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U.S. Marine 1836

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by Automata, Jul 25, 2005.

  1. Automata Member

    Country:
    United-States
    This is the 120mm Michael Roberts figure we saw being sculpted here in the early days of PF by Gary Dombrowski. What a nice figure. Highly recommended!

    The only thing I did to the figure was add the convex top to the shako. According to Gary, both types were used. I think the flat top on the figure was a good choice since the dome can be added in a matter of a few minutes, whereas if it was molded on, it would be a nightmare to remove.

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  2. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Excellent work Barry........you may motivate me to do mine.
  3. KeithP Active Member

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    United-States
    You're right. This is a darn nice figure. I suppose I'll have to dig mine out now too :lol:

    Keith
  4. Roc Active Member

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    United-States
    Barry, nicely painted and of course ,extremly well sculpted by Gary.

    Cheers
    Roc. :)
  5. Jim Patrick Active Member

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    United-States
    Holy crap Barry ! :eek: You asked me what paints I use on the RHA figure? I think it should be the other way around. I know by the way ;) . Correct me if I'm wrong though but you used acrylics throughout? If so, that's some FABULOUS blending. Especially on the greens.

    Jim Patrick
  6. Brad S Member

    Barry,

    Very, very nice. Nice job throughout. I really like the flesh and green tones. The greyish pants look a little too plastic to me, but I'm sure its the picture. Or my eyes.

    G. Bradley Spelts
  7. captnenglish Well-Known Member

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    United-States
  8. Automata Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Guy, Keith, Roc, Matt - Thanks for the kind words!
  9. Automata Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Jim,

    Thanks! I appreciate the compliment. I'm in the same boat as you at the moment - I'm trying to get more dramatic highlighting and shading. I think I end up concentrating on making the blending subtle a bit too much. Yes, it is all acrylic except for the metallics which are inks. The jacket is Jo Sonja and the rest is Vallejo. The thing I like most about acrylics is the way you have so much control over the blending when using glazes.

    Barry
  10. Automata Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Thanks Brad!

    I know what you mean about the gray pants. I think its a combination of the paints drying just a touch semi-gloss and not getting enough contrast in my shading and highlights.

    Barry
  11. garyjd Well-Known Member

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    United-States
    Barry, Thanks for posting thes pictures, I like how he turned out. I really love the green coatee.~Gary
  12. Joe Hudson Well-Known Member

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    United-States
    Barry,

    I saw this at WE and took a picture. I think you have done a really great job on it and I have to say that it looks much better in person.

    Joe
  13. Brad S Member

    Barry,

    Darn! It was at the Expo. I wished I had got hooked up with you again and you showed me your display. I know what you mean about enough contrast. I will have one figure not have enough contrast then the next one will have too much. I have troubles getting it right in the middle.
    Thanks for sharing your work. Any more new sculpts in progress?

    Brad Spelts
  14. Automata Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Gary - Thanks! The great sculpting really does make it an easy one to paint.

    Thanks Joe!

    Brad - I am sculpting a 54mm figure. I'm doing everything from scratch except for the musket. The problem is that I'm at a point where I feel like if I go any further on it, I'll screw it up.

    Barry
  15. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Barry,

    I find that you did a tremendous paintjob on this one.
    Great work.

    Marc
  16. yeo_64 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Singapore
    AWESOME paint job,Barry (y) (y) (y) !!! Just AWESOME !!! Thansk for sharing it with us. Cheers !
    Kenneth.
  17. Jimmy S Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Australia
    Wow Barry great job! How do you get such a clean separation between the colours? I am reluctant to tackle a bright figure and tend to stick to darker uniforms whilst trying to learn new techniques. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation to get cracking!!!
  18. Automata Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Kenneth - Thanks for the nice words

    Jim - Thanks. I'm not sure what you mean by a clean separation between colors.
    Barry

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