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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Dave C on May 12, 2014, 10:41:01 AM

Title: At last they're done!
Post by: Dave C on May 12, 2014, 10:41:01 AM
Many, many months ago I posted some work in progress photos of my 28mm Fallschirmjager. Recently, I brought the project to a close (well, almost...) and I thought I'd share a few photos with you. The figures are by Offensive and they were a joy to paint. As ever, constructive criticism always welcome.

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Post by: Gothic Line on May 12, 2014, 10:52:57 AM

 They look amazing!!!!!To better view them you could take some pictures in close up.
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Post by: aircav on May 12, 2014, 11:52:33 AM
Fantastic  8) 8)
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Post by: von Lucky on May 12, 2014, 12:07:48 PM
Nice detail, top work.
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Post by: Phil Robinson on May 12, 2014, 01:29:52 PM
Great work on great figures.
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Post by: westwaller on May 12, 2014, 01:58:12 PM
Those Fallschirmjager look great. Nice figures too.
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Post by: Finisterrae on May 12, 2014, 02:21:00 PM
They look good!
When it comes to critizism, I will stick to the first picture, cause it shows your work from a close-up. I don´t know the plain green uniform was used by the Fallschirmjäger, but the paint looks a bit "thick" to me. Have you thinned it down or applied some highlight/wash/dirt?
Also, it does not show if you gave the MGs and mortar some steel drybrush.  (Edit: on a second gaze, I guess you did!)
That´s all I can mention, as I said, it looks good, and an impressive workload, too. I also like how you have done the bases.
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Post by: Nysse on May 12, 2014, 03:04:10 PM
They look great! The bases really turned out nicely.

Some close-ups would help. As Finisterrae said the paint looks a bit thick in places. But all in all a great big bunch of minis. Quantity has a quality of it's own as usual :) I always find that having a large amount of minis matching each other in painting style and basing really increases the overall feel of quality.
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Post by: Lowtardog on May 12, 2014, 03:05:08 PM
They look great, very skillful painting :-*
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Post by: matthais-mouse on May 12, 2014, 03:13:50 PM
They look great, I can imagine them on a battlefield diorama piece  ;)
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Post by: tomek917 on May 12, 2014, 03:30:14 PM
Wow, nice work on those!

Especially the bases which really makes the miniatures "pop".
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Post by: Dave C on May 14, 2014, 06:31:34 AM
Guys, thanks for the kind comments.

Finisterrae, you raise an interesting point about the look of the green uniforms. While I thin out all of the my paints (Vallejo) I never seemed to find a combination of shaddows and highlights for the 'Russian Uniform' green that I was happy with. Perhaps the thickness comes from applying too many layers in order to get it to look right.   
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Post by: warburton on May 14, 2014, 12:05:51 PM
They look great to me.
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Post by: Finisterrae on May 14, 2014, 01:13:12 PM
Thanks Dave. To make my criticism more constructive, maybe you can give them another drybrush with a slightly higher green and /or a brown wash. Maybe apply some dirt to break up the green sheme?
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Post by: Mason on May 14, 2014, 01:28:34 PM
Nice!
A great overall effect.
 :-* 8) :-*

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Post by: gary42 on May 14, 2014, 02:54:17 PM
They look great!  What a feat!
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Post by: Cubs on May 14, 2014, 04:15:38 PM
Very nice, I like them.
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Post by: wrgmr1 on May 17, 2014, 06:51:02 AM
Lovely work!
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Post by: Too Bo Coo on June 02, 2014, 05:19:11 PM
GREAT inspiration here! :D
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Post by: 6milPhil on June 03, 2014, 12:38:23 AM
Nice, more photos please.
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Post by: archiduque on June 03, 2014, 09:40:59 AM
Well done! ;)