Dragon 1/16 Sturmbannfuhrer Ardennes

[Guest]

Very nice painting Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Thanks Jim and Ralph. I'm glad the camo is done - I can have some fun now.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
The jacket is sublime.

[Dave Ward]

Peter,
the jacket looks great! I once had a go at the 1/16 Tamiya elite infantryman - the camo pattern just baffled me - whatever I did it just looked BAD, so he ended up as landfill!
Sorry to hear about the hypo - I'm just about over mine on Saturday - blood sugars just about normal - I managed to get a bit of work done on my Ivan Kozhedub bust - I'll be putting up some pictures tomorrow
Dave

[Guest]

Scottie - Many thanks.

Dave - I find camo very difficult because I'm not that good at following or drawing patterns. There is also the problem of shading the various folds and creases and picking out the seams and other details. In the past I would paint the pattern in flat colours and just wash in shadows with a dark neutral colour, but these days I do it the hard way and shade each patch of colour in turn. I'm never that happy with the results and often feel that some compensatory painting of the trousers in a flat colour, allowing for some striking contrasts, is in order. I'll try and do that here.

Glad to hear you're also getting over your hypo - I'm feeling so much better than I did yesterday. It wasn't until I'd talked to you about it that I realised what had happened. Looking forward to seeing how Ivan is coming along.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Are you feeling better now?

Headache and hypo?

I feel for your old pup having had just the one filling for £62.20!

Not too bad today, no real aching just feels odd!

Lovely camo, and well worth a few paracetamol!

I have never done camo in any scale, one day, perhaps!

The only thing I have gleaned from all my research is more or less what you do, fully shade the base coat, do all the seams so you know where the material will not match, then shade/highlight the patches as you go.

1/35 would be ? less paint but much harder to see!

Plain pants are a great counter point to the superb camo.

Hopefully the vets will go well for you both?

Have as good a day as you can, its 0 C here and has snowed lightly already, but its not sticking, just painfully cold outside

Regards

Steve H

[Steven000]

Looking good Peter :thumb2:
Steven

[Guest]

Steve - Felling much better thank you. I think it was the doughnut I'd had the day previously that was the culprit - I really never learn.

Just dropped Joe off at the vets and it's b****y freezing - should have worn the merino wool long-johns Katherine bought for me in NZ.

I think camo would be even harder at 1/35, though at that scale you could get away with omitting some of the detail, like rain stripes. Trews today.

Steven - Glad you approve. Thanks.

[Guest]

Trews:

[Andy Belsey]

So sorry to read of yours and Dave's hypo issues. Take care my friends.

[Guest]

Cheers Andy - Just need to be a bit more careful myself.

I've added some of the equipment:

[Guest]

Nicely getting there Peter:smiling3:.
Diabetics choice..Should I have a doughnut....yes,no,yes,no,sod it I'll have a bowl of sugar puffs:tears-of-joy:.

[Fernando N]

Great to read that you’re feeling better now Peter and neat looking camo work:thumb2:.

[Guest]

Ralph - Thanks. I've learned my lesson this time - no more sugar!

Fernando - Cheers.

[Guest]

Finished:



I dug out an old base last night and refurbished it before sticking him on. Happily it's made him stand more upright. I also adjusted the angle of the head after accidentally knocking it off.

To finish off today, I painted and attached the ammo pouch, MP44, and hands. The map was cut out of the instruction sheet, and the gun sling was made from paper and wire.