WIP Green Beret, Vietnam 1967 (Concept Miniatures 75mm)

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kempie

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Been lucky enough to be asked to paint the box art for Mark’s new figure. It’s going to be wearing tiger stripe fatigues.

The last few figures I’ve painted this on have left me feeling flat so I’ve been trawling through old threads and notes trying to figure what was up. I’d come to the conclusion that although the pattern was visible the contrast was overstated and just looked busy.

Looking at reference pics the greens looked greyer and the blacks weren’t as stark. Also the pale scratch lines were pretty subtle. I was all set to start experimenting then @Venko posted his thread yesterday. It feels a bit shameless but I was blown away with his approach so I’ve stolen it!

A base of a sagey grey green, stripes of an almost black green and muted patches of field drab with very subtle stone grey scratches. Here’s hoping I can pull it off as well as Venko.

Anyway, here’s some early stage pics

Cheers,

Kempie

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Many thanks all. I know it’s early days but I experimented yesterday and I’m pretty confident I can get things looking good with a bit of work.

Nap, the bust of this figure is next on my list. I think at that scale I’ll have to go to town on the pattern rather than giving an impression.

Cheers, kempie
 
First day’s progress on the tiger stripe is a success I think. Pretty happy with the process for the pattern and think with a few tweaks it’s going to look pretty good.

Will put together a step by step guide when the figure is done if anyone is interested. For now though, here are pictures of todays progress.

Cheers, kempie
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Looks the dogs doodahs Kempie, the shade and tones are in scale which really makes a great difference. I don't do camouflage but always interested in a good SBS.

Simon
 
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