WIP French Poilu from Model Cellar

[MattMcK.]

Just starting out on this one, and trying to get the hang of painting with acrylics.

 

[Scott Sheltz]

Off to a nice start!

 

[Warren SMITH]

Great to see has been released, looking forward to your version, will have to price up one for myself..

 

[Steve Ski]

Looking good, Matt! You are a braver man than I, acrylics

 

[Fransab]

Hi!
Has it been released yet? It doesn't appear on his website.
It's an excellent figure.

Cheers,

Francisco

 

[ghamilt1]

I'd love to know where you got your copy from, as I can't seem to find it available on the Model Cellar site, or any other sites for that matter (or at least from the vendors I usually patronize).

 

[MattMcK.]

I'd love to know where you got your copy from, as I can't seem to find it available on the Model Cellar site, or any other sites for that matter (or at least from the vendors I usually patronize).

I picked it up from them directly at the MFCA show in the spring; not sure if it was only available at the show. Maybe try emailing them directly?

 

[Nap]

Hi there Matt

Nice looking figure and a good start , nice fleshwork

Be interested in you sharing the colours your using for uniform

Is this going to be a single figure or with others in a vignette

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[ghamilt1]

I picked it up from them directly at the MFCA show in the spring; not sure if it was only available at the show. Maybe try emailing them directly?

Thanks Matt. Maybe they'll be at MSSI Chicago in a few weeks, and I can pick up a copy then. Cheers!

 

[ModelCellar]

Hi Matt,

First, thanks for your patronage and for buying our figures. I hope you like the quality of the figure and the casting. You are off to a great start with the painting. The head and helmet look great. I'll be watching this thread closely to see more painting. Can't wait to see it completed =).

Francisco, Glenn, et.al...
As Matt indicated I had a few "preview castings at MFCA" (see my MFCA preview thread here: MFCA Preview #2 | planetFigure | Miniatures). There you can see some pics of the castings. I hope to have it productionized (along with others) and in the catalog soon. But I've just been swamped lately and can't seem to keep up. Hopefully I can get a little closer to almost being caught up soon. I'll post an announcement when it's ready. Keep checking our website.

Paul

 

[Fransab]

Hi Matt,

First, thanks for your patronage and for buying our figures. I hope you like the quality of the figure and the casting. You are off to a great start with the painting. The head and helmet look great. I'll be watching this thread closely to see more painting. Can't wait to see it completed =).

Francisco, Glenn, et.al...
As Matt indicated I had a few "preview castings at MFCA" (see my MFCA preview thread here: MFCA Preview #2 | planetFigure | Miniatures). There you can see some pics of the castings. I hope to have it productionized (along with others) and in the catalog soon. But I've just been swamped lately and can't seem to keep up. Hopefully I can get a little closer to almost being caught up soon. I'll post an announcement when it's ready. Keep checking our website.

Paul

Thank you very much Paul for the information.

 

[MattMcK.]

Hi there Matt

Nice looking figure and a good start , nice fleshwork

Be interested in you sharing the colours your using for uniform

Is this going to be a single figure or with others in a vignette

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

Other than a rat or two, this will be a solo figure, a solitary moment.

I'm working with ScaleColor acrylics and feeling out colors as I go. Their Pastel Blue seems to be a good central color for the horizon blue, so I am mixing shades up and down from that, adding Prussian blue and umber for shades, and a lighter blue/white for highlights. I'm going to try Mike (The Kiwi)'s stippling for the wool as he has outlined in his new book. We'll see how it goes. I'm not super happy with it so far. I know I could do it with oils pretty quickly, but really want to master acrylics as a medium unto themselves.

 

[Tannvargur]

This is a great sculpt, i like it a lot. You can put it in a nice surrounding/set up/diorama.
Good luck with this one, will be interesting to see how it turns out.

 

[MattMcK.]

Trying to get the uniform shaded and textured…

 

[MattMcK.]

Test fitting. That blue needs more work.

 

[Warren SMITH]

Looking good.

 

[Steve Ski]

That face reads character all over it! Great job, Matt.

 

[Nap]

That face reads character all over it! Great job, Matt.

Agree there Mr Ski

It's a great pose as well , very natural

Looking forward to seeing more from Matt

Nap

 

[MattMcK.]

Tried a light mist with the airbrush to smooth out the gradient on the blue. It’s starting to look better to me, less harsh. I think I may need to touch a few highlights and shadows with the brush again.

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

Your certainly getting there , think you right about the highs and lows but not much I think

Thanks for update

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap