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Sam, Antonio and Carl ... many thanks

Ron ... Thank you and its Halfords Grey Primer

Jay, Carmine and Taesung .... again many thanks

John, David and Marc ... Thanks again

Stephen and Todd .. Thank you!

Brian ... Cheers and it was Stu who spotted this and suggested I might like it... He was very right! Lol!

Giovanni, Christos, Ken and Stu .... Again Thanks guys


The face is now finished ( probably, i'm always willing to go back to a face if I think there's a problem so finished is a relative thing. ) and next will be finishing the chin strap and doing the helmet

Colour shout outs for the face are ...

Base .. AV Mahogany Sand
Mid ... GW Dwarf Flesh
High .. AV Basic Skin Tone
Highest AV Light Flesh

I then added the effects colours as normal So AV Dk Prussian Blue for cool parts and GW Blood Red for hot bits

I then re worked the skin colours with

Mid ... GW Dwarf Flesh
High .. GW Elf Flesh ( this is a touch pinker than the Vallejo Basic Skin )
Highest AV Light Flesh

I kept adding tiny amounts of the effects colours as required ...

All hair is
Base ... AV Burnt Umber
Mid .... AV English Uniform
High ... AV Yellow Ochre ( with a bit lightened with AV Light Flesh to get a higher light for the beardy flecks and the eyebrows )

Piccies!





And extreme close up ... The dark dot is a tiny pin hole on the lower lid

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After much Umming and Ahhing I decided to do the helmet as if it had been oversprayed with tankers colours
ie. dark yellow, green and red brown.
I used Maskol and a bit of pan scrubber for the chipping and various dilutions of Vallejo smoke to add some streaks and staining, graphite for the edging for visual interest

Re: LB Miniatures Fallschirmjager Bust

Lovely work Mark, looking forward to seeing the finished article.
Dennis

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Very nice mate. I like the ruddy complextion.

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The helmet is very realistic.

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Wow...nice face and very nice helmet!!

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I am amazed at the leaps and bounds you have made with acrylics Mark, doesn't get much better than this, well not till your next one anyway

Steve

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Mark a great idea for the helmet and you've achieved a brilliant result.

Cheers Ken

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Looking good mark

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Nice job Mark. Love the helmet, and am sure to steal your idea some time...

Cheers,
Adrian

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Dennis, Grant and Pedro ... Many thanks guys

Vaux ... Thanks

Steve, Ken, Ron, Carl and Adrian ... Thanks again guys

Been tinkering away at this, Tunic is

Base ... AV German Grey
Mid ..... AV Luftwaffe Uniform WW2
High .... Mid with AV LightFlesh 1:1

Shirt and Bandoleer

Base ... AV German Grey
Mid ..... AV Field Blue
High .... Mid with AV LightFlesh 1:1

The scarf is the same colours as the tunic but I over-glazed with lots of thin layers of White ....

The spare barrel container was undercoated with black and the trusty Maskol and pan scrubber were deployed to mask out heavy wear areas and general chipping...

Then I painted it with AV Green Ochre.
Shaded with AV Smoke
High was the ochre with a dot of Light Flesh added..

After blasting it with a hair dryer to ensure it was really dry I rubbed over the Maskol with a bit of blu-tac ... I will use a bit of graphite later to just add a bit of visual interest to the black

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Lovely skintones, and excellent how you did those metals!
Eddy

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Faultless painting Mark, it was a pleasure to see this bust at Telford, the flesh tones are amazing.

All the best

Steve

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Hi Mark,
Superb work so far and great running SBS. Talking about great running, just missed saying hello at Telford but you were off on your heals.
cheers
Richie

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Superb mark, really like how this is coming along.

You can tell you used to paint tanks !!

Stu

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Eddy ... Cheers!

Steve and Carl ... Thanks guys

Richie! .... Thanks and sorry I missed you

Stu ... Thanks Is it that obvious?


Straps, tabs and buttony stuff done ... On with the ammo belt now ... many hours of work then

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amazing!!!!!!!