WW1 trench scene.

[Polux]

Clean and tidy work

 

[Deleted member 4539]

I don't know, I am excited :D . As a failed figure painter, I am fascinated to see it done so well.

Thanks Graham for the kind words.


And you're not a failed figure painter.

 

[Deleted member 4539]

a good start and need to start some were,what a lot of bits,looks like my work table,

Thanks Monica.


I'll start getting some base colours down tomorrow.

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Clean and tidy work

Thanks Polux

 

[Robert1968]

This is looking nice and the figs and equipment look really well detailed ( was that a maxim I saw on the left?


Regards


Robert

 

[tanktrack]

very interesting , I think I will sit in on this

 

[Deleted member 4539]

This is looking nice and the figs and equipment look really well detailed ( was that a maxim I saw on the left?
Regards


Robert

Thanks Robert.


The MG 08-14 is a variation of the original Maxim(I believe).

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Hi Friends.


Today's work.


Got some base colours down,also painted the wooden ammo boxes(they still need some work)

 

[monica]

looking good nice progress so far,

 

[Deleted member 4539]

looking good nice progress so far,

Thanks Monica.

 

[bazers]

Looking foreward to seeing this finished.

 

[Deleted member 4539]

I've been working on this figure today.


Painted with oil's,this has taken about two and a half hours and some tweaking is still needed(about another hour)


Yes I know it is shiny(the oil's are still wet)and will be matted down.

 

[T. van Vuuren]

I have (after seening the standard of figures at our IPMS) a newfound respect for you figure modlers, with planes and other subjects we can still hide some imperfections but you gouys have to work perfectly.


Theuns

 

[Deleted member 4539]

I have (after seening the standard of figures at our IPMS) a newfound respect for you figure modlers, with planes and other subjects we can still hide some imperfections but you gouys have to work perfectly.
Theuns

Thanks for the comments Theuns.


As for working perfectly..well no pressure there then..

 

[Fenlander]

Very nice shading work going Ito this Ralph.


I wish I could get to grips with using oils on figures. I have been shown, I have read about it but I just cannot get to grips with it. You know what they say about teaching old dogs new tricks...... Well, it goes for old modellers too :oops:

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Very nice shading work going Ito this Ralph.
I wish I could get to grips with using oils on figures. I have been shown, I have read about it but I just cannot get to grips with it. You know what they say about teaching old dogs new tricks...... Well, it goes for old modellers too :oops:

Thanks for the kind words Graham.


When I first started painting 120mm figures about 23 years ago,I learnt from 3 of the best,Alan Ball(the well known sculptor),Ged Kincaid and Ron McKenzie(RIP).


They painted in oils so that is what I went with.My first face turned green:eek:.


I was advised to practice my blending and colour techniques by painting stones...yes stones,I must have painted 100's of em...


I used to sit and paint and paint and paint.Again I must of painted for 100' of hours.There was a point in my life when I used to worry about what people thought of my work.This did stunt my progression for quite a while,but I persevered and carried on practicing.About 15 years ago I withdrew into my own world and very rarely left the house(I still very rarely go out).It was at this point I stopped caring about what other's thought and painted for myself.I feel this was when I became a better painter(not to brag),I became very loose in what I was doing painting wise.


I now thoroughly enjoy Every piece I create.I paint/model every day to keep the voice's at bay(I have a mental illness and was diagnosed with a Command Hallucinatory Personality Disorder).So that is why I produce so much work.


Flip I'm rambling now...


All the best.


Ralph.

 

[Fenlander]

Don't want to digress from your thread Ralph but I do believe that modelling is great therapy and I speak also form experience. Sometimes not easy to appreciate and I know I have walked away from it during the bad times but I know it's there and every time I come back I get that bit stronger. Trouble is, my modelling does not get better :rolleyes:

 

[dubster72]

I do like to see someone who can use oils on figures Ralph. To me it's a black art & I'll never have the touch to make it work.


Do you find it easier with 1/16 figures rather than 1/35? I know they're bigger, but that's not always better

 

[monica]

very nice work so far ,Ralph,show a lot of deep to him,and well as the high lite,


a great start,liking the look, of him,


do you leach out some of the oil first ,to help with the drying time,?

 

[Deleted member 4539]

I do like to see someone who can use oils on figures Ralph. To me it's a black art & I'll never have the touch to make it work.
Do you find it easier with 1/16 figures rather than 1/35? I know they're bigger, but that's not always better

Thanks Patrick for the kind words.


Yes I do find painting 1/16 easier than 1/35 especially with oil.I can do the smaller scale but I struggle at time's.


A bit like playing snooker then pool.