England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: October 09, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 01:05 AM UTC
'As all else failed we raised our fists and weapons,
Not born as soldiers, but driven to the end'

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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: December 01, 2001
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Posted: Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 02:50 AM UTC
looking good Rob
but could do with some pictures taken against a light blue back gound as this will help high light your figure a little better. i use a light blue bed sheet as it will allow a large back ground (some of my dioramas) as well as smaller item (figures etc)
HTH
keith forsyth
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: October 09, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 03:04 AM UTC
Thanks for your tip Keith, I will give it a go. Ive always struggled with back-drops etc, its hard to get the correct colour, but this idea sounds good.
'As all else failed we raised our fists and weapons,
Not born as soldiers, but driven to the end'
New Jersey, United States
Joined: March 12, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 05:39 AM UTC
Rob, I would go with a little darker shade of flesh tone. The figure looks a tad pasty. Also, I would add some more shadowing in the folds of the clothes. It appears you used some shadowing on the face, but more highlighting would bring out the 3 dimensionality a little better, which is also why I would go w/ a darker basic flesh tone, so you can highlight the face without it looking too pasty.
Will you have this in a dio or vignette?
Bob
Michigan, United States
Joined: November 28, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 09:47 AM UTC
I think the Vest look great! What colors did you use? It's always a battle, for me anyways, to figure which color to use for the woodland camo pattern!
PS. Figure looks good!
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