Lookin Gooood mark, red is not an easy colour for a WW2 fan, you have really nailed it though. Good job

Stu

Very nice work Mark!
The red is very vibrant; looking very good!

Cheers,
Adrian

Looking good Mark - keep up the good work.

Steve
www.skminiatures.co.uk

Guardsman

Wow Mark, you're making him come alive! Great figure, great painting, well done.

Rob

Carl ... Thanks mate

Stu ... thanks

Adrian ... many Thanks!

Steve ... Thank you!

Rob ... Again thnks


Great Coat!.....

Sprayed the greatcoat today and have started adding sharper edges and shadows etc with a hairy brush

Based with AV German Grey, low base with a drop of AV Black, high with GW codex grey and GW Shadow grey 1:1 and if I need a lighter highlight I'll add a touch of AV White

Clean and attractive!

Looks like a good idea to use an airbrush/hair brush combo. Too bad the AB gives so much overhead in setting up and cleaning....

Cheers,
Adrian

Somewhere i missed this absolutely great figure. Excellent paintwork.
Gonna save some money to buy it at Euro.

marc

I'm glad I checked in on your progress Mark, as I was curious as to how you were going to mask your finished work before applying a new colour with the Air Brush. What kind of putty did you use? Excellent work so far, looking forward to seeing the finished product.

looking great so far Mark and your reds looks very nice.

Steve

Hi Mark,

Lovelywork mate. I enjoy seeing how you prepare your figure by masking it with plastic and blutak before spraying. The results are excellent. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Adrian ... many thanks The AB is actually pretty quick once you get the hang of a set-up! A good mate who's really into them gave me a quick walk through and it ain't so bad

Marc ... Hi! and hope to see you at Euro

Glenn .... Thanks and as Carl pointed out it is Blu-Tack and cling-film used as masks

Carl ... Blu-Tack is damn useful stuff ( I keep small lumps of it Under my shelves above my work bench ) "We've Got LUmps of It Out the Back!"

Steve ... Hi! and thanks

Tony ... Many many thanks


De-tailed coat.....

Worked some more on the coat and finally have fixed the head in place!

added more mud around the hem of the trousers and coat ( AV plastic putty and AV Flat Earth ) by stippling it on and building the layers up a bit ( hopefully not over done it )




And my AB set-up

( that is a lump of 2x2 taped to the shelf with 2 plastic coated mug hooks bent to shape as the stand )

Hi! Mark.
AWESOME Painting!
Very beautiful.
I'm looking forward to completion.

Mitsutaka

He is really looking good Mark. I am liking your treatment of the gold and on the reds. Looking forward to the finished product.

Great paintwork with the AB. Like it.
And yes, i'll be at Euro again this year (it is the 25 anniversary) and it is special this year.

marc

Hi mate,

everything perfect as usual

Mitsutaka ... Many thanks

Mike ... Thank you!

Marc ... Thanks and hope to see you there

Pedro ... Far from perfect but Thank You!

Slow progress as we finish these things

Bread Bag is mostly done, bit of finenessing to get it right and working on the fittings of the jacket....

Also been preparing the base ( clad it in wood veneer and made a plinth ( pics on completion ))



Blu-tack is used for finger rests

Hi Mark,

Great progress mate, but I'm not sure if the eyes look right. Perhaps its just the angle you took the photos from but the pupils don't seem to be the same shape? If I'm wrong, I apologise but its better to mention these things now while you can still do someting about it, than after you've finished and moved on. Any chance of a close up on the face?

Tony ... thanks for the comment about the eyes! I double checked and it must be the angle, at least they look okay to me, please say if they aren't

Mark