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09-26-22, 05:34 AM | #46 |
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^ This is great work, Eichhörnchen. Absolutely first rate. I don't know how you have the patience to do the intricate work and painting with these figurines. I would lose my mind doing this. Then again, I suppose I would have to have a mind in the first place to lose it.
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09-26-22, 06:52 AM | #47 |
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^ I love doing it, is the answer, although the fabulous Britains 'swoppet' figures like this knight have very little paint on them
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09-27-22, 05:03 AM | #48 |
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Lancastrian standard bearer
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09-27-22, 01:26 PM | #49 |
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Crescent Toys Indian Army
Crescent's practice was often to produce around 8 figures on foot plus 1 or 2 on horseback to go with them. There were usually a couple of really good poses amongst these with the rest much weaker. These are my favourite two from this set (repainted)
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09-30-22, 05:54 AM | #50 |
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Marx Toys
Two old figures by US company Marx - the one on the right has a spear in place of his original standard, which was broken (repainted by me)
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09-30-22, 11:52 AM | #51 |
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REAMSA
A figure from Reamsa, a Spanish maker from the past. I had no idea as a kid in the UK that there was a whole other plastic toy soldier industry going on over on the Continent. Some of their medievals and ancients I am now obsessively searching for!
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09-30-22, 01:20 PM | #52 | |
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Quote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligae
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09-30-22, 02:11 PM | #53 |
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^ They never bothered too much about such things when they made these since they were only toys - but you're correct of course
This is my most recent purchase - apparently a Roman general by Jecsan, another Spanish maker, and he's about to get a makeover. I think I'll call him Drupus Minimus (he wasn't a great success as a general)
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10-01-22, 12:18 AM | #54 |
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Hey Eich, have you considered playing around with metallic undercoats and pearl finishes to replicate cloth?
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10-01-22, 06:38 AM | #55 |
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I've never heard of that - I have some pearlescent acrylic artists colour but never found a use for it. This would probably be handy for me when painting model soldiers so I'd like to know how it works - should I visit your figure-painting thread that you linked me to earlier?
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10-01-22, 08:54 AM | #56 |
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Just play around with it on some scrap pieces.
The idea behind a metallic undercoat is to give a slight "shimmer" effect to replicate fine cloth. This can also be handy for painting more realistic hair. Just thin down your top coat colors more than you normally would and apply light layers until you build up to the effect you want. The "pearl" finish (over coat) kind of does the same thing. Again, play around with it and try to keep it subtle. Paint some test samples then look at them again the next day. If its too strong, try again and tone it down some more. Imagine you want to paint a tartan shawl. Its a rough, hand woven piece of cloth. Paint the basic colors then lightly add a thinned down "pearl white" color on top. Shazam, the cloth is now older and more tattered/frazzled looking. You can search on YouTube for folks in Japan who build Gunpla characters and Bandai figures in some larger scales. They have some "out there" ideas about basic figure painting (ie, flesh tones) but there's always something new to learn and apply to your own corner of the hobby. |
10-01-22, 09:14 AM | #57 |
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That was very enlightening, thanks indeed. I always struggle when deciding on how to paint a head of hair - I usually end up adding some metallic gold to a flat or satin brown so that doesn't just look as though someone got a bowl of chocolate sauce dumped on them. Putting a translucent colour over a metallic one sounds like an amazing solution - imitating of course the classical painting technique of 'glazing'
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10-02-22, 07:39 PM | #58 |
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Awesome work, buddy!
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10-02-22, 09:55 PM | #59 |
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you do a awesome job
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10-03-22, 01:04 AM | #60 |
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Thanks, guys
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