Completed Critique Jungle Patrol, Nam69.

[franck edet]

hello Friends,
to follow my work in progress post :
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads...itches-models-120mm.114169/page-2#post-910139

here is the finished product ! I have to thank a lot Reedees Miniatures for their perfect customer care (Steve kindly sent me a second M16A1 set as the first one got lost in the mail ...), i highly recommend Reedees for your 120mm weapons, they are incredibly detailed.
On to the fig itself ... well ... i won't make comments as i understand that perfection is not of this world.

here is my finished scene :



i hope you like it

 

[swralph]

Nice one Franck.

 

[franck edet]

thanks Ralph

 

[Tony Dawe]

Hi Frank, really like what you've done with this figure. Personally I don't think the camouflage cream on the face and arms in needed.

Great job on the uniform and groundwork.

 

[franck edet]

Hi Frank, really like what you've done with this figure. Personally I don't think the camouflage cream on the face and arms in needed.

thank you Tony !
the Camo cream was unfortunately needed to mask the strange sculpt of the face.

 

[Tony Dawe]

That's cool Frank. If that's the case have you thought about replacing the head with a different one?

 

[franck edet]

yes i did but i didn't want to give this a go as, knowing me, i would have gone into A LOT of modifications on this fig in order to get it better in term of accuracy
and this was a road i didn't want to take here is a picture of the face on basic fleshtones. i know that nobody'S symetrical ... but not to this point

 

[santi fernandez]

A good job you are doing.

 

[franck edet]

thank you Santi

 

[KenBoyle]

Very nice Franck! I love the jungle groundwork. Very nice composition.

Well done,
Ken

 

[franck edet]

thank you very much Ken

 

[1969]

Lovely job on the figure Franck, glad the second batch of M16's got through

Steve

 

[franck edet]

many thanks again Steve !

 

[Martin64]

Nice work and I envy you for your ability to ignore the problems on your "canvas" and cover them up . While the drama that draws you into the scene is appealing you start wondering if you would adopt this pose in real combat.
Cheers, Martin

 

[Bootneck]

Great work Franck. I like the composition and the work you have done. Followed from the beginning and even bought replacement M16 as I was thinking about buying this figure at a show in England next Sunday. Mhhh!!
Peter.

 

[Chezzie]

Lovely Franck. Face Cam is hard to do and get right. The webbing looks spot on as well. I like it!

 

[misfit151]

That's a nice piece of work Franck.....well done.... Mike

 

[Kevindunne]

You would be surprised the positions one gets into in real combat.
As to face camo...general rule of thumb...apply dark camo to light areas and light color camo to dark areas of the face ie...dark camo on nose, light in eye sockets.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Looking gread ,fine workmanship and nice painting

Mobo

 

[franck edet]

Nice work and I envy you for your ability to ignore the problems on your "canvas" and cover them up . While the drama that draws you into the scene is appealing you start wondering if you would adopt this pose in real combat.
Cheers, Martin

thank you Martin, regarding its pose ... i would say that if being in this situation i would have tried to keep the enemy in sight

Great work Franck. I like the composition and the work you have done. Followed from the beginning and even bought replacement M16 as I was thinking about buying this figure at a show in England next Sunday. Mhhh!!
Peter.

thanks Peter, look well to the fig before ... if you feel comfortable with adding lots of details it can be done

Chezzie, Mike, Mobo : thanks for the words it's appreciated

Kevin : thanks again for the great help during the painting process