Good job Mike. ........you could do a wee sideline there..............Barber Mike!



Pete

That's not too shabby Mike.

Kimmo

Mike, I think the sculpting here is a success - there is no doubt this is hair in a bun. To give a more detailed critique, I would prefer to see photo reference you had used (if any?). This avoids putting foot in one's mouth.

regards,
Jack

Thanks all!

Pete – Okay then, the barbershop … uhhh … “styling salon” is open!💈Now there's a scary thought … me wielding a razor!
... NEXT!!!

Jack – No photo reference. This was one of my “justsendit” moments with no plan what-so-ever. Yesterday, I just gritted my teeth and went at it freestyle. ... Voila Madame, how do you like theeeese one?

BTW: The 50/50 blend had a nice smooth texture and was nowhere near as messy as imagined.

—mike

It's alive! After a loooooooooooong time in the mail i finally got those hornet heads i ordered!

Johan
Those heads are bald......send them to the Mike Freeman(sweeney Todd) barber shop, he will do wonders with them.


Pete

LOL! – No,no,no, Monsieur! I am … how you say? ... book-ed up! You must put a tuke on these ones … they will be superb!

Johan – Welcome back to the madness!

—mike

‘Angry Bird’

"Alright Mademoiselle, you must leave now. ... NEXT!!!"



Have a great weekend!

—mike

Great idea! Mike, give me your adress and I'll ship them right away

$2 per haircut right?

Seriously though, Its my first time using hornet heads and I'm soo impressed with the quality... Such amazing expressions!

Figures are coming along very well Mike!

Thought this pic was pretty funny
A few tweaks might be needed!

Johan, You've taken "giraffe-neck" to a whole new level! Lol!

It makes their glances look very deliberate, like they are viewing something dramatic, that is just over a very tall hedge row. Could be an interesting DIO idea.

Bryan

So, i decided to start the build about 4 hours ago, but i've only started 2 and a half hour ago
This was the kit, unbuilt,

And now

Not gonna use the head. I'm going to use the one from live resin with mich helmets instead.
Going to finish the details tomorrow, it's past midnight here.

Finally done! I used this campaign to try some different techniques in order to effect an improvement in my figures. I used a Hornet head which was a joy to paint and was a huge improvement over the kit supplied noggin. I also tried changing the way I paint with oils. I have found that my skin tones usually turn out too light and too red. I though perhaps that my use of titanium white and burnt sienna were causing the problem. This time, I used flake white which is a more translucent white and supposedly does not overpower the other oil colors the way titanium white does. To combat the redness of the burnt sienna and to help subdue the flesh tones, I added just a bit of raw umber to the base flesh mix. The results were varied.


The flake white did not really help anything. Due to its translucent quality I had to use more of it in order to lighten the base flesh tones. In the end, it acted pretty much the same as titanium white only I had to use more of it in order to get the lighter tones. The raw umber, however, worked quite well to subdue the reddish quality of the flesh mix. I will be using it from now on.
The bright light of the camera flash reveals that my blending and painting style is quite chunky and harsh. Under diffuse light the effects are not as noticeable though.
I certainly learned some valuable things during this campaign and it has been great following everyone else's work and results.
Andrew

Okay, this is the first time i got a masterbox kit.
They're pretty good, just not the best.
I've seen some flaws on the kit. Probably the most noticable one was the differnce between the box art and the kit itself. The box art depicts 4 soldiers, with 3 of them wearing sunglasses, while the kit features no sunglassses on every head. Well, it's not much of a problem, since masterbox also include the picture of the actual kit behind the box, that shop buyers will know what are they going to get. Just not so with online buyers.
Next, the kit.
I found some seamline on the kit. Ulnlike dragon figs which have minimum seamline, MB's kit has some highly visible ones. I also found sone molding excess, but in tolerable amount.
The details are pretty good for a straight-out-of-the-box kit.
I found all those by building the figure i posted previously.
I build it straight through, that it only took 2.5 hours to finish without detailing.
I did that everytime i try a new brand, so i knew the flaws, which i can fix for the other 3 figures. Basicly, the machine gunner was a test platform, since it's the figure i least concerned
So now i know that i'm gonna need some putty to fix these flaws.
Hope this would help me on improving my figures
By the way, the real reason why it look so awful is......
I suck at figures (that's the reason i'm in, right?)

Hi guys,

I am submitting the photos of my possible submissions for the campaign.









I've been already working on the first figure (Wolf's german tanker).

I'll try to submit a photo with the detailling work I've done on it.

Best regards,
Angel

Well, i got the 'commander' halfway today. Still thinking about his rifle, actually. It's supposed to be M16A2 (correct me if i'm wrong) but we're not using that, and probably never will. We actually have some M16A1 in service of our navy patrol units, but it' A1, not A2. While the other guy with M4 should have no problem. We got some in service. Unfortunately, the 'sniper' (or marksman) is using M14 (or M21, again,please correct me if i'm wrong), which has the same case as M16A2. Really need your opinion about this.

By the way, the #2

Cheers!

Hi guys,

Started getting a bit of basic paint on the figures.







Cheers

Al

Hi folks,

Got a bit more done on these chaps.



Al

dude, you did really great with those figures!
I love the amount of detail you gave to those figures, waiting for the final results!

Thanks Fernanda, Ranks and weapons to add next.

Cheers

Al

A bit more work on the Stalingrad figures.







Al

Hi folks,

More work on the MB Set. Two of the figs had trench waders added. Also added the missing water bottles and some buckles, switched out two helmets and change the officers left arm.







With some mud:







Al