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

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Posted by Gamera on Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:28 AM

Great job Indy! Looking forward to seeing his two buddies.

Don't tell Stikpusher but I pulled out a box of figures and started fooling around with them even though his Korean War GB doesn't start for a week. I'm kicking around the idea of doing a few of them as a WIP, it would be my first one so I figure maybe I could start with something small like a few figures instead of something big like a vehicle.

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Posted by *INDY on Sunday, June 20, 2010 4:57 AM
 
 
 
 
This guy is "The Real McCoy"
 
 
 
Fittingly enough, the 1st figure started is 1st  to be finished (or there abouts) 
 
 
 
 
 
You may recall I mentioned losing the nice resin rifle sling from the kit, so the last step (aside from any late touch-ups and perhaps some insignia), was scratchbuilding the sling. This one is not perfect, but I went to about the farthest lengths yet to portray somewhat the complex Garand sling, from wiine bottle foil, pierced it along it's length  and detailed with some scrap P.E. and painted as some soiled leather with Vallejo.(now that I'm here with the zoom shots I see a few more areas to detail--OF course!)
 

You'll note that by time I was done, the boots we're very worn, which isn't so bad, but I replaced some shoeleather before finishing, so I end up weathering that color instead of bare resin after final placement.
 
 
I took a couple 'publicity shots'  adding him to my only Dio base he might really fit into, my only other U.S build (so far) in the Ardennes, He could use that weathering about now, but it's still fun to try---it's about now i realize I haven't even dull-coted yet!
 
 
Thanks as always for tuning in &....

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Posted by *INDY on Sunday, June 20, 2010 4:52 AM

~Stick~ Much appreciated!  Yep, I'm on an Allied bandwagon ,especially the next few builds. I do Germans too, at least so far I've had Germans in my Dios being captured, burned to a crisp, being chewed-out by Superiors, and oblivious to a sneak attack.     I will portray some milling about in strength in a few builds I have planned....but there sure is too much of that out there, ain't there?

~Steve~ Man-that Lt. is cool enough to appear in more Dios than we got time to build! No shame using him as is--but you got a chance to alter him a little if you want---I'm trying to get away with no figure conversions this build.....we will see. oh &....Thanks for the vote of confidence buddyYes

 

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Posted by Mic on Saturday, June 19, 2010 8:20 PM

oooh, you nabbed my S&T figure... I'm using him in my 442nd scene. Angry

Haha... yours will be done sooner, and better, than mine.

Steve

 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, June 19, 2010 5:18 PM

Indy, those are coming along great! Its always nce to see some OD and Khaki among all the plethora of Field Gray here.

 

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Posted by *INDY on Friday, June 18, 2010 3:34 AM

Bodge

Thats the one Indy. What a talented Guy. I think it is superb. The 1/16 scale figures i am waiting for are equally as impressive . They are German Grenadiers  and Machinegunners in winter clothing in seated positions to ride on a tank.

~Andy~ Thanks so much--very generous praise      (you just made the X-mas list  Big Smile)

~Gamera~ Yeah the G.I.s are having thier day---the Germans are still facinating--but cetainly way over-modeled when you consider how  few examples you see from most countries really. I'd like to see what you come up with.

~Jet~ Hey buddy~ I hope you post up whatever you get started with for the next scene--take away anything here that helps, and ask any questions---there's some real experts following along----

~~A modeler-friend of mine contacted me asking for a little more detail how I choose to paint clothing in particular, mixing /picking color for highs&lows, I think is what he's asking is painting order

 ~~The order, for me, is usually a basecoat that's a middle tone for the color I want, and a slightly darkened wash of that color goes in and brings out the detail, and shows where to paint. Usually I use a slightly darker version of that color, made with black, very dark brown or dark green, depending on the kind of material it is, and that shadow goes into all the crevices, but hugs the underneath surface of the fold above. and 2nd darker version goes just on the bottom of that folds surface--and I will darken that on the spot for really reccessed areas, and mix it with the 1st shadow for more shallow folds, so more colors are made from the 3 I start with.

The highlights go in a similar order, onto the tops of the folds, and I nearly always do the lights last, as they are truelly on top and get destroyed by the darker colors anyways. After the basic highlights are on, I lighten the color on the palette with white usually (but often an ocre or other colour that is the lighter part of the main colour I'm using), and 'draw' that onto just the top thin edges of the top facing features.
 


