Normandy Bocage diorama

[AlanG]

Primed and ready for Oak Leaf pattern painting. Gulp!

[Tim Marlow]

Truly excellent work Alan. The whole scene looks superb.

[GerryW]

Really looking brilliant - that tree is great, well worth the time spent.

[AlanG]

Started to add the oak leaf on one figure now. Really wish i had cleaned up the seams far more as they are standing out with the camera. But hey ho. Lesson learned and all that. But these are a test mule for painting and i can always strip them back down at a later date and re-do them better.

[AlanG]

Jeez this figure painting malarkey is harder than it looks. And sssooooo time consuming too. But getting there. Time to start on the trousers now.

[Tim Marlow]

He’s looking good Alan, and it does get faster with practice, but not by much

[AlanG]

I hope so Tim. I've still got the other 3 to go lol

[Jim R]

Hi Alan
Figures! One of the hardest aspects of the hobby. You're doing fine, looking great.
Jim

[AlanG]

Cheers Jim

[AlanG]

Finished the camo on the body. Probably isn't a decent replica of the real thing but i think it looks ok. Need to paint the boots and webbing. Then it'll be sealed in and probably try and add a wash to it. Not sure what colour though.

Then it's the joy of flesh part next.

Still another three figures to go yet :crying:

[Gary MacKenzie]

What distance do you expect someone to be looking at the finished diorama ?
I reckon that some of the model detail people are painting for camouflage is way beyond normal eyesight ability to differentiate at the scale distance. ( my eyesight isn't a good test of the theory, and I certainly can no longer paint accurately enough for that level of detail )
If my maths is correct, If you are picking the figure up and looking from 6" it would be 17 1/2 ( scale) feet away from you.

Congrats on the level of detail you have managed.

[AlanG]

Cheers Gary. Never really thought about it that way. I suppose if someone other than myself was going to look at the dio it would probably be from at least 1ft away. so scale effect would really come into play.

[GerryW]

Think that we're all 'guilty' of 'as much detail as possible', as we sit with our 2x, 3x, or 3.5x specs on peering closely at the offending bit of paint, we forget that the closest anyone will look at it will be the photos on here - and in 'real life' about 2 feet away! :smiling5::smiling5::tongue-out3:

[scottie3158]

He looks good to me mate. My figure viewing distance is about 50mtrs.

[The Smythe Meister]

Well I calculate my viewing distances in miles,not metres
That's gotta be one of the most difficult camo patterns to do Alan,and I reckon that you're making a superb job of it
Excellent stuff mate, well worth the obvious effort you're putting in.
Andy