ＷＷ２ US Infantry NCO(Alpine Miniatures 1/35)

[myouchin]

Unbelievable. That face in 1:35!!!!! No words......
Absolutely fantastic work

Christian

Thank you Christian, it is difficult to draw the eye of the 1/35th scale, but there is rewarding.

 

[myouchin]

This is insane! What a nice piece of paintwork!! You use a microscope for this?

Very, very, very nice!

Erik

Thanks for the word of praise Erik.I used a magnifying glass of magnification X 10 plus X 8 to paint the details.The price is about 9.5 $.Attach to glasses in combination with clip.Please refer to the photo.

 

[myouchin]

Excellent. That face!

Thank you winfield, face is important.

 

[myouchin]

I misread the title and thought this was 1/16th until I read Roger's comment......that is outstanding in 1/35th!

Excellent work.


Cheer's,
Jeff.

Thank you Jeff, as you said I tried to make 1 / 35th look like 1 / 16th.Apparently I seem to have succeeded in it.

 

[myouchin]

Another micro surgeon whose hobby is painting miniatures.....Show off.........Seriously?.............Terrific work

Wayne

Hello Wayne, I am not a surgeon .

 

[myouchin]

Beautiful work Futoshi & kinda style I really like.
There's an authentic feel in all aspects of this wee fellow.
Especially like detail you've captured from eyes through to grimy effect on jacket.
Also looks like you attention to detail is spot on with for example webbing having different weathering pattern to jacket.

Do you only use acrylics & if so which ones?

Please share more.
Mike

P.S. Your photos really help show this guy off too - what's your camera?

Hello Mike,thank you for the detailed comments. I may have done weathering too much, but I am glad you liked it.
I mainly use acrylic, but I use Tamiya enamel color to paint the eyes. weathering is also the same. There are times when I use oil, but recently there are few.
I am ignorant about photography but the camera I use is Canon PowerShot SX 710HS.

 

[myouchin]

Now this friends is pretty damn good !

Joe

Hello Joe, you are right he is pretty damn good .

 

[myouchin]

Fantastic work.

Hello　Nige, Thank you .

 

[myouchin]

The sculpt of the head and then the paint job on it is amazing!!!
Lovely work

Thank you MrBMB, if I make the size of head a bit small, it may have been better.

 

[myouchin]

Stunning work on this. The detail and overall painting are excellent. I thought this was a 1:9th scale kit at first. Very impressive!

Microscope or not what I would really like to learn is how you get such perfectly shaped small dots, like in the eye, and lines, like in the seams of the uniform.
With details like this in my experience the paint dries on the brush before it can be applied. Would really like to know how you get these bits so perfectly.

There seems to be a 'Japanese school' that really gets into such perfect detailing.

Cheers
Adrian

Hello Adrian, I tried to make this figure look like 1 / 16th scale, but I did not think it would look like 1 / 9th scale. Thank you!
I explanation was insufficient.I painted the eyes with Tamiya enamel color diluted with turpentine.Tamiya enamel color is soluble in solvent even after it is completely dried. So it's easy to fix.I am correcting it with a feeling of sculpture by including a solvent in a brush of good quality and using it as a blade
Eye painting is divided into several steps.Every time one process is completed, cover it with Vallejo model color Matt Medium.You can protect good results.
When painting details with acrylic, mix medium which slows drying like Gradation Medium.
A painter in Japan (although I have not tried it) seems to use a humidifier when painting details with acrylic. It seems that good results will be obtained if the indoor humidity is high.

My sentences may be confusing (because they use Google translation).But I am glad if I could resolve your doubt

 

[Ferris]

Thanks myouchin, I'll put my X-ray specs on and try this some time!

Cheers
Adrian

 

[myouchin]

The only, "advice" that I could give...and I hope that sometime soon you do, is to produce a step by step book on how you achieved what I believe to be one of the most life like faces that I have ever seen in this scale, or in any other for that matter.


Tom

Hello Tom, Thank you for valuable advice. I am very glad .(I don't know if it can be realized)Advice that I received from you will be my property.

 

[myouchin]

Amazing work!
A very realistic style and perfect an equilibrium. If you wanted to share some details of your work style, it would be interesting, thank you.

Maurizio

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Thank you for the nice photos Maurizio ! I wanted to do the processing of such a photograph, but I could not do it because there is no skill.
Many many thanks!

 

[bonehead]

Excellent! Nice job both painting and sculpting....

 

[Babelfish]

The rest of it is nice but I'm sorry, I'm calling bullshit on the eyes. They're photo-manipulated. Impossible to paint that fine detail in that scale. The face also looks retouched when compared with the rest of the figure.

- Steve

 

[Ferris]

Hi Steve, I didn't paint this figure myself so cannot give guarantees, but can assure you that this kind of detail painting is possible. I recently bought a figure painted by Toshihiro Sato and it too has this kind of insane precision painting in 1/35th scale. It actually can be done! I have difficulty even observing the detail without optivisor, let alone paint it...very frustrating!

Cheers
Adrian

 

[Babelfish]

Hi Adrian, I've never heard of Toshihiro Sato so I can't comment on his work. But I've not seen this level of eye detail even by some of the very top painters in the hobby whose work I am familiar with. Even among the very best there are limits to what the human eye and the human hand are physically capable of, and I just don't buy this at all.

In fairness to the OP, this isn't the first time I've seen this kind of thing and I've also mentioned it before. And I know from talking to other guys that I'm not the only one who suspects that photo-manipulative jiggery-pokery is occasionally afoot on this and other forums. I suspect that others are probably just too polite to call it out.

Another possibility is eye decals of course. Either way though, the smooth and the "insane precision" of the eyes and face are a few cuts above the rest of the paint job which - while good - is in no way "insanely precise" and smooth, at least not to my eye. That face is almost like a photo. The rest of the figure ... isn't. So I remain very sceptical.

On a more "positive" note, I like the groundwork & house wall/doorway section. That looks great.

Steve

 

[myouchin]

Excellent! Nice job both painting and sculpting....

Thank you bonehead, your words filled my heart with honor .The work you created (both painting and sculpting) is a good example for me.

 

[myouchin]

The rest of it is nice but I'm sorry, I'm calling bullshit on the eyes. They're photo-manipulated. Impossible to paint that fine detail in that scale. The face also looks retouched when compared with the rest of the figure.

- Steve

Hello Steve, I welcome your candid opinion.
When shooting with a digital camera, colors and contrasts may appear different from the real thing.I am bothered by it all the time.
I think that digital processing that corrects such real differences will be tolerated.I also make minor modifications to this work. However, it is to bring the picture which is different from the real thing close to the condition seen with the naked eye.If it is received as foul (I do not know how other people think about it) I will not do that at all in the future.
However, regarding painting of eyes it asserts that it is the result of my brush work perfectly.Photo processing, such as you have in mind is not at all.I think that such an act is the same as an athlete 's fixed game and it is an unacceptable act.
I add pictures, so please look at it and judge again.I am never angry about your opinion .I hope that the Google translation does not translate my Japanese into the wrong English.


And thanks a lot to Adrian .
Cheers

 

[myouchin]

The work of Toshihiro Sano can be seen on this site. I am also a member of this forum. ↓
http://www.japan-militaire.com/viewtopic.php?id=1405
His blog.↓
http://hebiyuri.blogspot.jp/