Often an even lighter shade goes on top of that, very restricted so it does'nt show up as 'white'(unless its a white garmet-and then that's about the only area you have business painting white on a white garmet) --often I will omit some highlight, like on the wool trousers seen in this blog--as they just dont reflect much light.
 
~~One more important thing--that you won't hear everywhere--I often don't keep to the pure system as described, as some somewhat 'muddled' areas sometimes are more real looking than  high-contrast everywhere....like the guy in the 1st photo above. I went back after painting in a high contrast, system based jacket, and used the middle-tone to confuse where the shadows are, because after being promted to look at my own reference again, I could see the real thing only had so much contrast.
~~I know my photos are not consistent in color here, but you should see how in the end I purposely destroyed much of the contrast I painted in above Again, just more real to me.
 
 
OK...one more thing yet--often you need to go back and use lighter shadows to soften the dark contrasts they can create. In the photo below (painting a Hornet Ruskie with Tamiya acrylics!! Unheard of    Indifferent) I'm showing how the shadows on the top of his tunic are blended this way, and subtle,.... and those below the belt are harsh, and need to be integrated still.

See  What I mean? Leaving those shadows right under the belt dark, only right under the folds will be good--if some middle-tones are jabbed(stippled) into the transition area(like above)


That of any help? Or did I make things worse?Surprise

 

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Posted by jetmodeler on Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:34 PM

They look great so far.Bow Down Kind of a funny how I had plans on going to my LHS tomorrow and getting a set of figures based on WWII soldiers U.S. and German and today I came across this post and you doing American soldiers.Smile

 

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:51 PM

Great work as always Indy, as cool as the German uniforms were I love seeing some Allied stuff for a change.

I've been kicking around some ideas on a small Korean War dio and I'll be borrowing some of your techniques and ideas for my GIs. 

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Posted by Bodge on Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:43 AM

Thats the one Indy. What a talented Guy. I think it is superb. The 1/16 scale figures i am waiting for are equally as impressive . They are German Grenadiers  and Machinegunners in winter clothing in seated positions to ride on a tank.

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Posted by *INDY on Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:39 AM

~~Update for 16th June 2010

 
 
It's been consensus  that this figure was made to represent The Sargent "Mike" in Saving Private Ryan, now that people have had a look at my rendition of him. sobeit then, he does resemble the wingman of that famous fight'n schoolteacher name'a "Miller'
 


You'll notice I've finally attached his helmet & hands , and painted in his putties, and some other details...he pretty close now....although I'm not sure I like this set of hands on him---from some angles they are quite good--from others they seem a little over-sized--strange they did not in trials without the high-contrast of paint in place---and strange how the kit hands looked far-under-sized to me...but maybe that's what worked with this sculpt? The sleeve-ends are moulded to narrow points that don't fit down on the broad part of the hand, if you see what I mean? Also at this point his legs look just a little short for his torso to me--I'll have to change hands again I think.
 


Before getting his dull-cote--and after shooting these photos---I've brushed-on a little Future on his arm-patch areas, in prep of placing his insignia.


A few layer s now on boots & putties...and a few more tries to get what I wanted on some other small detail. This guy has shown me the opposite-- a set of hands I wasn't sure I liked before painting that I now do like alot---go figure. It's just a feature I know that I'm picky about.
 

I suppose he's about ready to be armed and completed  Big Smile

 


I'll hold off on the weathering of his uniform & helmet--though really needed for the right "look' until I have the look of the groundwork where they're going established.
 

 

Work's continued with "John" too....
 


His boots & putties where painted essentially the same as "Mike's", though they lacked alot of the nice detail, and took a lot more work to get something decent.
 


He's very 'close' now too---and will get similar markings as his associate.
 

~~I'll shoot you guys an update as son as it gels Gents.............

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Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:44 PM

Bodge

Those S&T figures are something else. I have seen a dio with a bunch of them in and it was superb. I will try and dig out a pic of it for you. I have three of thier figures on order in 1/16 scale and i cant wait to do them.

