Tamiya 1/16 Luftwaffe Ace

[Guest]

Hi John - I just thought it was too cartoonish, and felt that a more realistic head would better compliment the rest of the figure. The kettle has been replaced (at last), so sit yourself down.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

What do you do with all your "reject" heads?

Not the bin! hopefully

I can see why you changed, the original would need some scalpel work to thin the nose and nostrils to be less cartoon like.

Looks like its going to be a good week to stay indoors and paint, its rained here for 2 days with 2 more to come

Might have to start building an ark soon!

I too have this one in the stash!, we all seem to have one!

Hopefully you can have a good day with the paints without getting rusty with this weather LOL

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

We actually had a sunny and warm day yesterday, but the gloom has returned this morning. I have a big bag of about fifty heads in my spares box, and the rejects usually join them, unless they are total no-nos, then it is the bin.

This one is actually a very nicely sculpted figure and I thought it would be a shame to spoil it with a duff head. On to number two today....

[Richard48]

Hiya Peter.
Thought id pop by my friend.Head number 2 gives chappie a Werner Molders look about him.Funny you should mention your old Mil Mod article as i was thumbing through the few i have left and saw your Galland article.
Seems a long time ago now.
Cheers from Richard.

[Guest]

Heads to the left heads to the right maybe one day the first one is right:tears-of-joy:.

[Guest]

Richard - I wish I hadn't done that article!

Ralph - I'm hoping that one day I'll get the first one right.

Second head:

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Infinitely better I think. I find these Reedees heads very difficult to paint, but a bit of persistence usually results in something that looks reasonably human. I like the fact that this one is looking slightly skyward, something that happened by pure accident.

[Guest]

Very nicely painted face Peter :smiling3:.

[Steve Jones]

I appreciate your desire to improve and push your own boundaries. However there are others of a lesser talent who would pay good money for your rejects. Could be a way of generating extra money for this ever more expensive hobby.

[Guest]

Ralph - Thanks, I'm much happier with this one.

Steve - The reality is very different from what you see on the screen; my camera's kind to my work. Also, they've either rejected because they're either poorly painted or bad sculpts.

[Guest]

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Just counted them - there are 141 in there. Why can't I ever find one suitable for the job in hand?

P.S. Just found another fifteen.

[SteveH]

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Morning Peter

Madame La Guillotine would be very envious LOL

He looks very executive for a Luftwaffe pilot, very clean cut and smart.

Today should be a wild palette of colour with the life preserver after all the field grey

Hopefully a good day for your painting, still grey and miserable here!

My day off today, perhaps building rather than photography?

regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Steve - I've also got separate bags full of hands, legs, arms, boots and headgear - a real cannibal butcher's shop.

The life jacket will be Vallejo Buff, which is quite a thin colour and takes a few coats to get opaque, but should be OK.

Sunshine and showers here, and cold. Ideal painting weather.

[Guest]

The life jacket is done:

[scottie3158]

Peter,
That life jacket is the nuts.

[Guest]

Thanks Scottie. I always used to avoid subjects with life jackets because of the yellow - Vallejo Buff is the answer.