~ U.S. Armored Infantry for my 1/35th scale E.T.O.~

Really nice work, Indy. Great collection of dudes, looking forward to the finished deal.

Steve

 Nice work! I wish I could make figures as good as you...... maybe someday.

Yeah, of course the figs are for a dio, like the title says. I also did the same thing for my dio, I figured the information will be easier to find for everybody - figs uner figs, vehicles under armor, and all the rest in the dios section.

Adam - nice progress, when do we get to see the general idea of the dio? Did you start any vehicles yet? Keep 'em comin', and have a nice day

Pawel

WOW! They all look amazing.

(So does this mean your going to start the dio.)

 Unit Photo  time

 Smile for the camera guys 

Thanks Gents for joining me & as always............

  

 

The boys from S&T

Rick~ Thank you for that post --the pleasure is all mine. It's a real compliment that you're enjoying putting up some images of my work

Richard~  Hey no trouble --I know what you mean--I didn't show the in-effective photo angles (someone here will fail to read the text and try to advise me  )  I did try a comprimise in the next post that my be similar to what I'll end up doing. .     Thanks again for the fine remarks!

Jet~ Aahaaaha--that's why I wrote that there no biggy M8!   I appreciate your post Buddy--good to have you around.

OK, here's one more WIP update before I get this chap all-together

 

  ~~I 'dry?' fit the stock helmet a little 'off' to the side with---a tiny dab of sugery bubble-gum (My goofy-but effective substitute for not having any blue-tac handy)

I had did some more work to the  trousers after looking very closly again, and corrected some highlights and  I like the subtle differences.

Looks great so far. I saw more pictures and I thought he was finished. Then I scrolled back up and it said...

STILL NOT FINISHED.

Again nice job so far.

Adam, thanks for indulging me. No worries on the tin pot, either one looks fine. Remember it's your figure and do what's comfortable for you. You're able to look at it 360 as opposed to us having just a few angles to comment on.

The blending is spot on for this figure. You have a distinct style that's maturing with every figure you work on. I like what I see.

Outstanding. Carry on.

Cheers,

Richard

Nice, nice work.  I'll have some of these pics on my bulletin board just to remind me how good figures could look.  Thanks for sharing your art.  Rick.

You can buy them here but they can't be full auto, It's against the law. But you can buy somethong that lets you have full auto guns, but it is super expensive. I already have a thompson and a kar 98, but what would really be fun is an MG42!

Richard--that's the real thing--you can buy the real thing with cash money here in the U.S.A.

Cool. If it's a cold day in early Spring Adam, then the peachy dry skin will suffice. Forgot you were dry fitting the helmet as you progress.

Hey, is that a real Thompson replica that you have? Saw one in Hong Kong, drooled over it but had to bring myself to realise it was furtile to try to bring it back. I have been itching to scratch build a 1:1.

Cheers,

Richard

~Boyyd~ Thanks alot for that--and pretty interesting observation----I think you've summed him up right. I try to keep to that assessment throughout---

~Richard~Thanks my friend--I do try .Not nearly there yet though. I'm always interested to hear what you think-and I would take your suggestions in hand and hold onto them for now. For the fit of his helmet (very keen of you noticing the way of martial fashions!     Like I said I just placed that helmet on loosely, but that's about how John Rosencrant built the figure, and I think I like it  (but I promise you I'll consider what you said before the final attachment) As for the sheen on skin factor--again that's interesting , and I've only done a few figures using oils so far and haven't got it all down--by far-   This is going to be quite a cold day in early Spring I'm modeling, but  something like the sheen to the skin would be a thing for me to consider when the rest of the work is complete--and everything is just right in middle of work now--  CYA soon

Beautiful Adam, another individual rendition.

I have two constructive comments if you don't mind. The first one regarding the sit of the helmet. In the '40's I find a large proportion of GI's wearing their helmets further back and tilted to one side...must be the fashion of the time. Your Lt. has his riding a little high exposing the back and neck reminiscence of the Vietnam era of helmet wearing...also because the '70's era helmets were shallower.

The other comment which I normally do now is to add a little shine to the flesh tones to simulate natural body oils. You can try it, it livens the look of the skin.

This guy is not as grundgy looking as the sarge. He could be just fresh off West Point but his pants and jacket give him away as old school. Perhaps officer pedigree has kept him sharp. Otherwise he looks good and would be a stand out amongst his troops.