~~Andy---I agree everything I've seen from S&T has been smokin cool---now....if they'd just put out some more 1/35th mini-men!   I've never touched that large-scale stuff--but I'll look forward to seeing your work on them---

Now that Dio you we're speaking of --was it Rosengrant's  "Calm Before the Storm"    ?

One of the best I've seen .  John sculpted every one of these figures for the build!! (and later we're of course marketed by S&T)  This Dio was one of my inspirations for  doing something with these figures. The whole article by John is found     HERE            On painting his figures, interestingly enough, he says :

"The figures were painted in my usual mix of paints: Vallejo, Humbrol, and a bit of artists oil colour. My philosophy on painting figures is to use whichever paint type works best for the effect I'm trying to achieve. For example, my faces are painted in Humbrol enamels, but details such as eyes and brows are done in Vallejo acrylics. The 5 o'clock shadow beard tone is done with thin oil washes. It's a bit unorthodox, but it's a system I'm comfortable with."

~~It's also a system I could relate to some--I tend to use acrylic or laquer primer, paint uniforms in Vallejo and sometimes Tamiya acrylics, usually heads too--but recently taken to using oils, and for some textures and effects I use oils,enamels and inks~~

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Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:23 PM

Pawel

Adam, looks like you have another very nice GI in the cue.

Thanks, ya Pawel--those John Rosengrant figures are very very good--same as in the Dio I believe Bodgey is talkin about----------here's one more step for that one----oil color flesh-base applied

 

I was actually amazed on the variety of colours on the real things. This gives a skilled modeller like yourself an opportunity to do something eyecatching and realistic at the same time. Keep 'em comin & have a nice day

Pawel

 ~~Yeah totally---a huge range of possible colors for each item--of course research is needed to see what range for what items to some degree(or this blog can serve as somewhat of a shortcut )

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Posted by Bodge on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:38 AM

Those S&T figures are something else. I have seen a dio with a bunch of them in and it was superb. I will try and dig out a pic of it for you. I have three of thier figures on order in 1/16 scale and i cant wait to do them.

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Posted by Pawel on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:55 AM

Adam, looks like you have another very nice GI in the cue.

I was actually amazed on the variety of colours on the real things. This gives a skilled modeller like yourself an opportunity to do something eyecatching and realistic at the same time. Keep 'em comin & have a nice day

Pawel

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:49 PM
~Next up is another nice figure from S & T
 
 
Part of the team, with the first figure I posted, another really nice work by John Rosengrant, this one titled "Squad Leader" Winter 44.
 

 


This casting was in no way as nice and easy to clean-up as other one, but i was not deturred by the miles of flash, although removing it revealed a few pocks and air bubbles that needed filling. The worst thing by far was a misaligned parting you can see on the edge of his left leg--this is one of the worst things that leaves you having to sculpt-in the legs detail, as there was a real 'step' there. The large long chunk is the pour block for the (again) included cast sling(sorry to say I've by now lost the nice sling for the 1st guys Garand some how--I'll leave this one off till much later as its a good deal smaller and requires shaping.)
 
 
Here it is all cleaned-up, with again, the arms just dry-fitted and hanging on thier 'key' pegs
Again--with this figure they just fit that well! No way to botch that--The helmet is temp placed with a little ball of clay for now.

He's got the bigger type rucksack and wears his mag-pouch like a weight-lifters belt.
 

The holster fits right in that spot  next to the mag-pouch.
 

No option as to position of head--short of grinding it away and replacing it--not that I want to -I think this head should be great. You can see in this pic the worst of the air bubbles--where he appears to have taken a 20mm to the head*(IndifferentEd) and a big hole under the arm--all made tidy by now and ready to pull apart and prime.
Here I've got the Lieutenant mounted-up and primed
 

I've done things the same as with the Evolution figure 'Bob',masking hands and face (looking a good deal like one of Mac's hostage videos Tongue Tied and sprayed the rest with a TS can of Dark Yellow
 

Afterwards I painted the flesh with the Tamiya mix and sprayed the helmet with the  TS-5 Drab

 


The Lt. took to the 1st round of oil washes pretty well...

 


This is interesting--with application of the 2nd, darker wash, look how that eye detail has appeared--a truelly gifted sculpter!
more coming up very soon!

