Another figure nearly finished -



Slow progress I'm afraid !

Andy

Rapture Man -- Great work! You are modest regarding your figure painting skills.....

Chris

Please tell us:
-what brand of paint you used for your figures
-what colors each component of the figures are
-how you painted the helmets.

I am thinking about painting a Vietnam figure for a school project.
Thanks

Err....scroll up a bit

looks good

what are the glasses made out of?

he looks like rafterman from full metal jacket LOL

keep up the great work

Its is looking great! Cant wait to see it all finished! M-48s rock!!!

Got sidetracked trying to do some test painting of ERDL cammo on a LRRP for the next project. M48 dio should be back in the swing of things in a couple of days.

(keep nagging me and I'll finish it !!!)

Andy

I really like the work!

I have a couple of minor detail suggestions:
1. The black on the boots should be mostly scuffed off. after a couple of weeks of wear the boots had and almost white/grey/brown look....depending upon whether the unit was in sand or mud.
2. Grunts were usually dirtier than you show them. They lived in the dirt. Many had their uniforms died almost read by the mud. Sort of a red stain showing through the green. Same for the camouflage covers on the helmets.
3. The faces look pretty old for Vietnam-era grunts. These Viet grunts were mostly teenagers, even the sergeants and corporals. Lieutenants, captains and staff NCO's were usually in their 20's, with some of the more senior SNCOs in their early 30's.

I hope this helps. I wish I had your skills.

Semper Fi,
Dave

Get back to work! see you at cosford at the SIG!.

i PM you

Dave,

I completely agree with you (I was waiting for a post like this

Problem is, if you go for 100% accuracy with regard to weathering there is a danger that all the uniform will blend into one colour. I have to take a bit of artistic license, I am afraid. However, all the figures are finished in their "base" coat and then will be weathered when the M48 is painted and weathered so they blend in and the diorama composition will be seen as a whole rather than a few figures sat on a tank. We'll see if it works

Appreciate your comments on the "age" of the faces, I will try and get some of the hornet heads with a more youthful look for the remaining grunts.

Thanks for your post.

Andy.

James, should be at Cosford - might even have something finished !

ahhh Look foward to seeing some of your stuff then

Real nice
I cant wait to see it finished are you going to put it on a base/ground work

Hopefully. Going to try doing some palm/banana trees following the article by our very own Chas Young. Should be a challenge

Andy

I just discovered this thread. All I can say is WOW. You are doing a great job and I can't wait to see your latest progress. Post more pictures!!!

John

Hi Andy, just wanted to say I think you're doing a great job! Don't lose enthusiasm, you're figgys are just as nice as MC's. I should know, I use his figgys to build the commision work for a friend of mine. He's been friends with MC for years now and MC sends him a box of new figgys every couple of months. I put a link below for you to see the dio I did for him on the Marines fighting in Hue city. Your figgy work is dang good, so take heart my friend.
Regards, Ed

http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g37/pzkfwmk6/Battle%20for%20Hue%20City/

Thanks for that Ed, your work is really nice. I particularly like the composition of your dio, guess you can never get tired of seeing that verlinden ruined villa

I have had a couple of email conversations with MC and he is a very helpful guy, very willing to share his techniques - kudos ! I just wish he would slow down a bit Every time I get a diorama idea, he has already done it !!.

Anyway, back to the plot - I have stalled a bit at the moment, that is what comes of painting all of those Marines in the same colours. So I took a break and I am nearly finished painting a LRRP figure in ERDL camouflage fatigues. OK, it's still a figure but the colours are different. As soon as it is done (should be this week) I'll be back on to the grunts.

Thanks for your support !

Andy

Any progress mate?

James,

Two figures primed yesterday ready for paint, should get onto them this week.

I know, I'm so slooooooooww.

Andy

no worries no rush, but you've got until Cosford . Just kidding mate .

I'll take a photo of my M48 and upload it for you Im going to get a few bits for it hopefully at cosford

Andy great build mate looks fantastic,figures are very realistic.
@james
whats on at cosford?? i only live about five miles away from it..
Andy

Andy,

Shropshire Scale Modellers Show held at the museum. 10am - 4pm, free admission and parking !!

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/whatson/event.cfm?event_id=336

http://www.ipms-uk.co.uk/jpegs/Shropshire_show_2009.jpg

You may even get to see this model in the flesh ~!!

Andy

fantastic its only round the corner from me,i go to cosford on a regular basis and take my 2 boys they love it..,ive got the day off work as well.. !! i'll be looking out for you and the 48..

Andy

Andy I will be there too im sure you will find both of us at the Vietnam S.I.G table

Im gonna be camped outside the night before!!...
i look forward to meeting both of you,I'll make a bee line for your table first..
how many times have they held this show at cosford?..

this looks set to be an excellent model, tank riders are always an interesting subject
the figs looks great