Cheers,

Richard

Nice job as always, Indy.  Again, I am struck by the personality... this guy strikes me as a typical young LT.  He's got some action under his belt, but has not reached that 'grizzled veteran' stage of your Sarge...

Impressive....

Mic

We're in a race to see who gets through with this S&T figure first, Indy. Yer gainin' on me :)

That's pretty funny Steve--as fast as painting model figures goes! Of course, you have me at a disadvantaage here, because you haven't been kind enough to post any WIP photos~~~In any case, I have a long way still to go--the 'rub' with a highly detailed figure --  they demand very high attention to finishing of all of those details---with the reminder that everything could be really great--given enough patience

~Now that the arms are attached--I'm all-clear to complete the jacket, add the scarf, complete the rest of the upper body details, then complete the trousers then lastly the boots & sling

We're in a race to see who gets through with this S&T figure first, Indy. Yer gainin' on me :)

He looks good so far.

I have a question. What are your mix ratios for the lighter and darker shades for the olive drab?

Around half-there with the Lt.     Skipping around a bit and only kind of cudely painted so far, but you can start to get an idea of the look of him...minus all the nice blending that is..

~Richard~ So not allowed to have fake weapons  for collecting  there huh? I guess real one's are out of the question for non-military & police then? Gotta love Americathe wild west

I have no doubts about the Lt. here-certainly less of a challenge than 'Sergeant John' was to get a good result--yeah-you see what I mean about Rosencrant getting that lip on the helmet?Cool huh-thanks for the weathering tip-I agree.

~~As for you posting your WIP figures here--Yes-I recommend it--Of course you have the option of keeping it all on your Diorama thread, but why not compartmentalize? You can always LINK to the figure thread from the Dio thread---

Cool 1:1 replicas. Not allowed to have them here so I'm salivating. The only replica I have is a M1 Helmet with liner, straps and netting.

Your Lieutenants coming along just fine. Definitely another individual. I agree about the good fit of good figures. It does help alot in painting tight spaces that need not be covered by an arm or whatever else.

The helmet is cool. It even has the metal lip around the edges. This is normally left shiny metal when constantly rubbed against. I'm sure this figure is going to a good compliment to the other four. If only other dio builders would concentrate more on their figures as you have.

I'm already busy with R & R and have posted some pix of progress. When I start on the figures, should I post the WIP here?

Cheers,

Richard

I'm assuming the Garand is the real thing unless you've done a fantastic paint job of it.

Your figures have inspired me to continue with R & R. I'm getting my figs redone for it. Must replace them with better heads just like what you've done.

Cheers,

Richard

Awesome work on those GI's !

Pawel~ Thanks alot my friend--The Garand slings we're really the only scratchmade parts on these figures so that's a great compliment!      Yes--there is the Lt. coming up next and then I need 1-3 driver-type-seated G.I.'s (I'm not sure of the # yet--at least 1)

~Jet~Thank you Buddy--thanks too for sticking with me through the thread!

~Richard~Thanks Sir! I am very happy with them---Not an easy place to get, though I already think of how they can be better--Be all they can Be!    really though,,sometimes it seems all but imposible to get everything right

bbrowniii

Great fireteam you got there, Indy.  As always, one impressive display of painting prowess!

I really like how you expend the energy to give your figures individual personalities - from the grizzled veteran to the fresh(er) faced private.  Sooooo-purrrrrrrrr!!!

~Boyyd~~~Thank you very much ! That's high praise and I'm really happy that you get the personality I try to put into each man. Much of it is in the choice of figure of course, but I do try to have in mind certain distinct traits of each person I paint before I go in----if they are neat or sloppy or a fresh, well-equiped gung-ho type or a salty veteran with a stripped-down kit of 'bare-essentials'--if they have 'size' to them, that they carry it right--that sort of stuff at least.

~~Thanks again Gents...I'll return when I have something done on the Lieutenant       ..........*Indy

Great fireteam you got there, Indy.  As always, one impressive display of painting prowess!

I really like how you expend the energy to give your figures individual personalities - from the grizzled veteran to the fresh(er) faced private.  Sooooo-purrrrrrrrr!!!

Okay, which one's Wyatt?...No seriously I like them all.

Cheers,

Richard