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Hi Jon Thanks for the reply and thanks for the generous offer of a lift - If the car keeps going then I will be able to get myself there but I really appreciate the offer. How do the club meetings usually go - I have just bought my first oils and had a quick fiddle but REALLY need to get...

Hi Guys I think I have hit a skill brick wall and after visiting Euro Militaire I have realised I am going to need some help to improve I saw on here I just missed a show at Gravesham which is a bit annoying as I am now newly moved back to the Maidstone area Anyway on to my question...

Hi Guys I had been abroad for a few years now and decided to use that time to have a going at painting figures and have really enjoyed it even though I have struggled at times and that's been extra difficult being in such a remote place, no supplies except email and no one to go and watch to...

I did manage to get a little further with this and have been experimenting a little bit - some things worked out ok some didn't I have bought a few oils to see if I can improve my faces - VERY hard to find out here. I am finding it a little frustrating as I can see the potential but don't...

Thanks for the replies. I bought a 2 each of the Series 7 in the normal style and the miniature style too and HATE them both (Never tried with oils) - that was a VERY expensive mistake that I deeply regret as I can't afford to waste that kind of money. As you can see I live in the back of...

I bought a pair of Winsor Newton series 7 brushes and I hate them. I bought size 1 as that's what I usually use but on both the tips seem to have a single hair or two that is maybe too long ? and I get paint drying overly quickly right on the very point (acrylics) - this doesn't happen with my...

This is about as far as I am going to go with this one for now. I have pinned his feet and attached him to this temp base for painting - off to prime him now.

Thanks for the reply Hiroshi :) That join is hidden by the arms on this guy but will not be on some of the other poses in the box. Now I know for sure I need to sort that on those models

Could anyone tell me how this part of the tunic is supposed to be? Is there a seam ? and should there be a slit or a fishtail on the side here ?

Thanks for the offer Rob - I will post a picture shortly with a question I have about the uniform. What you say about style is interesting Jamie - I think in total I have painted 11 figures now (most in wargames style ) and have tried something a little different on each one. I have watched...

Well Jamie that's a good question. I think for this bloke I am going to bolt on as much as I can before I start painting - I 'think' all I am going to leave off is the rifle that is slung on his back and the two ammo crates he is carrying and probably the etched parts. I am still undecided what...

Hi Guys Thanks for all the help so far. My box arrived today and I nearly fainted when I saw how many small parts there are for each figure. I think (not including etched parts) there are 38 parts for the simplest of the figures .... I am about half way through this one and I have to...

That's just amazing I just cannot get my head around how people can sculpt their own figures :confused:

I ended up buying 'Dragon 1/35 Germania Regiment German Figures' I hope that was an OK choice

Thanks I have been tempted by some larger models but I know they are going to show up my most weak area and that is faces. I am also a little worried about messing up an expensive figure and so far I have not liked metal figures that much - maybe I just tried the wrong ones. I just ordered...

I found this one to be a real challenge both to paint and to photograph. It is my 10th figure and this is what I really want to do (historical figures) so now is the time to try and up my game - I hope this is where you guys can help anyways ...

You will see in my other thread my various wargames style figures I had been painting over the last 9 months or so to teach myself how to hold a brush but the whole thing started with wanting a pilot for a model airplane. Now I needed a pilot for a Spitfire I was going to make for a present for...

Thanks for the kind comments Then I did a Dark Elf - again very wargamey Then I tried a 72nd scale historical (ish) figure

I bought a few GW figures and their book and started painting in a wargaming style .... I especially hate this one .... I liked this one more ... and this guy I wanted to try and paint something a little more realistic and thats where the trouble started

Hi About a year ago I decided I would like to have a go at some modelling, I bought a model airplane and built it and enjoyed it. The second model I build came with a pilot - it was 48th scale and I thought I would paint him and put him in. Well he came out horribly and he got thrown back...