More Ranger in Progress

[BigDaddy]

Hi Everyone,

Here is another in progress of the 200mm Ranger I have been working on. Slow progress. Paint is Tamiya and Vallejo.

Matt

 

[BigDaddy]

Here is another pic, that is bigger- easier to see

Matt

 

[Pete_H]

Holy crap, Herr Oberst!!! That looks amazing. I'm curious as to how you achieved the detail in all the shallow wrinkles on the front of the pant-legs (from the knee to the waist). It looks really good. I assume you'll have it at tomorrow's club meeting; too bad I'll be scaring sophomores on their first day of class instead of being at the meeting (pop quiz on the first day, that should do the trick) :lol:

 

[bosko b]

Great work, excellent color balance and shading

 

[Patrick Kirk]

Would be interested, too to hear how you achieved the effect on the trousers...amazing, very nice. How can you get the soft transitions?

All the best

Patrick

 

[mikec55]

Very realistic. He's gonna be a beauty when he's finished.

Mike

 

[Ernest]

Great paint work, did you use airbrush for all the work?, lights and shadows.....

ER

 

[Roy]

Hello Matt...you have some very soft transitions going on, for such a large scale figure you are doing a very convincing job so far...looking forward to seeing this progress.

Great stuff.

Roy.

 

[y_wong]

Dear Matt,

Very nice indeed. Looking forward to its completion.

regards

 

[Rob Brown]

Stellar work Matt. You continue to amaze. I picked up MODEL Mag 7 (?) with the Vis A Vis article. Nice.
Rob

 

[rafaelega]

Matt,

Excellent paint work. Could you share the colors used with us?

Rafa

 

[boot25]

Very realistic use of colors and shading.Outstanding!

 

[Evan August]

Awesome! What figure is this?

 

[BigDaddy]

Thanks very much for the compliments. The Model is from Jaguar. It is supposed to be of Capt. Miller from Saving Private Ryan. I am not sure if the figure is available anymore.

The model is base coated with Tamiya acrylics- OD Green, Khaki Drab, Khaki. I varied the colors to get the approximate shades of the uniforms. Thsi was done with an Aztek airbrush with a Tan tip (fine). Then Lighter and darker shades of the base colors were mixed to use as shadows and highlights. This mix of paint is very thin- lots of Tamiya thinner. Once I mix a color, I keep it in a film canister so if I need it later, I have it premixed.

Then, using either the Tamiya paint or Vallejo's, I used a brush to work on the shadows and highlights, and midtones. Standard stuff here- using glazes and thin applications as described by Mario Fuentes in his articles. I used to use Humbrols, but I like the acrylics for speed of use. So if your thing is enamels, follow Bill Horan's techniques.

Thanks!!

Matt