Mitches Military Models 1/9th US airborne Female soldier bust

[monica]

she is looking real good Steve,


like how you have done her so far,with the roses cheeks,

[Steve Brodie]

she is looking real good Steve,
like how you have done her so far,with the roses cheeks,

Thanks Moni

[Steve Brodie]

I'm in, popcorn and cider at the ready, great start

Paul, Thanks for your kind comment.

[Steve Brodie]

Got the helmet straps painted at the weekend, and toned down 'her' lipstick.








Also started on the digi camo, need to redifine a few places and remove the very dark grey.

[Guest]

Coming along real well.

[Guest]

Looking very good.


What colours are you using for the flesh tones?

[Guest]

Great work Steve, cammo not that easy to do but you seem to be cracking on well with it

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Steve and some great work so far

[monica]

great progress Steve,the camo looking good so far,well done,

[Steve Brodie]

Thanks for all the kind comments, not happy with the camo, so back to the start on that one

[Steve Brodie]

Looking very good.
What colours are you using for the flesh tones?

I used a mixture of Vallejo and AK paints. Started with various Vallejo flesh colours and all was going well till the shadows on her cheeks, used Vallejo paints but she ended up looking like a clown – no gradual fade at all. Luckily that morning the AK flesh tone set had arrived, so I tried a couple of their shadow, highlight tones and discovered the best thing about the AK flesh paints is they stay wet a lot longer than the Vallejo colours. The Vallejo flesh colours seemed to dry as soon as you touched the resin, where-as the AK ones didn’t, this meant I could add a bit of thinned paint, most of which was dragged off the brush, to the base colour, add another colour and blend the two together as they were drying, keeping everything damp. As for actual ‘mixes’ I don’t know – just ‘played’ around until I got the look I was after. Not much help I know, but I would definitely recommend the AK flesh tones, but ignore the advice on the back, it is not as straight forward as the steps make out.

[Guest]

I used a mixture of Vallejo and AK paints. Started with various Vallejo flesh colours and all was going well till the shadows on her cheeks, used Vallejo paints but she ended up looking like a clown – no gradual fade at all. Luckily that morning the AK flesh tone set had arrived, so I tried a couple of their shadow, highlight tones and discovered the best thing about the AK flesh paints is they stay wet a lot longer than the Vallejo colours. The Vallejo flesh colours seemed to dry as soon as you touched the resin, where-as the AK ones didn’t, this meant I could add a bit of thinned paint, most of which was dragged off the brush, to the base colour, add another colour and blend the two together as they were drying, keeping everything damp. As for actual ‘mixes’ I don’t know – just ‘played’ around until I got the look I was after. Not much help I know, but I would definitely recommend the AK flesh tones, but ignore the advice on the back, it is not as straight forward as the steps make out.

Many thanks Steve

[Steve Brodie]

Round 2 on the MARPAT /ACU camo;


Base coated in light grey, then patches added in medium grey;






Olive drab added as the dark shade;






Pixelated by using a cocktail stick, dabbed in the different colours and then added pixel by pixel to try and break it up a bit.






Head on Shoulder;

[Robert1968]

Just caught up on this one and what can I say ( really really awesome panting and shading ( far beyond anything I could acheive


Like this a lot


Really well done


Robert

[Guest]

This digi camo is way better than the first.I'll bet your are glad you re painted it.