as well, he's pretty close now.
 
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I'm finding the metal figures are fantastic when you go to finish all the little fittments--instead of needing to paint those harness-rings a bit of gentle scratching shows the bright metal under the paint and has the real look to it.
 
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Some collector got a nice haul for Chrismas! A bit of good reference for gas mask, ammo & fuelcan for us too.
 

 

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This guy still has his additude problems but is close to finished

 
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Here's what I mean about a production line. To speed things up some, you may as well handle the field kits all at once--each canteen, each breadbag should all be about the same anyway so layer by layer, I move from one to the next, though the DAK Sentry was basically finished alone as I was concentrating efforts then, but I'm checking to make sure everything is consistaint, though not nessessarily matching.
 
 http://www.boekhandelrap.nl/images/090401%20militaria/FallschirmjagerPortrait.jpg
 
 ~~With this last figure started, they have all recieved alot of work  and soon as I have those guys above done I'll get back to the British figures and finish them.

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:03 PM

 

Buddho~

Buddho

That has got to be one of the best collection of painted figures I have seen in awhile!

Thanks so much Buddy--Yes they are starting to get there now.

              Just a couple of questions:           Anytime-go ahead          

Do you use acrylics exclusively?          I use acylics,+tube artist acrylics+tamiya(what ever they are Sad ) enamels,oils, inks and pigment powders for my figures--but if you mean do I sometimes use mostly oils, the answer's no, I haven't been able to deal witht the slow drying time too well Most of the work on this project is done with Vallejo and the inks and oils are for effects  mostly.

Do you use oil washes?       Not for figures, no. I use oil washes for bodywork on vehicles sometimes if I can't make an enamel do the job(usually it can)    For washes over Vallejo, use a darker version of that Vallejo color--it wont  desolve like other paints--same with artist acrylics in a tube--they dry to a plastic colored shell basically and wet color flows right over it.

How did you get so darn good at this?????? LOL!          I've been working as one kind of artist or another for 30 years, but I've been doing scale models for only 2 .  I have alot of years experience with acrylics so getting ahold of these great model paints and searching out the best tutorials from the worlds best modelers set me on the path--I have a long way to go to get where I want but studying the work and reading books, blogs, and articles from Steve Zagola, Calvin Tan , Jaume Ortiz Forns, Bob Letterman, and Douglas Lee, and Mark Bannerman, to name a few,  all gave me a boost in building and painting Figures & Dioramas     --& thanks for the question!

(and as for the smoking styles, I've seen photos of German troops using all sorts of fingers to smoke their cigarettes!)

Thanks--no doubt

Stick with---more up soon!

~deadhead~ Again no problem .....Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!

~Andy~  That's awsome!!  You really made me happy showing me that--I'm so glad it worked well for you---pretty easy to handle that way--huh?---looks like it will work great....keep me posted!

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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    April 2009
  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:22 PM

Oops!  I think I screwed up... I thought those German cigarettes were much longer. Huh? Actually I wanted to say thanks for your toot because I used to add cigarettes to my two figures over the weekend.  Of course I had to cut metal wires a lot shorter after the CA dried like you suggested.  Thought it was funny... sword fighting perhaps?

Andy

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Posted by deadhead on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:44 AM

I bow to your research! I was going by hearsay and an old movie. Now I feel like a dopeBig Smile

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  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:23 PM

That has got to be one of the best collection of painted figures I have seen in awhile!

Just a couple of questions:

Do you use acrylics exclusively?

Do you use oil washes?

How did you get so darn good at this?????? LOL!

(and as for the smoking styles, I've seen photos of German troops using all sorts of fingers to smoke their cigarettes!)

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