Hello peers,

Please find below some crappy picture of my last work, one of the figure from Bravo 6 excellent Nam range.
I must say the sculpture is really neat and allow the painter to play with a lot of details, folds, equipments etc.
To be frank with you I added a bandage on his right eye, because after the 30th try, I totally screwed up his right eye..
More Bravo 6 are waiting my brushes strokes on my bench.
any comments that could improve my work is welcomed.
Best,
Julien

I'm sorry, but I think that bandage idea is absolutely BRILLIANT!! Way to turn a lemon into lemonade. Cheers.

I could have saved several 1:35 heads if I'd thought of this! The figure is nicely painted and lookes suitably weary. One problem though- he doesn't appear tied to the groundwork. Everything is too clean- I would say some dirt on the base and on his lower trousers and boots would tie the figure to the base. Just my two cents woth.

Thanks Damon, sometimes crap can turn out to be good in the end.
Karl, I agree, I didn't make the dirt work on his pants. I could add pigments, but I don't know how to link it to sand ? Glue some sand on his knees ? The problem is the sand I have is to tick...
If anybody could suggest something here
Best,
Julien

I`m agree with Damon that eye bandage is amazing touch that indeed holds this figure.
Julien,well done. Will you paint reddish earth for more "vietnam" impression?

Hello Vladimir,

thanks for your comment.
In fact this is supposed to be sand :)
I used natural sand (from Omaha beach !!), but I realised the grain was a bit too large for 1/35
I think I will keep the ground work like this but I will try to dirty a little the knees and the bottom part of the pant.
All the best,
Julien

Julien- You can apply the pigments directly to the sand- a good effective way of getting good coverage is to mix the pigments with some water or thinner to create a wash- that way you'll tint the groundwork to the right color and then you can add some dry pigment to the bottom areas of the figure.

Excellent Job on the figure Julian. Bravo 6 have a cracking range. The bandage looks great too but I agreee with the others, some mud/dust on the boots and pants and a wash or two to tone the sand in more.

Al

Hi Julian.

Just my 2pennorth and a suggestion from my side of the pond.

I'm not really into VietNam era figures, but I do like the work that you've done on this figure, nice paint job and a great idea to "cure" the problem with the eye.

Now a suggestion. I have found that a good way to add weathering or fading to greens is to mix in a grey and dry brush it on to the wear areas, knees, elbows etc.
I have found that this technique works with just about any type of paint be they enamels, oils or acrylics.

Regards etc

Ian D.

Hampshire. UK