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Venko555
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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 - 01:11 AM UTC
Hello!
I'm starting another figure, this time something modern



It's a US modern soldier from Live resin, quality and sculpting is superb. I will go for desert pattern camo, so any help with references will be useful.
Something like that:



Black primer and base color





Cheers!
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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 - 01:29 AM UTC
The name of the camoflage pattern in your picture is Multicam.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 - 02:59 AM UTC

Quoted Text

The name of the camoflage pattern in your picture is Multicam.


Believe you mean UCP...
http://camopedia.org/index.php?title=USA
For more references you can try Googling UCP or ACU.
If you aren't comfortable painting it, CrossDelta make a fairly decent decal version.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 - 04:58 AM UTC
Yes, it is UCP (Universal Camouflage Pattern) on an ACU (Army Combat Uniform) cut uniform.

UCP


Multi-Cam is the commercial version of the newer Army pattern called OCP (Operational Camouflage Pattern) ACU that is starting to be worn and will be the only authorized unifrom after 1 Oct 19. It looks similar to the old Woodland Pattern BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform).

OCP


Woodland BDUs
Venko555
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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 - 11:12 AM UTC
Thanks for the feedback, I want to paint it by myself, I'm not very comfortable with decals for figures. Have some experience with SS camos, but here will be different

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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 - 03:59 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Thanks for the feedback, I want to paint it by myself, I'm not very comfortable with decals for figures. Have some experience with SS camos, but here will be different

Cheers!


Agree! Decals are good for Unit Patches, Name Tags, Rank Insignia, etc...
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Posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 04:44 PM UTC
Proceeding with the head...







Cheers!
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:11 AM UTC
nice looking head, care to share your colors and technique?
Venko555
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:58 AM UTC
Thanks!

I use three flesh colors from Vallejo "Panzer aces set" №6...

341-Flesh base
342-Flesh highlight
343-Flesh shadows

...with these three you can mix many different tones and applying them in layers.

If you can find the video of Oliver Kovacz-"Painting 1/35 scale figure with acrylics", its a great source of techniques

Cheers!

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Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 01:32 AM UTC
thanks, it looks great, I'll check it out!
Venko555
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 - 06:03 PM UTC
Some progress, detail and fit are excellent. I hope soon to start painting the camo





Cheers!
Venko555
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Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 12:48 PM UTC
Proceeding with camo, less is more, there will be more patches
The uniform is not so yellowish in reality (more like Beige), my fault with taking the pictures





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Venko555
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Posted: Thursday, May 04, 2017 - 02:22 PM UTC
Small progress with the Multicam camo, changed some colors, now I like it more.









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Posted: Thursday, May 04, 2017 - 08:28 PM UTC
Awesome!

Can you call out the colours used for the camo also please and it possible a close-up shot?
Venko555
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Posted: Thursday, May 04, 2017 - 09:04 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Awesome!

Can you call out the colours used for the camo also please and it possible a close-up shot?


Thank you!

I have to do some touch-ups, but the result I think is convincing
Paints are Vallejo Model Color (MC) and Panzer aces, all is mixed by the eye based on pictures, I'm not pretending of accuracy.



Close-ups maybe tomorrow

Regards!
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Posted: Friday, May 05, 2017 - 06:23 PM UTC
Close ups, as requested.
I have to do some corrections on the eyes though





Regards,
Venelin
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Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 12:52 PM UTC
Some progress, there's lot of small equipment parts, that need to be handled carefully






 

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Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 06:16 PM UTC
Looks very nice! The colors sure match the Multicam pattern.
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Posted: Friday, May 12, 2017 - 10:38 AM UTC
Thanks!

Added the other details, I've made the radio wire, hydration kit's pipe and microphone. Goggles glasses are painted with AMMO crystal smoke.















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Posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 12:23 PM UTC
Some small corrections and that is for now, I like my first try with Multicam, and the figure is very detailed











Thanks!
35th-scale
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Posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 08:50 PM UTC
A work of art. Thanks for the colour chart and close-up also.
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 12:33 AM UTC
Great job. Thanks for sharing
Venko555
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 09:57 AM UTC
Thank you!

Really enjoyed this, and surely will try another Live resin stuff, they're very nice.

Small correction-I've learned that Multicam is the commercial version and this is OCP or Scorpion W2, (correct me if I'm wrong-it's really confusing sometimes )

Regards,
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 08:19 PM UTC
It is a nice figure. Here is my attempt a while back:

HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 09:21 PM UTC
The figure came out nicely. Good job.


Quoted Text

Small correction-I've learned that Multicam is the commercial version and this is OCP or Scorpion W2...


Yes, the actual US Army pattern is called OCP (Operational Camo Pattern). See my above post from 9 March 16 for a better explanation.
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