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Post by Boots on Sept 16, 2023 21:21:30 GMT
Well i have to confess to being a bit of a slacker as of late but i do have good reasons....
Anyhoo.....i have got back to the table for a bit and the stalled Spitfire will resume shortly...........in the mean time i went stark ravin` mad and ended up in here!!
This is purely a practercise so i don`t expect to end up with a masterpiece but if you don`t try you`ll never learn!
My son had a couple of 1/16th figures under his bed and one day he deposited them on my bench and i assumed he didn`t want them so i stuck them in the garage for ages.... soooooo for some bizzare reason i decided to have a try, they`re not badly molded for old kits but after a little bit of TLC i got it to a reasonable standard, so here we are to date..
The main colour blocking is done and awaiting weathering (`cept the boots.....not started them yet), i also wanted to have a go at the Oakleaf design so i`m hoping it looks acceptable, i looked at loads of ref pics of the M42 jacket and Oakleaf designs and went from there really!
The base colour was a mix of Saddle Brown and Sunny skin tone.....followed by Beige Brown, Rust and Orange brown, the trousers still need work yet and so do the gloves...once the ancillery bits are done i`ll give this a gloss coat ready for the next stages.
Not sure whether to go with the Field Grey gloves and trousers or whether to go with the Oak leaf all over, if i go the whole hog i`ll just have to re-base the Saddle Brown colur.
The face was primed using Midnight Blue upwards and Beige XF 55 from above..........thats as far as i am with the face.
  
I will have a go at using oils for the face being as i tried acrylics for the body....this is the bit i`m dreading 
Sorry....i took the pics the wrong way round on my phone
I`m not gonna blog this as such because it`s more of a learning curve.
Cheers chaps  |
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Post by JEFF on Sept 16, 2023 22:02:00 GMT
Looks pretty sweet to me,Dude.  Figures scare me to death. |
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Post by Paul B on Sept 17, 2023 6:20:30 GMT
Oh look, another is leaving the comfort zone  . The Dude looks very good already to my eye. I ma sure you're gonna find a new passion with this one Boots |
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Post by Armorguy on Sept 17, 2023 8:05:13 GMT
I like that camo...a lot! It's a very difficult camo btw and BAM how brilliant it looks.
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Post by bwilt on Sept 17, 2023 9:09:31 GMT
Looks great, sure hope you will show us more of this adventure 👍
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Post by tommygunn on Sept 17, 2023 11:15:04 GMT
Well sorted Boots.
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Post by Ian H. on Sept 17, 2023 12:58:38 GMT
Boots, looks spectacular to me! Brilliant work on the camo smock.
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Post by Boots on Sept 17, 2023 13:12:14 GMT
Thanks very much everyone  ,i`ll keep ye all posted as i progress |
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Post by redzebra on Sept 18, 2023 4:40:51 GMT
Looking good mate :-)
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Post by SteveM on Sept 18, 2023 7:15:05 GMT
They say a change is as good as a rest Boots buddy and looking at this you must be super chilled !
Looks amazing fella
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Post by Robbo on Sept 18, 2023 8:45:18 GMT
Well done mate, it looks great already
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Post by Boots on Sept 18, 2023 20:49:39 GMT
Paul, Steve and Robbo............thanks chaps |
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Post by Boots on Oct 1, 2023 15:18:08 GMT
A bit more playing about done...trousers now matched up and i decided to do the ammo pouches Black Next up a gloss coat then some weathering and matt coat...........then the bloomin` face 
Cheers all |
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Post by Ian H. on Oct 1, 2023 15:28:02 GMT
That camo pattern looks incredible!
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Post by Armorguy on Oct 1, 2023 17:28:36 GMT
I just love this !
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Post by Robbo on Oct 1, 2023 18:24:31 GMT
The camo looks awesome, hope the face goes well for you, Ii think you've left the hard bit till last
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Post by JEFF on Oct 1, 2023 20:39:03 GMT
Looks pretty sweet to me😎 you'll be fine. Onwards and sideways Lad.
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Post by tommygunn on Oct 2, 2023 0:34:59 GMT
Cool camo Boots.
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Post by bwilt on Oct 2, 2023 11:33:09 GMT
Fantastic looking camo ☺️👍👍
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Post by Boots on Oct 2, 2023 18:33:10 GMT
Thanks very much guys...`tis very much appreciated Robbo....yeah the face i ain`t lookin` forward to but....at least i think i got away with the camo coz that was tricky enough for a figgy noob!  |
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Figures scare me to death. 
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