Ferris
A Fixture
Hi,
It's been a while since I posted any work. I got bogged down in a couple of projects that took more modelling than painting time, such as my little Pompeii vignette. As enjoyable as these were, after a while the mojo ran out, as they say, and I pulled this half-started Alpine Miniatures figure from the ranks of grey army with the intention to do a speedy brush job and get the painting juices flowing again. Things started swiftly and here I am, 5 months later, to finally show some concrete results again. So much for my speed-painting skills....
Anyway, this is one of Alpine's early releases in 1:16. The sculpt by Mike Good is crisp as always and a joy to paint. I left off the left arm until I finished the upper body to keep brush access to the chest area. My main motivation to paint this one were the camouflage pants. I had always wanted to try the marsh pattern ('Sumpfmuster') and this figure offered the perfect opportunity.
As this figure is clearly dressed against the cold, a wintery setting was needed. For this I tried to get a frosted effect on a forest floor base, which was simply done by good old drybrushing a range of cold whites.
I mainly used Vallejo acrylics, and some oils for a stain on the pants.
Hope you like him.
Cheers,
Adrian
It's been a while since I posted any work. I got bogged down in a couple of projects that took more modelling than painting time, such as my little Pompeii vignette. As enjoyable as these were, after a while the mojo ran out, as they say, and I pulled this half-started Alpine Miniatures figure from the ranks of grey army with the intention to do a speedy brush job and get the painting juices flowing again. Things started swiftly and here I am, 5 months later, to finally show some concrete results again. So much for my speed-painting skills....
Anyway, this is one of Alpine's early releases in 1:16. The sculpt by Mike Good is crisp as always and a joy to paint. I left off the left arm until I finished the upper body to keep brush access to the chest area. My main motivation to paint this one were the camouflage pants. I had always wanted to try the marsh pattern ('Sumpfmuster') and this figure offered the perfect opportunity.
As this figure is clearly dressed against the cold, a wintery setting was needed. For this I tried to get a frosted effect on a forest floor base, which was simply done by good old drybrushing a range of cold whites.
I mainly used Vallejo acrylics, and some oils for a stain on the pants.
Hope you like him.
Cheers,
Adrian
