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Offline Neldoreth

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« on: November 05, 2006, 04:46:54 PM »
Some Vietcong to chase those imperialists out and free Vietnam!





n.

Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2006, 05:08:38 PM »
the miniatures are very nice, better then i thought they would. Thumbs up for painting, good job on black  8)

Offline Terrible Tim

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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2006, 09:27:48 AM »
The minis have good character, I like them. Well done.
Do you have any Americans?

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Offline Westfalia Chris

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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2006, 09:42:57 AM »
The faces are a bit awkward, but excellent painting saves the day! May I ask what manufacturer provided those?

Offline LeadAsbestos

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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2006, 11:29:45 AM »
Let me guess... Awkward poses, poorly sculpted faces, paint up great for games...

Westwind? :roll:

Offline Westfalia Chris

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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2006, 12:49:20 PM »
My guess would have been Chiltern, but I´m not sure at all...

Offline Neldoreth

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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2006, 02:54:35 PM »
Quote from: "LeadAsbestos"
Let me guess... Awkward poses, poorly sculpted faces, paint up great for games...

Westwind? :roll:


Very good guess indeed! They are WestWind. Certainly some of the faces and poses are poor, but there are a couple that are pretty good and one or two that are excellent (the figs on the far left of both pics are quite good)!

Thanks for the positive feedback by the way, it is greatly appreciated :) As far as the forces of the good ol' US of A, none as of yet. I plan to do NVA first, and then some Americans :)

n.

Offline Ray Earle

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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2006, 11:22:31 AM »
I must have missed this topic first time around, sorry. :(

The Vietnam conflict has been a long term project of mine, although I'm mainly getting the forces that I need together first I have managed to paint one US LRRP (long range recon patrol) member in between other figures.



Hope you like him. :)
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2006, 11:29:29 AM »
:o  :o  :o  Awesome job on the Tiger stripe camouflage. The completely camouflaged skin looks rather unusual, though...

Offline SgtPerry

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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2006, 12:35:29 PM »
Absolutely, this painted  Tiger  stripes camo pattern is nothing but fantastic!

Impressive!

Olivier

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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2006, 01:21:00 PM »
The tiger stripe camo is the nicest example I've seen of that!

I do like the skin. If you've ever seen the guys with the paint on, they look really weird. Nowadays they do this pattern where they put light green around the eyes and the hollow of the cheeks, and dark anywhere else. It's like the reverse of how shadow falls on the face. At night, it really makes the face disappear, and in daylight, it's creepy as hell.

Offline Zoogla

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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2006, 02:41:34 PM »
*gasp* This looks so ultra cool (think I also gasped over at SD's Forum a few days back), Is there any chance of a little 'how to' with colors used and a quick summary of the sequence, the colors were added?

I particularly like the painting of the face, time (really this time) to dig out my TAG Marines :-)

Do you have more minis in this kind of camo (aka could you please post more)?

Z.

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« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2006, 04:00:34 PM »
wow very good paint job
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Offline Ray Earle

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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2006, 04:40:55 PM »
Thanks for the comments guys. :oops:  Really glad you like him.

I'd tried the face paint originally by layering the green and black over a normal flesh tone, I don't think it worked as well. As Pete said the camo paint looks really weird on real soldiers.

As requested, a picture of his back;


He's one of a kind at the moment, a bit of an experiment. I've still got the rest of the squad to paint though. I'll try to do some kind of tutorial over the weekend if thats ok Zoogla?

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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2006, 01:08:54 PM »
Hey Ray :-)

No prob, take your time. But I would really appreciate a tut for this one some time :-)

regards
Z

 

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