Very Cool !!!

milvehfan

Hi Jerry,

if the colours in the photos are "right" I find the reddish colour of the mud on the shoes too....well..reddish!

You remember the discussion we had about Ardennes soil and it definitely lacks any ironoxide components.

Also....I personally find that the uniform might be a tad too OD dark. Basically the OD dark is right, but I would suggest that the highlights should be a bit greenish. The overall effect gets "lighter" and thus better I find.

And the changes can be done without starting everything all over again.

Why do I bother...well, I am encountering a similar "problem" with the USMC uniforms in HUE.

Of course it's up to you to decide m8!

Apart from that ...and the "verschmutzter Griff vom Klappspaten " of course...I like him a bunch buddy!!
And nice M1 strap!! Looks just great!!

I have to watch this closely...so that I can't miss anything! Would be a pity!

Keep up the brilliant work!!

Cheers

Romain

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Hi Jerry,

if the colours in the photos are "right" I find the reddish colour of the mud on the shoes too....well..reddish!

You remember the discussion we had about Ardennes soil and it definitely lacks any ironoxide components.

Also....I personally find that the uniform might be a tad too OD dark. Basically the OD dark is right, but I would suggest that the highlights should be a bit greenish. The overall effect gets "lighter" and thus better I find.

And the changes can be done without starting everything all over again.

Why do I bother...well, I am encountering a similar "problem" with the USMC uniforms in HUE.

Of course it's up to you to decide m8!

Apart from that ...and the "verschmutzter Griff vom Klappspaten " of course...I like him a bunch buddy!!
And nice M1 strap!! Looks just great!!

I have to watch this closely...so that I can't miss anything! Would be a pity!

Keep up the brilliant work!!

Cheers

Romain

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I know what you mean about the OD color. I can't seem to nail it down. I think I am adding too much pure white to the basic OD when I mix my lighter colors and maybe,like you suggested,should add some more of a different color light green to the mix. This is all new to me as I have been doing the German stuff for so long. I did purposely make this guy darker to begin with as I was going for variation between the 3 figs.
I remembered the pics you sent of the dirt in the roads. The road seemed to have a greyish color but was that the native dirt color or because the road had a layer of crushed stone with limestone base? When it gets wet this kind of road almost looks like wet cement. So I am confused and also dissapointed. Because if my mud color is wrong I just made a big boo boo with my halftrack as well!
Sometimes it sux to be a slave to accuracy doesn't it?
Always appreciate it when you put in your comments buddy,
J

I've just been sorta quietly watching but I love how the figures are turning out. The poses really give the scene motion...if that makes sense. Red mud... maybe take your normal mud color and add small amounts of whatever red color you're using until it has a good reddish tint? I know the look you're talking about. Seems like it could be tricky to achieve.

-Conor

Yes Jerry, the Marine tapping the mag is Bravo6, the other one is from Evolution.

I'm glad you like the paintjob!

I hate my pics!! Sometimes I wonder why I do such things..

getting old I suppose




Red mud can/must be overpainted with an airbrush, mud splatters...well, that might be tricky, but oils could be useful. You have plenty of time to wipe off excesses around the splatters afterwards.
Not an issue to envy you on I'm afraid!

Paratroopers are tough! You'll manage surely!

Good luck

Romain

Hi Jerry,

From hospital and Ipad, so only a quicky

The frag grenades are top notch.

I too wonder at the ammo cans!!?! British seems a bit odd, as they are .50s..? Maybe early models (even prewar???)

And thanks a lot for the kind appreciation of my paintjob!

Cheers

Romain

I wonder if they might be a mod that can be attached to a vehicle or something like that? Stowage?
J

... I could see guys with flat hats and gaiters lugging this thing while a guy with a Sam Brown belt and cigarette holder looks on from under the shade on the veranda at the "quad". ...

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"You'd think those guys would get a bit faster after doing that crew-drill all day...

[In an exasperated voice while putting down the stop-watch]

And just where is that house boy with my mint julep!?"

ROTFLMAO!!!

Hi Jerry, I'm new to the forum, and enjoyed your build up of these characters so far. At first I thought these were 1/9th or 1/16th scale...but 1/35th! One of the skills I want to work on these few days off, is painting figures. I see I will need to start from the basic "basics" Is there a thread here on Armorama that shows how to get good results as you learn? Can you recommend a book? Thanks!

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Hi Jerry, I'm new to the forum, and enjoyed your build up of these characters so far. At first I thought these were 1/9th or 1/16th scale...but 1/35th! One of the skills I want to work on these few days off, is painting figures. I see I will need to start from the basic "basics" Is there a thread here on Armorama that shows how to get good results as you learn? Can you recommend a book? Thanks!

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First off Rocco,welcome to the site. Nice to see you here. Thanks for the very kind words as well.
I can't recall ever doing a paint tutorial on line myself,probably because I feel my painting sux! But I did recall James doing a very nice one of this forum. I am hopeless with a computor and don't know how to post a link so I bumped his tutorial and it should be just under my post right now. It is called something like German Infantry in Barberossa or something like that. Above all man....HAVE FUN!!
J