Figure painting
Re: Figure painting
Yes, I can understand that 1:48 might be too small. I used to build 1:35 Tamiya military figures, and wondered if the scale might be large enough, to do recognizable faces.
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Re: Figure painting
At that scale it's more an issue of the skill of the sculptor and mold maker. You can definitely make noticeable adjustments to the chin/cheek/eyes and they can even be subtle. Well done 1/43 figures can have pretty good facial detail but they seem large next to true 1/48 scale trains and they tend to dwarf "traditional"/O-27 equipment
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Re: Figure painting
I finally got around to finishing off that 3D-printed 1/2400 Royal Sovereign-class BB:
Before:
After:
I look at these pics and realize how far gone the old eyes are. She needs a bit of touch-up but suitable for the game table.
An old postcard of Revenge in her wartime paint-scheme:
Healey
Before:
After:
I look at these pics and realize how far gone the old eyes are. She needs a bit of touch-up but suitable for the game table.
An old postcard of Revenge in her wartime paint-scheme:
Healey
Re: Figure painting
Healey,
Just how long is the model? My guess it's smaller than I think it is,
Because of eye and hand problems I would never consider painting it.
Just how long is the model? My guess it's smaller than I think it is,
Because of eye and hand problems I would never consider painting it.
roger
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Re: Figure painting
The ship alone is slightly less than two inches, Roger.
I've got some Arttista tramps and a few other 1/48-scale figures waiting to be painted but I'll probably wait a bit before starting those. I've gotten myself caught up in this wargame stuff again and I need to let that run its course. I dropped some ships off with a guy down the road from me that paints miniatures professionally...when I get that stuff back I'll probably be too depressed to continue, lol...
I've got some Arttista tramps and a few other 1/48-scale figures waiting to be painted but I'll probably wait a bit before starting those. I've gotten myself caught up in this wargame stuff again and I need to let that run its course. I dropped some ships off with a guy down the road from me that paints miniatures professionally...when I get that stuff back I'll probably be too depressed to continue, lol...
Re: Figure painting
Another 3D-printed ship, this time British armored cruiser HMS Cressy in 1/2400:
Added masts, fighting tops and spars on the foremast. Would be great if I could figure out how to do the rigging for the wireless aerial, lol...
Okay, enough of that...these Arttista tramps have bubbled to the top of the lead-pile.
These castings look pretty crude.
Healey
Added masts, fighting tops and spars on the foremast. Would be great if I could figure out how to do the rigging for the wireless aerial, lol...
Okay, enough of that...these Arttista tramps have bubbled to the top of the lead-pile.
These castings look pretty crude.
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Re: Figure painting
healey36 wrote:Okay, enough of that...these Arttista tramps have bubbled to the top of the lead-pile.
These castings look pretty crude.
Hmmm....never known Arttista figures to be that rough; raw fro the mold and not cleaned 1st before being sold?
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Re: Figure painting
They look more like Selley to me.
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Definitely Arttista:
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I'll clean the flash off of them and hit 'em with a shot of primer.
1328 Hobo eating soup from a can
1329 Hobo cooking weiner
1330 Hobo with harmonica
I'll clean the flash off of them and hit 'em with a shot of primer.
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Re: Figure painting
healey36 wrote:Definitely Arttista:
1328 Hobo eating soup from a can
1329 Hobo cooking weiner
1330 Hobo with harmonica
I'll clean the flash off of them and hit 'em with a shot of primer.
Ok, he sells them as raw castings?
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Re: Figure painting
oh yeah...here's the list:
http://www.arttista.com/December16Pricelist.pdf
No fun buying them already painted!
Healey
http://www.arttista.com/December16Pricelist.pdf
No fun buying them already painted!
Healey
Re: Figure painting
healey36 wrote:oh yeah...here's the list:
http://www.arttista.com/December16Pricelist.pdf
No fun buying them already painted!
Healey
But it is also no fun if you can't see what you are painting.
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Re: Figure painting
rogruth wrote:healey36 wrote:oh yeah...here's the list:
http://www.arttista.com/December16Pricelist.pdf
No fun buying them already painted!
Healey
But it is also no fun if you can't see what you are painting.
That is a problem; couple that with slightly less that 100% steady hands, and there's no fun at all.....
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Re: Figure painting
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:rogruth wrote:healey36 wrote:oh yeah...here's the list:
http://www.arttista.com/December16Pricelist.pdf
No fun buying them already painted!
Healey
But it is also no fun if you can't see what you are painting.
That is a problem; couple that with slightly less that 100% steady hands, and there's no fun at all.....
Oh yeah, the hands are almost as bad as the eyes.
roger
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
Re: Figure painting
rogruth wrote:healey36 wrote:oh yeah...here's the list:
http://www.arttista.com/December16Pricelist.pdf
No fun buying them already painted!
Healey
But it is also no fun if you can't see what you are painting.
Agreed...my near-vision has gone to hell. Glasses are worthless, so I broke down and bought an Optivisor. That's very helpful, although when I photograph stuff I've painted I see all of the flaws that are invisible to me when I'm working on it. That and adopting the two-foot rule keeps me satisfied with what I can still accomplish.
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