Looks like this one will keep you busy for a while.
But I bet its going to look amazing when its finished.

Malc

great start on the figures..

Thanks, Guys. Once in motion, don't stop, right?

Contrast and Depth

Well, I was going to start Number One’s face, but had an itch to continue to adjust Lt. Werner’s details for depth and contrast. The beard looks a bit on the light side, but that will be toned down. I know the character Lt. Werner actually has more of a red tone to his hair, but I like the blonde tone much better on this figure. Who knows, this may change yet again. Also, the eyes are bit off, but that will be adjusted later.



To get an idea of how Lt. Werner will look in his dark rain coat I went ahead and added a base tone to the rest of the figure. For the rain coat I Used Tamiya’s XF-63 German Grey and a mix of XF-8 Flat Blue and XF-2 Flat White for the jacket and trousers. This particular mix was left over from my initial Sub Gun Deck crew paint session and I prefer the slight bluish tone rather than the light grey. The scarf was given a coat of Red Brown XF-64.



I will make small adjustments to the face as time goes along, but for now, Lt. Werner will stand aside until all the rest of the figures have reached this stage. I prefer to keep the momentum going when painting faces and not get sidetracked if at all possible.

More to follow soon. Cheers, Ski.

Lol, Kevin, thanks, Buddy!

Bit late to the party with my comment, a virus and injuries have kept me away for a while.
Nice progress mate, nice to follow along on another of your oil painting journeys so I can learn a bit more.
Cheers
Steve

that looks amazing already,and looks like a very nice set when this is going to be done
im sure it's going to be amazing,
Mario

Good to see you're getting back up to speed, Stevo, no worries. I've been making saw dust for a bit myself, so some of this work has been on hold.

Thanks, Mario, working as best I can with what I got

Number One

Well, this may not actually be Number One, second in command, because that poor kid couldn’t grow facial hair to save his life, so it was more than likely an NCO or another Second Lieutenant. At any rate, he’s Number One for now.

Now that most of the rough-in facial work has been done there’s quite a bit more touch up needed, but that will be done later. The hands are still very rough in appearance, much has to do with the casting. It’s a very delicate area to try to clean up without breaking nearly every finger, so I will be doing my best to hide the deficiencies. Seam lines on the fingers are not what you would expect from a top line producer, but here they are. If it’s not seam lines, its serious slag, and it was not a fun process to get it even this far along. Onward and forward, right?




Just as I did with the first figure, I painted the trousers and coat a bluish grey base tone for perspective and dark tan on the boots. I still need to add red tones to the face, but for now I’m moving on to the Second Lieutenant figure.





It’s a shame this face is partially covered by the left hand, because this face has great features that could be better exposed. The next figure has a pair binos in his face, so his details will be obstructed as well. Heavy wind and water splash would make me cover my ugly mug too, I recon, HA!

More to follow and thanks for watching. Cheers, Ski.

Coming along nicely.. Your work speaks for its self.... looking forward to seeing more..

Looking really good so far, this will be another amazing piece when finished.

Between building rocking horses and outside work I'll get this set done mue pronto. Thanks Warren.

Thanks, Kevin. No rework on this set, gotta get it done. And yes, a little putty goes a lonnnnnnggggg way, HA! Not sure how the wet look will be worked in, still pondering that.

Thank you, Nigel, I'm a hopin so.

keep up the good work.

Malc

Thanks, Malc!

Just catching up here Steve and this looks like an amazing start to your very ambitious project. Fantastic modelling and paintwork so far.
Cheers!

Thanks, Gary, greatly appreciated

2nd Lieutenant

I enjoyed my break from the bunker, but now it’s time to get moving on these last three figures. Back at the bench I was able to start work on the 2nd Lieutenant and get the face in order, but not completed. The first photo is a light shadow setting to start the process. After working the flesh tones in the same manner as the prior faces I applied the base tones for the uniform. Things are starting to move along much faster now.




Deck photos will be posted soon. I have pretty much completed everything that needs to be done on it, so I am happy with that. Feel free to comment, more to follow soon.

Cheers, Ski.