GazzaS Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 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. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Perfect! enough said 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Great tank and figures Gary. Like Martinfb said: simply perfect. I especially love the way you painted the figures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Excellent ! I hope that one day I’ll be able to paint figures as well as you. Hubert 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Gaz, absolutely stunning…….I think we will promote you to Chief Figure Guru……seriously stunning diorama…… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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