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Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Hi John
It's nice to see another style of figure painting and I hope you don't mind a few questions.....
I note in the your other thread you use Army Painter Soft Tone for shading. Are these available in various shades? If so do you use different shade for say skin and for clothing?
Have you found, as in wargaming, there are varying qualities of figures?
I've been using Vallejo acrylics but I may search out a few of the others as seen in your threads to try these. One varnish I do use though is AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish.
It's nice to see another style of figure painting and I hope you don't mind a few questions.....
I note in the your other thread you use Army Painter Soft Tone for shading. Are these available in various shades? If so do you use different shade for say skin and for clothing?
Have you found, as in wargaming, there are varying qualities of figures?
I've been using Vallejo acrylics but I may search out a few of the others as seen in your threads to try these. One varnish I do use though is AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish.
Prairie Tank
Western Thunderer
Ask as many as you like Dave.
Army Painter Tones are available in Soft Tone, Strong Tone and Dark Tone and other colours too. Citadel do a larger range of 'colour' tones but they do act slightly differently to the Army painter ones. I will post a photo of all the ones I have so you can see, there are more though.
I use Citadel Reikland Flesh Shade for skin but of you want a darker '5 O'clock shadow' effect you can use Citadel Agrax Earth Shade or Army Painter Soft Tone.
Regarding figure quality, yes for sure, massive variations! There are some truly stunning figures available but also some that are not so good.
John
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Prairie Tank
Western Thunderer
Hi Phil.
Basically I cheat
I under coat then paint a top coat of Army Painter Deep Blue. Allow to dry. I have used 10mm wargame figure scale Ancient Greek shield decals, some of which I have cut in half, for the pattern.
John
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Thanks John
I'll look out for some of the Army Painter tones.
I'll look out for some of the Army Painter tones.
Prairie Tank
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adrian
Flying Squad
I was going to ask the same question.
I always like it when we're not blinkered by the model railway eco-system and source good ideas from other modelling streams. This one is very effective.
Prairie Tank
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Work on the next batch begins
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Three more of the 'masses' completed 
Prairie Tank
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For colours I have been working from photo's and magazines from the late 1950's/early 1960's. I do have a fair few comments about the brightness of clothing but trust me I have done my research.
I speak to a lot of people who are at the same nursing home as my Mum, I have a friend who is involved in a couple of TV programmes and her job is to research clothing from the late 50's early 60's and I have access to a lot of magazines, catalogues from the time. I collected them when I was into classic cars.
John
I speak to a lot of people who are at the same nursing home as my Mum, I have a friend who is involved in a couple of TV programmes and her job is to research clothing from the late 50's early 60's and I have access to a lot of magazines, catalogues from the time. I collected them when I was into classic cars.
John
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Yorkshire Dave
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or colours I have been working from photo's and magazines from the late 1950's/early 1960's. I do have a fair few comments about the brightness of clothing but trust me I have done my research.
Likewise - I found a large collection of colour photos in the London Transport Museum collection of buses taken in 1948-1951. Although the bus was the subject it's the detail in the background namely, bus passenger queues and pedestrians which provided me with the clothing colours for the period. And they also provide detail of street furniture, road markings and such like.
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Thank you Dave.
I don't usually say anything but I have had more than a few comments from people about colours! I personally really like the late 50's and early 60's styles and did a lot of research when Sue, my lad John and I used to 'dress' up for classic car runs. John was very young at the time so we tended to put him in his favourite costume, a Tiger and say he was 'The Tiger in the tank'
John
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
With modelling the LT in the late 60's I've found there is a dearth of suitable figures. Any I have found have been painted in designs from the Mary Quant or André Courrèges fashion houses!
Prairie Tank
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Just finished these 9 so I am now waiting on the next batch to be delivered
The gentleman in the brown suit and the one next to him in blue have had their heads repositioned so they are looking up. They are going to be in conversation with the chap standing with his hands in his pockets.
John
The gentleman in the brown suit and the one next to him in blue have had their heads repositioned so they are looking up. They are going to be in conversation with the chap standing with his hands in his pockets.
John
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Here are some of the figures on the lay out.
John
John
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More from the 1950's but I don't fancy trying to paint those patterns!!!!!
