Coutances (Normandy) early 1944

[spanner570]

I don't smoke a pipe either!

Colin, he looks very much like he's giving someone a bit of advise, or telling them off....

Very nice work and full of detail. Good stuff.

Ron

[Guest]

Thanks Ron.

I tried him with normal eyes for a start (i.e. you could see the whites and pupil) but it made him look like some crazy old man you'd see sitting on a park bench counting pidgeons.

Finished up just blotting out most of the detail with some oils to give him a furrowed perplexed look ... seems to have worked.

[spanner570]

Yes, he's sort of raising his pipe and probably telling his grand kids to get off the bren carrier!

I notice that sometimes eyes can be overdone. In 1/35 I firmly believe there should be hardly any detail on them. Your man here probably has squinty eyes anyway....

The above is purily my take on eyes as others will probably think differently ( I put this in 'cos elsewhere I dared to challenge 'Experts' with my views and received a very rude and arrogant response.)

He looks just right to me, Colin.

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

You're right, eye's can be over-done giving a model that frightened rabbit look !!!

Sometimes it's just good enough to give the eye socket a shadowed/darker look to it .... your imagination makes up the rest of the detail most of the time.

Don't forget this about experts....

EX = a "has been"

SPURT = a strong gush of something !!

[aaron]

The figure looks great nice job there

13 people will add a lot going on, will be good to see.

[spanner570]

You're right, eye's can be over-done giving a model that frightened rabbit look !!!Sometimes it's just good enough to give the eye socket a shadowed/darker look to it .... your imagination makes up the rest of the detail most of the time.

Don't forget this about experts....

EX = a "has been"

SPURT = a strong gush of something !!

I forgot about the 'Expert' description....

Here's the version I've heard..

EX = an unknown quantity

SPURT = a drip under pressure!

Ron

[Guest]

that's even better than the version I use. I'm updating !!!

[Guest]

Excellent work, Colin! Love looking at all the little details Figure painting is great, too!

[Guest]

very nice indeed fantastic

mobear

[Guest]

Excellent Job Colin!! Very nice figure!

Have fun

[Guest]

Bit of an update.

Have got the village figures painted and in situ ........

added the carrier commander having a smoke with the old chap

The bren carrier itself (wanted it to look used and abused like it had splashed through muddy puddles ... not sure if i've gone over the top though)

Next to do are the 5 infantry figures and the M3 Stuart Honey if i ever find one in stock anywhere !!

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[Guest]

wow man the whole scene is starting to become more lifelife by every post you make.

ispecially like the interior inside the bren carrier

[Guest]

That's looking really good Colin. The interior detail in that Bren gun carrier is amazing & really well done.

Cheers

Patrick

[aaron]

I agree with Patric and Kieran about the great bren carrier interior. Wicked.

The bren itself looks heavy in weight i guess the gunmetal is spot on.

I keep an eager eye on this

Primo job Colin

[Guest]

Thanks for the comments guys,

As for the M3 Stuart Honey kit drought round these parts ..... it looks as though our great leader John is able to come to the rescue and can get one in stock for me ...