01.15.05 » Hi-Res Images of Fliege and Base

That's right! The Fliege and Base are done for now. After I finish the figures, I'll put everything together and take the final images with the lights on.

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01.23.05 » Figure Painting

Okay, it's been a bit since my last update, but I've been rather busy. First off, I'd like to thank Craig Whitaker (aka MONGO_MEL at www.armorama.com) who I met at my local IPMS meetings for giving my lots of advice on figure painting. He even sent me a link to a great article he wrote on the subject. Click here. Craig does fantastic work so check out the article. I deviated from the article a bit for the Fliege figures at first, but followed it to the letter for the heads.

First I base-coated the figures with Tamiya acrylics, 2 coats of Future floor acrylic and 1 coat of flattened Future. The flesh tone was painted first, then masked off for the clothing colors. The hair, hat, gloves and shoes were hand-painted with the Tamiya.

After all of that cured for a day, I began using my oil paints to do the shading. First off I laid down a darker color which I custom mixed to go with the olive drab, into the folds and recesses. Then with a flat blender brush, I blended the darker colors into the base coat.

Next I added titanium white on parts where the light would hit. I used the same blender brush to blend that color in. I had to redo the crewmans pants because I smudged them all up while panting the head.

I haven't taken pics of the heads yet because they're drying and I don't want to risk smudging them, but when they're dry, I'll write up about them and take some pics. Oils take a while to dry and I don't have a great place to use heat to dry them faster, so I'm playing a little waiting game.