WIP Critique 120mm Brit Tanker from Stormtroopers

[gothicgeek]

Hi all!

Despite working right through Christmas I managed to prep this little beauty and sort it's base out after Stu got it to me just before the postal system ground to a halt for the holidays


He needs a tad more primer and then I will get on with painting! Just got to decide on either plain Pixie suit or Dennison camo version? What do you reckon?

Release info to follow but I don't think it will be anytime soon ....

Primer... Note the guns magazine is not fitted.

parts as supplied ( prototype )

As always please feel free to C, C or C ....

 

[Guy]

An awesome figure. I look forward to seeing it painted.

 

[housecarl]

As I know how you love painting camo, I'd go with the plain option.
Looks a nice figure, I'm guessing from Stu's fair hand?
Carl.

 

[Don]

Really nice figure Mark and I know you will do it justice. If he is from the RTR did he not have a black suit? I know they changet to black in WW1 due to the dirt from the tanks and with only slight changes still wear them.
Not sure about Pixie suits though perhaps you can enlighten me.

Don

 

[T50]

This is a great looking figure!!!
Who's the sculptor?

 

[Azgaron]

Nice looking figure! Love to see it painted!

Cheers,

Håkan

 

[Tommi]

Go for the camo if it is going to be box art

Tommi

 

[ldom77]

it's a new figure ? i want one !

 

[megroot]

Very nice figure.
I believe you get the best out of it Mark.

marc

 

[dinovision79]

Nice one from Stu, the bulky WWII British tanker suit looks cool, a little bit futuristic

I'd love to see the guy in denison camo too!

 

[Tony Barton]

Super figure !
Go for the plain Pixie : the camo version never got used in WW2, as far as anyone can find out. There is a very distant possibility that it got used in Korea, but the pic is capable of several interpretations....
And if you do go for the camo after all that , remember it was in the Windproof colours, NOT the Denison.

 

[housecarl]

Here's a 1/6th wearing one Mark.
Carl.

 

[stu]

Hi,

Many thanks for all the great comments. Mark has been badgering me for a while to get this sorted.

The sculpt is by Pete Morten with a bit of tweaking from me. I've enclosed a pic of the initial master shots and an in progress pic of the work I did. Also is a pic i found of artwork by ron volstad.

We have discussed both painted options and hopefully mark will do both for you, this really is hot out of the moulds.

Glad you like it

Stuart

 

[mil-mart]

Hi Stu excellent sculpting and conversion work from Pete and yourself the end result looks amazing.
Mark looking forward to following the painting, how about doing both versions at the same time and posting both progress pictures together, that'll be a first .
Cheers Ken

 

[sam b]

Stu Mark and Pete what a team .
Great figure, looking forward to seeing it painted .

sam

 

[Dennis]

Hi Mark, you have a winner here mate, I agree with Mr Barton and would paint it in the pixie suit colours. Another reason I would opt for the pixie suit version, is the bulk of the suit worn by your figure. I used to wear one of these back in the late 1970's in BAOR as a FV432 commander they were 30 or so years old then and still bulky. They were made of a heavy material and lined with the same khaki flannel as used to be used to make army shirts, that said they were effective at keeping a lot of the cold and rain at bay.
I am looking forward to seeing your completed model good luck with it.
Regards
Dennis

 

[gothicgeek]

Many thanks for the discussion on the camo version of the Pixie suit everyone and thanks to Stu for info on development of the figure

For this fellow I will probably go for the plain suit as it will show off the sculpting more

Thanks to Guy, Carl, Don, Taesung, Håkan, Tommi, Dominique, Marc, Dénes, Tony, Stu, Ken, Sam and Dennis for comments and info


Face ...

While my style of face painting is not exactly universally popular ( there's a thread I keep meaning to start! ) the techniques and stages are probably quite useful generally.

So these are the basic stages, Bear in mind I may spend quite a lot of time at each stage building colours up in thin layers ( glazes ).

Also at the end of this sequence I spent a further couple of hours just tidying and tweaking it ...

All paint is acrylic AV=Vallejo GW=Games Workshop. Flow enhancer used in all mixes.
A. Primer
B. AV Mahogany Sand
C. AV Game Colour Dwarf Skin
D. GW Blood red and Regal Blue added in glazes
E. AV Basic Skin
F. AV Light Flesh
G. to K. Using Dwarf Skin to unite the colours steps D. to F. are repeated
L. Eyes completed

Here is the head in context on the figure ( with re positioned Holster ( Cheers Carl )) and with a good white balance

Some work still to do on the hands...

 

[housecarl]

Great SBS mate. Which flow enhancer do you use?
Looking grand,
Carl.

 

[gothicgeek]

Cheers Carl!

Usually a mix of Daler Rowney Flow enhancer and Vallejo Thinner Medium ...

 

[housecarl]

Thanks Mark, does it work like glaze medium?
Carl.