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Completed B-17 crewman, 1944

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by BigDaddy, Feb 13, 2017.

  1. BigDaddy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Here is the latest work from my bench.. Young Miniatures B-17 crewman. Thanks for looking....

    Matt

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  2. Nap Moderator

    Country:
    England
    Hi there Matt

    Very nice work , like this bust the back offers a great chance to get some great designs done as seen in your version

    Thanks for sharing

    Nap
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  3. chailey Active Member

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    England
    Fantastic work on the skin tones and leathers.
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  4. gforceman Well-Known Member

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    Belgium
    Superb, I especialy love the leather and how you've got all the letters on the back to look so uniform. Congrats!

    Cheers,

    Gino
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  5. TERRYSOMME1916 A Fixture

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    United-Kingdom
    Matt your painting on this one has captured all the different textures to produce a very convincing miniature and the way in which you have detailed the back of the jacket looks great where you can see traces of the brown leather showing through the bombs and lettering to obtain a worn look.
    A pleasure to look at.
    TERRY
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  6. Guy Van Ginneken Active Member

    A stunning piece, like Terry said the back of the jacket has a typical worn look with the leather showing through.
    A spot on look, congrats sir.
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  7. Dan Morton A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Excellent! Could you discuss how you achieved that worn leather look?

    All the best,
    Dan
  8. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Beautifull paintwork.

    Marc
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  9. Wings5797 A Fixture

    Country:
    France
    First class Mate, awesome.
    Keith
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  10. JCOX Active Member

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    United-States
    Nice work!
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  11. phil_h A Fixture

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    United-States
    Fantastic - wonderful job (y)

    Regards,
    Phil
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  12. bucsfan21 Well-Known Member

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    United-States
    Wow, that is some awesome looking work! One of the most realistic looking bust ever!
    Love the texture, color, detail. Man, this is definitely one to study!

    Thanks for Sharing!(y)

    Terry Martin-Atlanta Miniature Figure Society
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  13. MoboSchreuder A Fixture

    great painting excellent job
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  14. smudger1960 PlanetFigure Supporter

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    United-Kingdom
    Great piece of work matt
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  15. John Bowery A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Excellent and the leather is wonderful.
    Cheers
    John
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  16. tonydawe A Fixture

    Country:
    Australia
    Beautifully painted Matt. s others have said the leather jacket is a stand out, and you've managed to achieve some very realistic effects to make the leather look worn. The only constructive criticism I would make is that I think the lambs wool lining of the jacket could do with a wash of English Uniform or Raw Sienna, to really capture the texture of the wool and to break up the monotone colour of the wool. Please feel free to ignore my comment if you're happy with the bust and don't agree with me.
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  17. peedee A Fixture

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    United-Kingdom
    Gteat work Matt.

    Paul.
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  18. anstontyke A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    superb work matt

    tony
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  19. Barrie Harris Active Member

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    United-Kingdom
    Great painting all round . Like it .
    Barrie (Newbee).
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  20. BigDaddy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    I'll try to explain- Base coat of Black and burnt umber, very thin. Then another coat (thin) of same. Then washes of black and spots of raw seinna and other lighter browns. But I tried to keep the dark blackish brown base. I used some Vallejo colors to break up the color a bit. The sleeves of the jacket had more raw sienna, orange brown and flat earth.

    Tony, the fur doesn't photograph well. It tends to over expose. In person there is more definition to the fur. I appreciate your comments.
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