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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Cubs on October 01, 2015, 08:48:54 PM
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Next commish from Wargames Illustrated for their movie greats line, Holmes and Watson from the recent films.
I never, ever want to see another bloody pinstripe as long as I live. Watson's shirt was bad enough, but Holmes' corduroy jacket made me weep blood.
(http://myalbum.com/photo/DazFhfRKzoJc/540.jpg)
(http://myalbum.com/photo/JS8Oq3MnXv0u/360.jpg)
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WOW Well worth the hard work. the pin stripes are outstanding :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Nice! I've been wanting somebody to make a set of these guys.
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:-* blood loss aside, and even if its your last pinstripes - wow - amazing work as always :-*
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Superb brush work ;D
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Stunning work, the painting of the different fabrics is superb. :-*
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Outstanding 8)
The pinstriped are brilliant but I'm mostly taken by the texture of Watson's vest and trousers... Wow.
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I'm really pleased the wool suit was noticed! I could have just gone for plain grey, but I fancied a little more work would pay dividends. It wasn't really difficult, just time consuming. I used a scruffy little brush to softly stipple first a darker shade of grey, and then successively lighter shades over a mid grey base. A dark wash gave some depth in creases. Because I did the waistcoat and trousers first, it didn't matter how much mess I made with the big fluffy brush.
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I think it's your brush work that sells once again,not the sculpts.
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It's a very effective technique 8)
Edit: the wool suit
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Yes, I have to say I noticed the wool suit and waistcoat before I noticed the pinstripes, though both are very impressive.
For the pinstripes, were you going dark over light, light over dark, or some combination of both?
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That's really something... Something to try for a day when one doesn't have an an army of ranknfile to put on the table.
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Most excellent :-* :-* :-*
Your best yet I feel 8)
cheers
James
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For the pinstripes, were you going dark over light, light over dark, or some combination of both?
Light over dark. I've learned the hard way it's a lot easier to apply light stripes more prominently over raised areas, than it is to put dark stripes into the crevices. It's just white paint with some retarder medium to keep it nice and runny.
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WOW! Superb!! :o
Thanks for the tip on the wool suit!
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Outstanding 8)
The pinstriped are brilliant but I'm mostly taken by the texture of Watson's vest and trousers... Wow.
What he said.
That 'wool' effect is stunning!
The pinstripes aint too shoddy either.... ::)
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Fantastic fabrics!! :-* :-*
LB
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It really is a nice effect (the wool that is) anyone know who the sculptor is? The style looks familiar but I can't put my finger on it.
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Light over dark. I've learned the hard way it's a lot easier to apply light stripes more prominently over raised areas, than it is to put dark stripes into the crevices. It's just white paint with some retarder medium to keep it nice and runny.
That's what I've found as well. Your work looks a fair bit better than mine of course, lol.
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That wool effect is spectacular! May have to try the method myself...
Thanks
Blofeld
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Great work who make the figures?
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You must have sold your soul at the crossroads for this job, genius paintwork :-*
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The Doctor is a work of art. Don't know how you got that tweed effect (and I marvel at the steady hand that produced those pinstripes).
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Sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Did you say you were available for more pinstripes?
I was thinking of a unit of chartered accountants, say, oh, twenty strong, backed by some, maybe half dozen heavy auditors.
Do let me know... lol
Doug
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Sadly I went to the extreme length of dislocating my thumb and snapping a ligament to dodge doing any more pinstripes for a while. Brutal yet effective.
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Paint jobs are spectacular. Love the Watson sculpt, but if the other fig is supposed to be Robert Downey Jr. I'm not super impressed with the concept they chose. I would have done him in the hat and sunglasses. There's nothing about that figure that makes him distinctive. He could be any generic Victorian man. Perhaps I am mistaken and this is some other Sherlock I am not aware of?
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Sadly I went to the extreme length of dislocating my thumb and snapping a ligament to dodge doing any more pinstripes for a while. Brutal yet effective.
Which hand? :D
Doug
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Awesome! :-* The wool suit is outstanding! :o
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Which hand? :D
Doug
The fun one, sadly. I'm left trying to teach the stupid hand to do useful stuff. It really can't. It just sits there drooling and flapping about randomly.
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Ouch! Get well soon!
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Some of the finest brushwork I have ever seen! :o
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB! :-*