1/35 figure painting site?

[Lost Jedi]

Anybody have or know of a site with some good pointers
on painting 1/35 scale military figures? The faces are
a real challenge for me.

Thanks!

Lostjedi

[Leftyrcm]

Here is the place to go. Lots of really good advice.
http://www.Track-Link.net/articles/features/figpaint.html

Paul
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[Val Kraut]

"Lost Jedi" <lst...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>Lostjedi

Try http://www.mmhq.com this is a military miniature website. They
have news group like discussion groups - one covers faces. There are
some good books on the subject - also try back issues of Military
Modeller (the British Publication). Verlinden has some good books on
armour and figures. Try http://www.vls-vp.com
A lot of the techniques depend on what type pf paint you're using -
Acrylics, Oils, Enamels etc. Some dry slow and can be blended to nice
effects over several days. Others dry fast and don't lend thrmselves
to subtle shading etc.

Val Kraut

[Monaten]

This is a basic method I use- paint the face and hands with the basic flesh
color ie. Humbrol, Tamiya, then with burnt umber oil paint completely cover the
face and hands. Wipe off with a paper napkin or paper towel. Now you can
highlight with white or yellow ochre. It'll take a little practice but should
work. Good luck.

[Frank Henriquez]

Maybe it's just me, but figures drawn with the "Verlinden" method look
like Kabuki actors to me. Shadows are too sharp and deep, and the end
result seems to be unrealistic - just little plastic caricatures instead
of scale humans. I've seen a few 1/35 figures painted with much greater
subtlety that really look good.

Frank

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Frank Henriquez Programmer/Analyst Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
fr...@ucla.edu http://www.ben2.ucla.edu/~frank/

[Val Kraut]

fr...@ucla.edu (Frank Henriquez) wrote:

>Maybe it's just me, but figures drawn with the "Verlinden" method look
>like Kabuki actors to me. Shadows are too sharp and deep, and the end
>result seems to be unrealistic - just little plastic caricatures instead
>of scale humans. I've seen a few 1/35 figures painted with much greater
>subtlety that really look good.

>Frank

The Verlinden techniques have not worked well for me either. I tend to
do faces in oils and like to add the shading and highlights over a
period of several days, blending between shades. The techniques
published by verlinden tend to produce overly sharp shadows and
highlights for my own taste. On the other hand some of these allow a
face to be painted in a realitively short time which is useful if you
are painting a large group for a diorama.

Val Kraut

[Frank Henriquez]

In article <7cmjr6$r9h$1...@camel25.mindspring.com>, pp00...@mindspring.com wrote:

>The Verlinden techniques have not worked well for me either.

...

>On the other hand some of these allow a
>face to be painted in a realitively short time which is useful if you
>are painting a large group for a diorama.

Yeah...except that the Verlinden figures tend to draw your attention since
their faces are so harsh. I saw a WWII diorama in the now defunct
Historical Models that was outstanding - several vehicles and about 10
figures. The only bad thing about it was that some of the background
figures were Verlindenized, and they just detracted from the
diorama...which was a shame, since the other figures were very well done.

[William H. Shuey]

Val Kraut wrote:
>
> fr...@ucla.edu (Frank Henriquez) wrote:
>
> >Maybe it's just me, but figures drawn with the "Verlinden" method look
> >like Kabuki actors to me. Shadows are too sharp and deep, and the end
> >result seems to be unrealistic - just little plastic caricatures instead
> >of scale humans. I've seen a few 1/35 figures painted with much greater
> >subtlety that really look good.
>
> >Frank
>
> The Verlinden techniques have not worked well for me either. I tend to
> do faces in oils and like to add the shading and highlights over a
> period of several days, blending between shades. The techniques
> published by verlinden tend to produce overly sharp shadows and

> highlights for my own taste. On the other hand some of these allow a

> face to be painted in a realitively short time which is useful if you
> are painting a large group for a diorama.
>

> Val Kraut

FWIW Some years ago the Imrie-Risley firm (They produce 54mm cast metal
figures) published a book on painting techniques for both men and
horses. It was an excellent primer on the art.
Title was:
The Model Soldier Manual
Peter Blum and Clyde Riseley
ISBN 0-912364-03-3

It may be tough to find, I had a copy many years ago till some
sucker stole it from me. I haven't had much luck finding a replacement.

Bill Shuey

[Phil]

"Flesh" colours are always pink, does anyone have any suggestions as to
what colour/colour mix to use for non-White figures??? It seems bloody
stupid to have a figure in Japanese uniform who is White!!
Any suggestions??

Phil

Peace, Bread, Land

[Joe Jefferson]

MGdriver8 wrote:
>
> Kalmbach publishes one of the best "How Tos" on painting figures written by
> Shep Paine. Its about $16-17 and should be available at any hobby shop that
> stocks trhe Kalmbach books and magazines or directly from them in Milwaukee. It
> has lots of info on preperation, painting and more advanced conversions and
> scratchbuilding too.
> Mike

The title of that book is _Building and Painting Scale Figures_ and it's
Scale Modeling Handbook #13. ISBN 0-89024-069-8 and the price printed on
the cover is $17.95 (but I think I got mine on sale for less than that).

--

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http://www.primenet.com/~jjstrshp/
Site updated August 8th, 1998.

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hand of the wicked." - Psalm 82:3-4.

[Jack Russell]

While all the tips and info have been helpful, no one has answered the
question posed by Frank in the subject line of his original post.

So, are there any figure-painting web sites with photos and,
hopefully, info on painting techniques for figures (1/32 to 1/35
scale)?

Jack Russell

[Rick and Janine Bennett]

>So, are there any figure-painting web sites with photos and,
>hopefully, info on painting techniques for figures (1/32 to 1/35
>scale)?

You might want to try http://www.mmhq.com It is a site specializing in
military figure painting of all scales.

[mst...@is2.dal.ca]

> So, are there any figure-painting web sites with photos and,
> hopefully, info on painting techniques for figures (1/32 to 1/35
> scale)?

Hi ,

Check out the articles section on Track-link (www.track-link.net) There are a
series of figure painting articles by Mark Bannerman. He does beautiful work
and gives step by step guides of how he does it.

hth

Mark Stares
Law Student
Dalhousie Law School
Halifax, NS

Maritime Modelers' Meet 1999
http://is2.dal.ca/~mstares/meet.htm

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