Prepping figures

[Shaka HI]

I feel the distress in the child/mother figures -- good stuff!

[JRutman]

Since a few folks indicated that they were still interested. Here are figs number 33 and 34. The soldier is only about 95% done as I see from these blown up pics. The Oma is the Preiser fig I altered earlier in this thread and the sitting guy is Dragon with a Hornet head and some PE strap additions. I was wondering if my attempt at lace on the apron was effective ?

 

 

 

Edited October 15, 2016 by JRutman

[LSP_Ron]

I'm not much for doing figure modeling myself but I've been following this with great interest.  Nice stuff.

[JRutman]

I'm not much for doing figure modeling myself but I've been following this with great interest.  Nice stuff.

Thanks Ron,I appreciate that. Maybe you should try figgies? You may never come back once you are in their evil clutches. Bwaa haahaahaaaaa

[LSP_Ron]

I've tried over the years and I really suck at them.

[BGB]

Hello Jerry,

 

Fantastic as always! the lace on granmas apron is spot on  the small things that makes a Big difference.

 

Cheers

Boris

[TimW]

Great facial expressions--nice seeing this come together!

 

Tim W.

[Shawn M]

wow, you keep knockin' em outta the park on this

[JRutman]

Boris,Tin and Shawn,

  Thanks so mush guys for the encouraging words. I am almost done painting the next one and for once,it is straight out of the box and a resin fig,which is unusual for me.

J

[ClumsyDude]

Brilliant work as always Jerry. Thanks for posting.

 

Jim

[JRutman]

Tanks Jim and here's number 35,

  Stalingrad fig. Only had minimal clean up and assembly. No mods and a joy to paint. I tried to do the excellent sculpting justice by doing my best to paint it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ClumsyDude]

Amazing, Jerry. You're able to tone your highlights and shadows differently on different fabric types, so the leather really looks like leather ... I'm in awe.

 

Jim

[Troy Molitor]

That last figure of the woman in a basket is simply awesome. I still want to know how you use the cotton hair from time to time.

Do you simply cut out the molded hair and white glue in some cotton? The SS crew you did at Normandy were some of the best figures I've ever seen. I'm trying to enhance a few pilot figures I'm working as a result of your inspiration Jerry.

 

Please teach us mortals the ways. Ha! Love this post.

 

Can you also show us a plan for all the figures sometimes? This will be a show piece for sure.

 

Troy

[JRutman]

Harv and Jim,thanks so much for the kudos guys. Means a lot to me.

 

Troy,I usually leave the stock hair on the fig but I lightly score it with a sharp blade to get some linear texture going. I then just accent the hair with a wisp of cotton that has been pre-painted and dried. Placement is key.

  I have done some figs in the past with a whole lot more cotton as the scene called for that. Like the surrendering WSS guys in Normandy. The pic of them was taken on a windy day and they had long hair so....I had to show long hair getting blown around,a distant memory for myself ! LoL

 

 

  Troy,this shows the placement of nearly all of the figs done so far I think?

 

J

Edited October 21, 2016 by JRutman

[Troy Molitor]

Wow, this is shaping up to be another epic venture Jerry. Thanks for the advise and thanks for the picture. This looks really interesting.

 

I'm working on six MasterBox famous pilots of WWII. Practice makes perfect I guess. I'm painting one by one and hope to gain some skill sets along the way. The main figure I'm trying to do right will be Lidia Litviak which I'd like to add to my Yak-1B eventually. The hair will be tough to get right. She has no head gear on and she has somewhat curly blonde hair to set right.