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:36 PM

Pawel~ Thanks for comments Buddy--yeah, I like to vary the colors as much as possible  and stay in the realm of possibility--I usually mix a different color even on same-colored items--or try to fade one more than the other--to get away from any 'toy soldier' productionline look

Steve~What's up man? Long time - no post   . I appreciate your comments--don't be a stranger!

Andy~  Thanks out to you -- they're shapin up, but alot on my plate right now---should really have something good looking in a few days if I carve out a little tiime.

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Posted by Bodge on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:25 PM

Great figures and your doing a great job on them. The Dio should look great with those on it.

Mic
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Posted by Mic on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:51 AM

Yeah, that Evolution figure seems definitely based on Sizemore... I'm waiting for the Hanks figure from them to fill out a scene idea I've got goin. Big Smile

Your figures are lookin good, Indy.

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Posted by Pawel on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:10 AM

Hello Adam!

I see you have your share of GI's too now! They're looking good! What impresses me is how many different shades of OD & OG are on them at the same time. Keep 'em comin' & have a nice day

Pawel

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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:24 AM

~Stickpusher~ Thanks for your comments, Buddy. That's cool you hang onto those old relics--glad someone is--If you get a chance and want to throw down some photos of some of the 'unique shades of O.D.' it would be welcome to see. The re-enactors show somewhat usefull stuff sometimes, but as we know, often not quite==certainly most of them make an effort to get it right-- i always try to get a number of references for any one thing--which makes it even harder to decide what the thing looks like!--But taking all available data into account, I shoot for what seems right to me--waht else can we really do, right?

~CaliBill~ Hey Bro--it works for me-LOL-, yes it looks alot like him--should I start calling the figure Mike? Is it kooky to name 2" tall  men at all? Seems easier to blog them with namesWink Thanks for dropping in--plese do so again---keep in touch one wawy or another--ieght?

~~Update is coming up~~~~

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Posted by I make stuff on Monday, June 14, 2010 10:19 PM

Adam, that guys is the spitting image for Mike Horvath/Tom Sizemore, so much so that I decided to post it even before I Read through to where you said it.

 

No question about it.

Painting is coming along very nicely, too.

 

Keep it up,

Bill

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, June 14, 2010 3:53 AM

Yes. I own a bunch of that gear that I picked up surplus back in the  days before the re enactors and reproduction gear. The jackets fade to a grayish tan shade with age and use, something along the lines of US armor sand 30277. the canvas gear keeps as yellowish hue as it fades. When new it is like Humbrol Ochre, but fades to something similar to Mid Stone (old shade). I stil have some of my dads old HBT fatigues. A very unique shade of Olive I must say. Your shade of od for the wool trousers looks great! Yes

 

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, June 14, 2010 2:21 AM

stikpusher

Figure 3, the sniper, the shade on his jacket should be the same on his as the the two wearing the tankers jackets. When brand new the jackets had a khaki olive shade but once worn and faded they went to a tan khaki shade. Only the guy in the M1943 Field jacket would stay in an olive green shade.

Right--like the guy in the re-enactor picture

http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/41116/aagi10.jpg

 

You might like it better in this picture, since the others I got rid of the high-contrast, green shadow areas and brought it up to something less green and I think more in line with possible colors for that jacket, but I dont want it the same as the others in the scene.

 He and his bud. both need some refinements  to the uniforms still, and all the little details--but that's really my favorite part of painting figures. Then fitting of hands/weapons before completing.

 Trying to remember to save the boots for last--I'm always rubbing the paint off them otherwise, even when properly mounted on pins.

Actually, the 2 tanker's jackets I have here are pretty different colors, as every example I've seen is different too.

 

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~back soon with more>>>>>>

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, June 14, 2010 1:59 AM

Figure 3, the sniper, the shade on his jacket should be the same on his as the the two wearing the tankers jackets. When brand new the jackets had a khaki olive shade but once worn and faded they went to a tan khaki shade. Only the guy in the M1943 Field jacket would stay in an olive green shade.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, June 14, 2010 1:52 AM

I was working on on Bob's (or "the Sarge's") "tanker's jacket"

 

 The base colour is 919 White, tinged with a tad of977 Desert Yellow on one layer,  & 916 Sand Yellow on another. Any shadows done again by adding small amounts of 889 USA Olive Drab

 

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, June 14, 2010 1:46 AM

Most of the colour is layed in with our favorite '0' & '00' pointy round brushes, but for 'drawing' along the fine folds with highlights I like a 5/0 or 10/0 Liner brush

 

 My palette keeps growing with each cloth attacked. I try to mix enough of 1 or 2 shadow & light colors to keep it around through the process. Other in-between shades are mixed on the go  right on the tin.

