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Tommy's War 1/10th scale bust.

Very nice John, can see why you painted the right hand cheek looking a bit Red, looks fine.
 
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Evening lads,
Thank's Lee, glad you like him.
Hi Jim, that is very kind of you mate.
JR, cheers for looking in, it played on my mind a bit so I brought the hi-light on the cheek down a tad and reblended the border between.
On with trying to mix a colour for the uniform with the oils, should be interesting.
 
That looks excellent, John. It's really helpful to see the change from blocked in acrylics to the light and shade achieved with the oils.
 
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Cheers Steve,
He is starting to take shape.
Hi Paul,
Yes mate, although the Acrylic base coat gives a sense of flesh, it still fascinates me how Oil paints can seem to change a piece of resin into something that looks organic, just with few strokes of a brush. Thanks for looking in lads :thumb2:.
 
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Hi all,
Hoping I have sussed out the workings now.
Put the base coats on the shirt, Tunic and Sam Browne, oils mixed with some thinner to speed up the drying time a bit. I'll leave it a few hours then start shading and hi lites. filedata/fetch?filedataid=241800
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Evening chaps,
Jim, thank's very much mate. With the lighting and all that pale Khaki the figure looks a bit washed out, so i'm glad now i gave him that bit of extra shading and a tan, as the face is pretty much the only thing in the photographs with a bit of contrast.
Hi Mark, cheers for looking in, although he is a bit lacking in the body department ,i.e. a bit small, it was an enjoyable figure to paint up.
Hello Steve, he has turned out OK, it is a nice sculpt and very well cast, so painting is relatively easy. Also a bit of a first for me, i did a bit of research :rolleyes:. Wanted to know what the ribbon on his chest is...discovered it is " The Queens South Africa Medal". Great thing about modelling is we can learn something new with each new build.
Just as a thought, i took a picture of him in the Brodie helmet, i still think that speaks WW1 to me, What do you lads think?
 
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Morning all,
Calling him done now.
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Will post different angles on the finished figure Thread. Thanks guy's for dropping by, and the very complementary comments from everybody.
 
Sorry i missed it John.Looks superb.Im sure i have this one in my stash somewhere.Tommys war will be at Telford in November for Scalemodel world.His last hurrah before he closes his venture.Still got a few of his smaller figures.
Richard
 
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Hi Richard
Cheers for looking in, I appreciate your comments, you are very kind 👍. I still have a couple Tommy's War figures in the stash myself. Would be nice to be able to see Darren, but not likely I can make Telford. Just the other day I was clearing out a cupboard (that means taking stuff out and then realising you want to keep it, so back it goes :() I came across the IPMS magazine from the last time I went 2018. Then the Health emergency ..... I must make a concerted effort to make 2025.
 
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Hi all,
Just a quick update. Tim Marlowe kindly let me know that I had completely overlooked painting the under surface of the Wolesley helmet in the appropriate colour, so corrected that today, Grass green it is supposed to be here is here is the first coat. Needs a second as it quite difficult to reach now the plinth is glued on, but I will definitely get a second coat on later. 20241001_151534.jpg
Thanks Tim ;).
 
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Steve S,
Thankyou very much sir, it had been a while since painting a full figure so quite pleased with him.

Steve,
Kind of you to look in matey and drop a comment. Still have a couple of Tommy's War busts in the stash, so they may show up on here at sometime.
 
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