GazzaS Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Hi everyone... Seems like it took forever, but it's finally done. Special thanks to those who contributed to the build thread. You know who you are. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Perfect! enough said 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Great tank and figures Gary. Like Martinfb said: simply perfect. I especially love the way you painted the figures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 5 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Perfect! enough said 34 minutes ago, Kaireckstadt said: Great tank and figures Gary. Like Martinfb said: simply perfect. I especially love the way you painted the figures. Thank you very much, my friends! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Stunning result Gaz, especially on the figures. They're one of the reaons my Comet dio is stalled as my figures look like s**t compared to these and it's a bit of a mojo killer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Great build, great presentation Gary. The Jagdpanzer looks fantastic, with all the tiny bits and pieces and the figures are super cool (in the words sense) I like te mix of light shadow, dirt and abrasion on them, perfect Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Gaz Holy Smoke: Brilliant work, the diorama and figures are just fantastic and following your buid thread was a pleasure and thoroughly enjoyable. Beautiful work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Excellent ! I hope that one day I’ll be able to paint figures as well as you. Hubert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Gaz, absolutely stunning…….I think we will promote you to Chief Figure Guru……seriously stunning diorama…… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 23 hours ago, GusMac said: Stunning result Gaz, especially on the figures. They're one of the reaons my Comet dio is stalled as my figures look like s**t compared to these and it's a bit of a mojo killer. 8 hours ago, DocRob said: Great build, great presentation Gary. The Jagdpanzer looks fantastic, with all the tiny bits and pieces and the figures are super cool (in the words sense) I like te mix of light shadow, dirt and abrasion on them, perfect Cheers Rob 7 hours ago, HubertB said: Excellent ! I hope that one day I’ll be able to paint figures as well as you. Hubert 4 hours ago, Bomber_County said: Gaz, absolutely stunning…….I think we will promote you to Chief Figure Guru……seriously stunning diorama…… Thank you, everyone! A couple years ago, one of the figure artists in my club said practice, practice, practice. And honestly I thought to myself: "BS, I'll never be able to make decent figures." But despite my belief, improvement came. The two things that made things happen were a commitment to have at least one figure with every build, and using the various materials i have on hand to find a method that works for me. Grahame M.(the artist I mentioned above) is an all acrylics guy. I tried his method and it didn't work for me. My figures came out lumpy with poor transitions between colors. I've also tried the Nightshift (from youtube) method and that didn't work, either. He is also mostly acrylics. I've used oils (which take an irritating long time to dry thoroughly), aqueous acrylics, enamels, Tamiya acrylics, and lacquers to find my way to where I am now. On these figures I used everything but the oils, replacing them with enamels since they dry faster. To blend the shading on the white uniforms I used a very thinned MRP lacquer pushed through the airbrush. To avoid getting overspray on the already finished faces, I used blutack as a mask. And for the final soiling of the white uniforms I used pigments. Other things that helped me were working on a larger scale figure and buying quality figures. A well-sculpted face is a lot easier to paint than an old Tamiya or Dragon face. Here are a couple of figures (not 1/35) painted by the figure artist Grahame M. I mentioned. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Gaz I've always admired figure Painters, who are 3D artists. I've tried painting figures a few times, especially in my model railroading days, and they were terrible. Even now, I've 'sort of tried' and being so frustrated, just threw in the towel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 10 hours ago, Peterpools said: Gaz I've always admired figure Painters, who are 3D artists. I've tried painting figures a few times, especially in my model railroading days, and they were terrible. Even now, I've 'sort of tried' and being so frustrated, just threw in the towel. Peter, you're the best detail painter I know. So I know you can take what your eye sees and apply it to an object. And that you have a steady hand. Lot's of guys out there never complete anything because they can't satisfy their own demands. So I understand where you're coming from. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Gaz Thank you so much for the very kind words, so very much appreciated. I guess it's part of getting older and learning to deal with aging and some medical issues that set new limits on what you can and can't not do. I'm just happy to be back at the bench and enjoying modeling again, as a few years ago, I didn't know if that was ever going to happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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