More coming right up......

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, June 14, 2010 1:42 AM
 
I've added the arms to 'Bob' in preparation of finishing his jacket

 

 

It has to be just a little easier to paint the coat prior to fitting hands, if given the option

 
 
These boys have come along quite a ways since last update
 

 I've dry fit the heads to take a look, in fact they are pinned in an movable/removable and will stay that way all the way until final placement on the Diorama, in case adjustments are needed. Nothing worse than having the figure nicely finished looking the wrong waySurprise

 

I've painted both Riflemen with the field drab wool trousers using the 873 Field Drab as base, the shadows made with the 889 USA Drab (no black) --the lights with 919 White

The CD figure has his rucksack attached, but not his other equipment items yet. All the snaps.buckles, and bayonettes basepainted with Testors Flat Black (good 'ole square bottle)

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, June 14, 2010 1:33 AM

stikpusher

Indy, I really like your figure work. A meeting of elements sounds like a good way to blend them in. To be honest Ithing that photo is more the basis of several Tamiya figures from tehir old and new US infantry sets.

A big Thank you  Stick---

I see what you mean about that photo maybe influencing Tamiya's artist too--except they're too tall by thier standards--if ya know what I'm saying...Tamiya figures  often seem on the small side to me....

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, June 14, 2010 12:47 AM

Indy, I really like your figure work. A meeting of elements sounds like a good way to blend them in. To be honest Ithing that photo is more the basis of several Tamiya figures from tehir old and new US infantry sets.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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Posted by *INDY on Monday, June 14, 2010 12:36 AM

Layering the Vallejo in layer by layer

 

 The shadow colors used for the O.D. trousers(the trousers with the cargo pockets we're always one O.D. or another) we're layed in after an over-all dark green wash of Floquil enamel, accounting for the sheen seen below, after that step. Such a wash goes a long way towards  revealing every fold and shadow area, but does not sufficiently portray the play of light on the fabric. For this I used  a 1st shadow of 889 & USA Olive Drab & 894 Cam. Olive Green  and a dash of 950 Black. The second shadow is 889 alone and it's a very dark colour. The  1st highlight was  straight 894 and the 2nd  894 & 978 Dark Yellow. The 3rd light is that mix with varried amounts of  919 Foundation White for any area directly hit with light (tops of folds)

Here's what it looked like with just the wash:

The dark wash went along way to revealing the fine detail of the pistol belt. The ammo pouches recieved several layers of yellow-greens, and have a bit more to go.

 

 The trousers above and the coat for the S&T G.I. are going through a similar treatment, but I haven't had as much time to devote to them yet and they require lots more lights.

 

 
The bayonette scabbard shows the 889 USA Olive Drabs dark colour.

One really nice casting from Verlinden are these entrenching shovels--some of the best I've seen on that item. I painted in a like fashion to the above but used some Tesors Zinc Cromate enamel mixed into some Flat Green to get that faded look. The wood handles are painted in the usual way we've come to use for on vehicle equipment--a Vallejo base with oils thickly brushed over it. Later some traces of the issue O.D. paint with cover much of it.
 

 

The completed heads needed some detail work to thier headgear. Later I'll add a bit more highs.

 

Some spare Hornet Heads I've also been painting along the way, including this dent in this G.I.'s steal pot, with came that way and I never wanted to repair it. At this point I've painted it into place for a little charactor.

 

 Some reference :

Exactly what that U.S. bayo looked like--you can also see that the ammo pouch snaps are blackened brass
 
 
A good look at the texture of the steal pot helmet(note the silvery steal worn edge)
 
 
The pouch for the M1 .30 Carbine magazines
 
 
 
The famous flap for the M1911 .45
That's right...you guessed it....more coming up!
 

 

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