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This is a great WIP post. Steve, I like the way you painted the Splinter camo; the next step following that (drawing the thin raindrop stripes) will not be an easy task, wish you good luck on that. Also, the motorcycles in your initial post look very cool and are really well done. Look forward to seeing your finishing the figures and mounting them on the motorcycles :) I am following your thread to see further progress.

Thanks,
Jason
 
Thx Jason, glad ya like er so far.

Painting shadows and highlights on camo patterns, yes very daunting at first site, but I was able to pull it off with the modern camo pattern used in Afghanistan by the 1oth Mountain Div., the "Knock and Talk" dio, (link below). Granted the colors are more closely matched on a modern camo set, but I'm planning on using the same concept of shadows and highlights, feathering in and out of dark spot to light. I'll be saving the two splinter camo'd figures for last, more concentration time and no feeling of being rushed.

I heard an ol friend say one time, "Sometimes, when yur arsholes and elbows in alligators you begin to wonder why you came to drain the swamp." It's a big project, but I sure am havin a heck of a lot of fun.

http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/knock-and-talk-10th-mountain-afghanistan.43033/#post-440263


Thx for watching and the moral support Jason. Cheers, Ski.
 
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Hello Steve, I think the helmet color looks fine, are you planning to weather your figures??? If your going for a dusty appearance, maybe a darker color would work best. But the color of the helmet on your figure, closely resembles the helmet hanging from the handle bar in the center of this photo, so, either way would look good. Looking great so far Steve, best of luck the rest of the way. Regards, SG
 
Thx for the pic SG, looks like many variations were out there from what I'm gathering.

I will be dusting up the figures and getting them a little dirty, more of a dried mud splatter is what I was thinking, but still deciding. Those bikes got pretty dang dirty and from what I'm seeing they stayed that way most often. I'm thinking your thoughts are right on, may have to darken to a more traditional Field Grey color to start things off correctly.

Thx for the info and pic SG, greatly appreciated. Cheers, Ski.
 
Been away for a bit, but it's good to be back at it.

Here's a few pics of the progress on the Ranger to date. Still plenty to do, but we are pluggin along and making er happen, plus I just got 8 new WWII flicks for the bunker. This weekend will be paint sniff a Bonanza, HA!









Still plenty to do, but we are making good headway now. Sorry for the grainy pics, the cam is testing my patience, lol.

Thx for watchin. Cheers, Ski.
 
Those heads are looking spot on Ski. And the camouflage looks great. I look forward to seeing how this piece turns out.
 
THz Jazz, appreciate it. I'm going to monkey with my camera today, see if I can iron out the fuzz. trying new settings changes the whole ball game.

Thx for watchin. Cheers, Ski.
 
Did a bit more work on the Ranger, stripe and "Ranger" tag.



Peli Rojo, Red Head. I also worked on the 5 O'clock shadow, kept it subtle, and worked the helmet strap and liner strap. Should be able to move on to the hands and get the Thompson painted this week. I added a rear sight and redid the front sight and barrel tip. They were way too Bozo lookin for my taste.






I added the number 2 to the helmet using a fine point marker.



So far so good and rollin along nicely as far as I can tell. All comments welcome and thx for watchin.
Cheers, Ski.
 
Just a quick update so yall don't think I was slacking. I did get done a few more little items like 5 O'clock shadows, and dark circles under the riders eyes. Not too visible here, but my camera is jackin me on the focal plane, wa!





More to follow and still in progress. Thx for watchin. Cheers, Ski.
 
Hi Steve
One thing that you may want to consider...or not... is that the Ranger has BAR pouches but you switched out his BAR for a Thompson.
Glad to see one actually getting worked on, my resides in the "but its worth so much untouched on e-bay" pile. Figure collecting has replaced figure painting in my case. Looking good
Cheers
Jason
 
Thx Jason.

I did run this issue long ago in the planning phase of the dio and figured that with the lengthy conversion of cutting and sculpting a havre sack for the Thompson mags would work best. Trying to get that belt just right and cleaning up the mess was not my fancy, yuck! So, I formed a havre sack on out of milliput and made the straps from pewter.

It was a coin toss decision, but I'm glad it landed heads up. Plus I recon it adds to the irregularity of the figure and adds a bit of interest.

Thx for watchin Jason. Cheers, Ski.
 
Another quick look at a few items like the Tommy gun and dark circles under the eyes.



I took a slightly different approach on painting the grain than from what I've read, but I may have missed an article somewhere. I used Tamiya's Dark Yellow XF-59 as a base coat and Red Brown XF-64 as the grains pattern. Looking over several pics from the net I came up with a tight grain pattern and tried to lighten/thin certain areas and darken/thicken others with the paint consistency. I then hit it with the hair dryer for a quick dry and used Burnt Umber for the stain color and let it dry.

The Tommy gun was painted before attaching it to the figure and inside the hands. That right hand was a doozy to work, a royal pain in the hind quarter. I’m glad I got the gun done beforehand.

After the hands were painted I tried to use graphite from the pencil directly but found the pattern was too jacked up. So, I ran the lead over some sand paper and applied the graphite powder on with a thinner dampened brush. That seemed to work out best and then I used a mix of silver and gun metal for the shiny bolt part.



Thx for watchin. Cheers, Ski.

P.S. Looks like Steve's next figure will be a great addition to this dio once again, yehaaaaaaa! Ruck On Stevo!
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