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Rompy77
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Posted: Monday, March 24, 2014 - 03:49 PM UTC
Hi,

Sharing some pics of the Fallschirmjager i am working on It's a 1/16 (120mm) figure by Alpine.



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Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 02:26 AM UTC
Excellent start and very nice work.
J
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Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 11:17 PM UTC
Another excellent figure Benjamin. The color shading on the smock is top-class and the contrast with the Luftwaffe blue issue items is nicely done. I have to say my favourite thing is the canteen- how did you get that brilliant texture on it?
Rompy77
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Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 12:43 AM UTC

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Another excellent figure Benjamin. The color shading on the smock is top-class and the contrast with the Luftwaffe blue issue items is nicely done. I have to say my favourite thing is the canteen- how did you get that brilliant texture on it?


Hi Karl,

It was done by stippling. I found a youtube vid that briefly explains the concept. Hope it helps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4NG0UN7Hfo
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Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:55 AM UTC
Yes,I had also noticed that canteen. Nice effect. I almost never see the canteens looking"right" on figs. The real ones are covered in a felt-like material and it is hard to replicate in scale.
Yours looks spot on though.
J
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Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 02:28 AM UTC

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Yes,I had also noticed that canteen. Nice effect. I almost never see the canteens looking"right" on figs. The real ones are covered in a felt-like material and it is hard to replicate in scale.
Yours looks spot on though.
J


Thanks J I was trying to replicate the felt effect
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Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 03:35 AM UTC

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Yes,I had also noticed that canteen. Nice effect. I almost never see the canteens looking"right" on figs. The real ones are covered in a felt-like material and it is hard to replicate in scale.
Yours looks spot on though.
J


Thanks J I was trying to replicate the felt effect


And a brilliant job you've done too Sir!!
Absolutely top notch!!

Cheers

Romain
Rompy77
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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 - 03:03 PM UTC
more WIP shots.As always i am open to comments/critiques

the next would be the boots, helmet and some minor highlights on the pants









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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 - 05:37 PM UTC
Very nice work Benjamin!! Very good detailed painting.

Dave
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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 - 11:30 PM UTC
Great progress Benjamin and thanks for the link to that tutorial video.
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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 - 11:45 PM UTC
I like the style of highlightng and shadowing you have, where the clothes also look weathered. Agree with the previous posters ... the canteen is really well done.
Rompy77
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Posted: Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 01:42 AM UTC
Thanks guys for the kind words
Rompy77
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 12:30 PM UTC
working on the base. keeping it simple

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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 - 10:37 PM UTC
Hi Benjamin, Nice work! I like the canteen too. Cheers
Ken
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Posted: Friday, April 04, 2014 - 07:21 PM UTC
Hooly...awesome! Changing of the tone is intersting,BTW,are you a painting artist in realife?cauz the it looked very professional
fen
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 01:27 PM UTC

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Hooly...awesome! Changing of the tone is intersting,BTW,are you a painting artist in realife?cauz the it looked very professional
fen


thanks for the compliments fen i am not an artist by profession but hope to paint professionally
Rompy77
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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 02:07 PM UTC
Hi all,

Here are some pictures of the completed figure













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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 09:54 PM UTC
This is a real nice figure Benjamin- his equipment is expertly painted the highlighting and shadowing of the uniform itself is top-notch. The simple yet effective groundwork is also a nice touch. How did you do the helmet markings- are they decals?
Rompy77
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 12:24 AM UTC

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This is a real nice figure Benjamin- his equipment is expertly painted the highlighting and shadowing of the uniform itself is top-notch. The simple yet effective groundwork is also a nice touch. How did you do the helmet markings- are they decals?


I used decals from Tamiya and Aber. The Aber ones are more suitable for alpine.
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 05:23 AM UTC
The painting is so good on this excellent piece of sculpture that the figure could pass for the real live thing!!
If there was a better backround included,say a picture of sky and clouds or even a plain light blue grey piece of paper,the figure would really"come alive"
Excellent job Sir,
J
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 03:38 PM UTC

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The painting is so good on this excellent piece of sculpture that the figure could pass for the real live thing!!
If there was a better backround included,say a picture of sky and clouds or even a plain light blue grey piece of paper,the figure would really"come alive"
Excellent job Sir,
J


Thanks J Glad u like it.

Great idea on the backdrop color. I am planning of making some desktop images
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