Figures done!
Added 2024-12-12 18:20:34 +0000 UTCMy friends, these have to be the most difficult figures I've ever painted! It's not that the sculpts are bad or anything, these are Alpine figures, after all, but I just find US soldiers difficult. I noticed this even when I was painting that single paratrooper for the watermill diorama. The more gear, pouches, backpacks and whatnot the figure has, the more time it takes you to paint everything.
Also, the black and white preshading technique doesn't work so well on lighter colors, so their jackets needed a lot of extra work. But in the end, well, I don't see them as my best figures, but I'm very proud of them!
I won't lie when I say that painting these was truly back-breaking work because although I finished them yesterday, my back still hurts :D I'd say painting them took somewhere between 30-40 hours total. I spent the last 3 and a half days on them, pretty much non-stop. Maybe I'm just an extremely slow painter, but I'm damn glad that they're done!
You'll find some progress shots in the gallery so you can see how they came to life.
Comments
They look darn good to me!
Enigma Models
2024-12-14 03:23:38 +0000 UTCInspirational 👍
Chris Mocko
2024-12-13 20:31:43 +0000 UTCThanks!
Night Shift
2024-12-13 01:01:51 +0000 UTCYeah :D
Night Shift
2024-12-13 01:01:45 +0000 UTCIt definitely is once you start trying too hard :D
Night Shift
2024-12-13 01:01:34 +0000 UTCThat's interesting! I tend to work the opposite way because I can "sharpen" my hand on the uniforms and then paint the skin tones with more confidence.
Night Shift
2024-12-13 01:01:07 +0000 UTCDakujem, nieco z malby som natocil a bude to tam :)
Night Shift
2024-12-13 01:00:21 +0000 UTCThank you! That's an interesting idea. Coincidentally, I recently bought a set of German tankers for another project, and they are actually the same figures I already have on my older models. One is standing on my Maus, and the other is the commander of the Jagdtiger. Not very original to use the same figures twice, but it might be a good comparison in technique!
Night Shift
2024-12-13 01:00:01 +0000 UTCAnd I was thinking that they’re your best so far! 🤨 Your figure work has progressed a lot over the last couple of years… Any chance you could do a short video showing your early work and techniques Vs your latest work so we can see how you’ve progressed, how your technique has been refined and, possibly most importantly, how we can see that even someone with your talent and skill can develop… would be inspirational Martin 😎👍👍
Kevin SKB118
2024-12-12 23:00:01 +0000 UTC👍🤣🤣🤣
Kevin SKB118
2024-12-12 22:56:35 +0000 UTCMoje oblíbené téma - figurky. Děkuji za krásnou ukázku malby. Pevně doufám, že bude i video z malby. Krásná práce 👏👏👏👏
Petr Maty
2024-12-12 22:40:29 +0000 UTCVery nice paintjob. A little tip if I may? If you start with face, you will get the feel of the figure.
Roy Pedersen
2024-12-12 19:42:22 +0000 UTCSo I can tell my wife modeling is back breaking work!!!!???? Awesome!! Great work sir.
Bob Yack
2024-12-12 19:23:54 +0000 UTCTheir puzzled expressions are perfect!😆
Sablehawk
2024-12-12 18:38:47 +0000 UTCOmg I can tell the difference between the photo and the real thing. Keep up the good work
Ollie Koenigsbauer
2024-12-12 18:23:30 +0000 UTC
