WIP Critique Operation Nimrod - or 50 shades of black!

[kempie]

Hold up on my Vietnam project so may as well work on another Man In Black. Got to this point in around three hours. Helps being able to lay out the palette in advance. Going to have a few slight variations to keep things visually interesting but nothing too drastic.

 

[Briggsy]

Impressive so I hate saying this but there is a seam line down the inside of the right boot, one of the advantages of having other sets of eyes go over the pictures. Otherwise it's a great start.

Cheers Simon

 

[kempie]

Doh, I thought I’d dealt with all of them. Will sort that tomorrow before I go any further. Good eye. Thanks!

Cheers, kempie

 

[kempie]

Started fixing the mould seams Simon had pointed out and realised that a re-boot was in order. The various blacks had ended up splotchy and uneven and that mould seam actually carried all the way up the leg.

Toothbrush and lacquer thinner got it back to resin before re-priming and getting busy. After the day’s efforts I’m much happier with where it’s at.

 

[Briggsy]

Drastic action but I have to say it looks better, a more crisp clean paint job. Are you intending building the balcony for this?

Cheers Simon

 

[kempie]

Absolutely Simon, it’s a much better starting point.

I’m multi tasking at the minute so something else for the next day or two but looking forward to shading/ highlighting and then detailing this one.

And yes, I got the whole figure set along with the wall and balcony so will definitely be building and painting that.

 

[Steve Ski]

Kempie, they're looking great to me. The tonal differences are coming out nicely, keep rollin along. That's a really fine set you picked up. Ruck On!

 

[kempie]

Ski my old mate! Thanks so much for dropping by.

They’re great figures and it is fun mixing and matching subtle variations to get an accurate but interesting result.

Cheers, kempie