Dog Tag 1/16 US Marine Pacific Islands WW2

[Guest]

It's never easy to do larger areas but what you have done looks good :smiling2:.

[Guest]

Thanks Ralph.

Most of the flesh is now done:

[Guest]

And the right hand re-attached:



The only bit of flesh left to do is the left hand. Phew!

[Guest]

very nice shade on the sun touched skin not easy to pull off . great job Peter
RICK

[Peter Gillson]

peter

Nice job on all of that flesh. i do like the way he has been sculpted with a 'normal' physique rather than an overly muscular one.

Peter

[Neil Merryweather]

Nice job, Peter.
Are you going to give him a semper fi tattoo?

[Guest]

Rick - Thanks. It was hard to hold back on the highlighting, but here I let the Flat Flesh do most of the work. just adding a little Red Leather to deepen the tones.

Peter - I agree. Though he still has an impressive set of pecs, he's not as muscle-bound as some offerings.

Neil. If I get the watch hands in I'll be happy. I was toying with the idea of some body hair though.....

[Guest]

The next stage:



Today I painted the legs. I'm not sure why, but the drapery on these Dog Tag figures takes longer than usual. I think it's partially because the superb modelling of the folds and creases needs to be 'excavated' while painting, thus throwing up lots of surprises and opportunities for extra detailing. Weathering will be done later.

I'll probably work on the base next so that I can get him secured and safe.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Impressive stuff. Not long now 'til monkey time :smiling2:
Jim

[Guest]

Cheers Jim - The monkey tomorrow.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
A very nice job as always

[Si Benson]

That’s a lot of flesh but you’ve tackled it brilliantly Peter:thumb2:

[Guest]

Scottie and Si - many thanks for looking in. I'm falling in love again with these Dog Tag figures.

[Peter Gillson]

Trousers look good

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

I seem to be struggling to get to the PC with my return to work?

Lovely paint so far, nice tan without being too OTT.

He seems to have the physique of a college wrestler, which isn't going to be out of place for the US army.

The drapery is quite spectacular too, a good sculpt with a great artist.

I still can't believe someone described your work as cartoonish!

Looking forward to the base and monkey today, should be fun too.

Another mini heat wave on the way, with wintery showers next week?

The pleasures of Spring in the UK!

Have a good day with the munki.

Regards

Steve H