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Post by armorguy on Apr 27, 2021 6:17:51 GMT
I love it.
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Post by Paul B on Apr 27, 2021 15:44:18 GMT
Joe, Tommy cheers ole chaps  . Some models just need AM metal tracks, this is one of them. The most annoying thing about them is drilling out the pin holes  . The rest is a real doddle  . Ian thank you mucker . Tamiya seams to be changing many a colour now. As Pete said, OD has been hit, but Nato Green, Nato black, Deck Tan and now Field grey have been altered. Maybe many more have been changed, these are the ones I have in my stash which are not the original anymore. Marco, appreciated dude . Pete, thanks mushty . Tis darned annoying about the Tamiya paints  . Guy, my dear neighbour I thank you kindly sire . Today I started on my nemesis , the figures. They were primed at the weekend, and today the first colours were sprayed on. For the NBC suits I used Vallejo Olive Green (RLM 80), which had a black pre-shade. Looks like I lost most of the pre-shade though  . The heads received a spraying of Vallejo medium flesh 70.860 first, then another spray from above with Vallejo Flat flesh and Light Flesh (70.955 and 70.928). This will dry off until tomorrow, then I'll chose between oils and enamels or acrylics for the next stages.   Any encouragement or critique is warmly welcomed here, as said figure painting is a real handicap for me. |
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Post by Si B on Apr 27, 2021 15:54:09 GMT
Can’t help with the figure painting......mine look like the kids did ‘em  !! There are some great tutorials on YouTube though. |
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Post by Paul B on Apr 27, 2021 16:15:03 GMT
Cheers Si , we have a few of those tutorials in the SBS board. But somehow, things just don't go as they do in the vids for me . |
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Post by Marco on Apr 27, 2021 16:47:00 GMT
Nice start Paul! I used to paint figures many, many moons ago. My technic are less than average, but I always worked with oils over acrylics. To fabric I used a color darker than the original one, applied it over all fabric parts, let dry for five minutes and remove it using a soft piece of cotton fabric. The darker shade remains into the recessed parts and the movement of clean the oils make a good blend. Same for the flesh parts, using a mix of Haw Umber (3 parts), Burnt Siena (2 parts) and Naples Yellow (1 part). The result is a kind of brown, that matches perfectly to make shadows. For the lights, in clothes, the old and gold dry brush. For flesh, pure Naples Yellow blended with shadows. Hope I made myself understood. May I show one of my ancient works?  It's a big (1:16 scale I think), but I used the same technic on 54mm figures. Hope it can helps! |
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Post by PorcoRosso on Apr 27, 2021 16:56:30 GMT
Great facial expressions on the figures Paul.
Marco. Top work mate.
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Post by Ian H. on Apr 28, 2021 1:56:53 GMT
Paul, figures are off to a great start. Marco, nice one as well.
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Post by tommygunn on Apr 28, 2021 7:00:45 GMT
I always use a good old brush with my figures.
Marco’s is tops though.
Paul, you’re lucky using red zebra. That stuff is the bees knees.
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Post by Snipersmudge on Apr 29, 2021 17:24:52 GMT
Figures looking good mate, the shade used for the suits looks spot on.
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Post by armorguy on Apr 29, 2021 19:08:04 GMT
I wish I could paint with acrylics, I've tried but nope.
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Post by Paul B on Apr 30, 2021 19:06:11 GMT
Thank you all kindly chaps . Marco, is there anything you can't build? Today has been a track day . And these were a real PITA  . Apart from being fiddly, the didn't want to line up, which meant re-drilling and re pinning. This is the first time I have to fight Friuls, these took 4 hours to get together, including adding the silly little end connectors to trap the pins in place  .   I'm gonna paint a bit more on the figures now to relax |
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Post by Marco on Apr 30, 2021 19:33:54 GMT
I think the tracks worth all the work. The sag, the weight and the shape look perfect! Oh, I can't build planes |
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Post by Paul B on Apr 30, 2021 19:47:28 GMT
Many thanks Marco . I reckon these are so troublesome because they are small, all the other tracks I do are at least twice the size and work perfectly . |
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Post by Boots on Apr 30, 2021 19:50:21 GMT
4hrs well spent mucker and the paint looks the budgies bangers  ........that is unusual to have a fight with the frillies tho , as for the figs......i`m in the same boat as you mate but they look darn good to me |
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Post by armorguy on Apr 30, 2021 19:56:51 GMT
Have fun brotha!
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Post by Paul B on Apr 30, 2021 19:57:04 GMT
Cheers Boots-dude . As said, I reckon it's the size of them. The smaller the things get the trickier they are to cast. I still have a couple of small sets ahead of me, Lorraine, Panzer 1 Ausf C, Sdkfz 250. We'll see then if it's just wickle ones that cause trouble |
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Post by armorguy on Apr 30, 2021 19:57:53 GMT
BTW the trackie looks boom king.
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Post by Paul B on Apr 30, 2021 20:00:46 GMT
Guy on stealth and full attack . Cheers Guy, and with you showing the way I hope to have fun |
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Post by Boots on Apr 30, 2021 20:07:43 GMT
Makes perfick sense re the size of them mucker 
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Post by Ian H. on Apr 30, 2021 21:57:42 GMT
Excellent work on the tracks, Paul. That exhaust housing looks great, too.
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. Some models just need AM metal tracks, this is one of them.
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. Apart from being fiddly, the didn't want to line up, which meant re-drilling and 
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