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New "Band of Brothers" fig, 1/16th scale...

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New "Band of Brothers" fig, 1/16th scale...
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2010 11:36 AM

Alpine...painted w/ Humbrol enamels and oils:

Talking to GFM Manstein:

Please comment or I'll drop an Airborne Regiment on top of your house.............

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Posted by ogrejohn on Sunday, March 28, 2010 12:55 PM

Excellent work Manstein!

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Posted by deafpanzer on Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:57 PM

Yes WOW! Yes Amazing work as usual from you Manny!  So you are planning to do the German figure next?

I consider myself old fashioned guy so I am asking you politely if I can marry your kit.  Just a friendly reminder that you can not marry your own kit... it is illegal here in America. 

Andy

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, March 28, 2010 2:11 PM

Very nicely done!Toast  I really like how you captured the differnt shades of the uniform and equipment.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:13 PM

deafpanzer

 So you are planning to do the German figure next?

That's the plan...it would actually be a "self-portrait" since that is a fig of me from circa '43...

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, March 29, 2010 1:13 AM

Well  Manny--looks like you got the right colors in the right places---But I think you have some serious Dio work ongoing and I for one am really looking forward to seeing that progress.

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

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 29, 2010 10:08 AM

*INDY

Well  Manny--looks like you got the right colors in the right places---But I think you have some serious Dio work ongoing and I for one am really looking forward to seeing that progress.

Thanks, Indy.  Thios one will not end up in a dio, as I don't do any dios larger than 35th---but you are right about having some WIPS that need my attention! 

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Posted by wing_nut on Monday, March 29, 2010 4:30 PM

Looks outstanding.

Marc  

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Posted by Grimmo on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:43 AM

Great work Manny! very life like, and love the look on his face when next to to german! looks like he is looking down on him.

 

What was the color used for the uniform?

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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:05 AM

Excellent painting.  Definitely one of your best.

Regards,  Rick

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:08 PM

Grimmo

What was the color used for the uniform?

...thanks, khaki-drab washed with raw umber...

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Posted by panzerguy on Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:24 PM

 

 

  Really nice MannyYesYes. The uniform colors look spot on. You've really captured that longest day look on his face.

   Now for the one small bit, the rifle sling. It should hang down more.

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, April 2, 2010 11:30 AM

Super-cool!

You're giving me a hankering to try a 1/16 scale figure.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by jetmodeler on Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:15 AM

Great job. It looks amazing expecially the face.

I think I'll try a 1/16 figure. What would be the average price of one?

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 5, 2010 8:12 AM

panzerguy

 

 

  Really nice MannyYesYes. The uniform colors look spot on. You've really captured that longest day look on his face.

   Now for the one small bit, the rifle sling. It should hang down more.

Thanks, panzerguy.  The sling is actually resin-cast, which limited my ability to manipulate it much.  I was sorta thinking the same thing myself when I first saw it, but if you've ever held a rifle with a hard, leather or canvas sling, they sometimes are stiff to the point of behaving sorta like the one on the figuere is...

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 9:42 AM

jetmodeler

Great job. It looks amazing expecially the face.

I think I'll try a 1/16 figure. What would be the average price of one?

Well, you can spend anywhere from approx $25 to $50 bucks...the Alpine figs are on the high side but the quality is outstanding...

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2010 10:40 AM

You guys think I should smear some black grease paint on his face?  Been thinking about adding that......

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:21 PM

Look, I stuck my toes into the figure threads! Good looking stuff Manny. So with the larger scale figures, are you using oils or enamels for most of the painting? I've got some 1/35 and 1/48 figures that I need to work on and am using Humbrol enamels for the brush work. Good coverage but I sort of have to dry-brush the highlights etc instead of blending like I probably could with oils.

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:44 PM

Hey, what you doing in here? 

Well, for everything but the skin, I am also a Humbrol man...for the flesh I go the oil route...I paint flesh mostly dark to light (except with some chick figs)...raw umber is my friend...

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:53 PM

I heard rumours of chick figures! Whistling

Dark first to give the shadows, build the highlights up... makes sense, especially in the smaller scales I deal with.

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:56 PM

VanceCrozier

Dark first to give the shadows, build the highlights up... makes sense, especially in the smaller scales I deal with.

Here's how I handle the 35th scale stuff---same theory:

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 8, 2010 1:33 PM

Those are 1/35?! Looking really good. For places where you're using a spotted camoflage, how do you avoid having those spots build up & look, uhh, lumpy? Several very thin coats I'm assuming?

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2010 2:31 PM

I tend to get very good coverage w/ Humbrol...I find if you mix their enamels well before painting you can usually get good results with one coat on camo, as long as you go from dark to light...IMO Humbrol has the finest ground and richest pigments out there...

BTW, the fig 2nd from the left has the same leopard spots as that cat...??? 

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 8, 2010 2:39 PM

Well I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to go off-topic!

Have a look at these: http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=ocelots&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 8, 2010 2:44 PM

Yep, always had good luck with Humbrol's paint, great for hand-brushing. I absolutely despise the little tin cans it comes in though...

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 8, 2010 2:54 PM

Just run a search for "Bengal cat breeders" in your area (the eastern front right!), I'm pretty sure that's what you're looking for. Or you could start with a white cat & some Humbrol enamels...

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Posted by *INDY on Thursday, April 8, 2010 7:22 PM

Manstein's revenge

I tend to get very good coverage w/ Humbrol...IMO Humbrol has the finest ground and richest pigments out there... 

Same thing I'm always saying about Floquil

Similar paint, better container   (way smaller color range tho)

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Friday, April 9, 2010 7:22 AM

Thanks INDY - my LHS has a big railroad section that may have Floquil... I'd hate to think it has been sitting there all these years and I hadn't noticed it before. Those railroad folks are dangerous people!!

Maybe I can re-purpose a bunch of used paint jars, dump my Humbrols in as soon as I open them... I suppose stranger things have been done for this hobby.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 9, 2010 7:54 AM

I like Floquil, although they have the stigma of the RR thing...works very nicely on aircraft from my experience...

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, April 9, 2010 8:36 AM

Manstein's revenge

I like Floquil, although they have the stigma of the RR thing...works very nicely on aircraft from my experience...

"stigma"...yeah..-LOL- that's a funny way to put it...

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