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[skabu]

Hi:

as i have told you in my presentation i m a slot car enthusiast and i decided to sculpt Mr Alfred Neubauer and two mechanics from the MERCEDES BENZ team in which our Juan Manuel Fangio was one of the drivers . I try to do my best sculpting in Magic Sculpey and painting them in Acrilics.
Perhaps these are not so good as the ones you do but i hope you like them.

Kind regards

Juan

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Unusual subject, but a nice bit of scene.

Cheers

Hendryk

 

[skabu]

Thanks a lot....i fight.....and i try....

Juan

 

[skabu]

Let me Know your opinions and critics....

Thanks a lot

Juan

 

[Ferris]

I lik the composition of this vignette very much.

The painting seems a bit rough though. I suggest you try to avoid the glossy finish next time, and try some highlighting and shading. It looks like you have a used a wash for shading?

Anyway, it's all about practice, practice and practice, and that takes some time.

I do like your work here!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[skabu]

Thanks Adrian:

I use wash for shading and i try to work it but the thing is that i dont use vallejo or that kind of acrilics here in Argentina is dificult to find them and i have to paint with plain acrilics (ordinary) and the thing is that they get dry quicly and i cant mix them to have lights or shadows....perhaps thats my problem...if you thing it is....let me know....perhaps i have to spend money getting vallejo or that kind....

Thanks

Juan

 

[RKapuaala]

Sweet

 

[Stephan]

Thats a nice theme i Like thanks for showing.

 

[Ferris]

Hi Juan,

Yes, acrylics can dry glossy if you work them for too long. You could try and use a hair drier between coats. In general, with acrylics, you make shades and highlights by painting each successive shade over a dry previous layer. That should keep things matte.
Another trick is to mix a tiny amount of Tamiya X-21 matt medium with your acrylics.

I'd just experiment a bit with your own paints before buying something else. Just my two cents!

Good luck, cheers,
Adrian

 

[nuvolari]

Hi Juan,
Your figures are very good looking, lovely done. Are you going to place them on your slot track? It's definitely a lovely scene. Do you also scratch build your slot cars, and is there an era where you are especially interested in?
I hope to see more of these race figures in the future, keep up the good work
Cheers,
Danny

 

[skabu]

Danny:
Thanks for your comments, i ve bougth a Fangio s SCALEXTRIC Mercedes Benz and ill do a diorama cause i ve got an actual circuit, Lemans style, not too big but i ve done complete boxes , pit walls , etc.
About cars i ve modified a street MAZDA RX8 to a ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES from SPEEDSOURCE team.
I ll will show you others actual figures i ve done .
Thanks again.

Cheers

Juan Francisco