Hello friends,

For my campaign project, I have assembled and painted this figure, a US General, Warriors, watching the enemy run for his advancing troops.

I painted this one in oils.









I hope you like it, tell me please ! Greetz from Guy in Very Rainy Belgium !

Gday Guy
(Rain is good; send it our way!)
Your General looks the part, and I really like the furlined collared jacket. The face is very well painted mate!
I haven't seent his figure before, but I could definitely find a use for him...
What is your planned campaign?
Cheers
Brad

Hello Brad, nice to hear from you again mate !

About the campaign, it's the Benelux campaign titled Crossing The Rhine.
I made a diorama picturing a concrete pillbox, heavily damaged, somewhere in Germany.

It also shows a Dodge Command Car WC-57 (Patton).

And of course a handful of figures (this General will be my Patton figure standing on top of the pillbox, quite heroic). I know that the jacket he weares is not the correct one, but only a specialist will notice that (d*mn we are all specialists !!! Noooooooo !!!).

Here's my "empty" diorama :






This is the way I imagine myself Patton on the pillbox, a true warrior !


A second figure is nearly finished and I will make a new topic to show this guy.

Thanks very much for your attention and your response ! Greetz Guy (and it's still raining, pfffff)

Good work Guy, I like the different levels with Patton on top of the pillbox and the car (and the other figures?) lower. Good paintjob on the figure and great groundwork.


It's raining in Ireland too.

Guy,
Your figure looks really good and your ground work is awesome! What brand oil colors do you use? I am just venturing into oils. Do you think you could share the colors/ mixes you used for painting the uniform of your figure? I am beginning to get my flesh tones down okay, but am really struggling with uniform colors...especially American uniforms.

Hey there Art,

I'd be glad to help you explaining how I mix my paint !
So it's about the clothes you want to know :
oils I use for mustard trousers are Raw Ocre, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, Emerald Green and White.
For the shadows I add more blue and umber, for highlights on the folds I add a bit of white.

For the leather jacket : Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ocre, Burnt Umber, White.
For the shadows I add more ultramarine and sienna to darken, for the highlighting I add just a bit of yellow ocre and a tiny bit of white.

This is one of my cups :


It's very important to paint very thin layers of heavily diluted amounts of paint (that's my vision, there are certainly more ways to do it), ment to create many tones to make it like the real stuff. Advantage : it drys quite fast, so you can continue sooner. It will never go as fast as you would use enamels ore acrylics, but oils are so easy to blend and you can take your time, no rush against the clock (very important I think).

To find the right tones, you have to 'fiddle' until you are satisfied. I hope I explain myself ???

Oh yeah, I always start with dark tones, and finish with the brightest ones.

I hope this wil help you.

Pat : thank you for your supporting words !

Greetz Guy

Nicely done.

The dio alwo looks interesting. Good job.

Btw: It rains here too

Figure looks good, I realy like how the ground work turned out.

Hey Guy, I only asked about your diorama plans to see if you had any progress pics for my gratification! Your groundworks are incredible mate As for the jacket, I have seen pictures of Patton wearing a fur lined collared leather jacket, albeit a little bulkier than the one on your figure...
The pillbox is great; goos detail on the exposed reo wire...
Great stuff
Brad

Cheers Brad ! I like to make such little landscapes, this one kept me occupied for about 30 days. Greetz from Rainland, eh... Belgium !

This is quite good Guy, i really like the whole composition, the very special balance of the diorama, indeed he will look quite the warrior (and I am not speaking about the dog)! ground cover is okay, but next time I would advise you to use some grass/broom stuff that ends in a point and not like it had been cut with a pair of cissors! Apart from that, really very nice dio!
JB

Dear JB, I will keep it in mind ! Greetz en thanks. Guy