1/16 US Tankers Vignette

[Guest]

So sticking with resin for the time-being, my next project will be to try and make up a little vignette using MJ Miniature's US Tanker and Life Miniatures War Daddy (Fury) figures. I'm not a big Brad Pitt fan (and an even lesser fan of the movie), so unless the head is too good not to paint, I may replace it with the spare head provided with the first figure. I haven't taken delivery of Brad yet, so I've no idea if they are of compatible scales.

I've also ordered a couple of ammo crates as set-dressing:



The first figure, and this is what tumbled out of the box:



A simple, beautifully cast figure. The only thing I don't like is that the gun is sculpted with the right arm - I may risk cutting it off at the wrist to make painting easier. Of the heads, the pinkish one looks better, so I'll start with that.

[Steven000]

Another nice project Peter :thumb2:
Steven

[Neil Merryweather]

these look nice :thumb2: :tongue-out:

[Steve Brodie]

that looks nice

[Guest]

Thanks for looking in chaps.

A quick build:



And we're ready for paint.....

[Tim Marlow]

Looks good......painting should be fun.

[Guest]

Tim - Should be fun, but from the only other MJ piece I've done before, I know they can throw up surprises.

The head:



The face looked totally smooth before painting, but there was quite a lot of roughness revealed once the paint went on. Some of the details on the helmet were a bit unrefined, which was a shame, but overall it painted up OK. Few, knackered....

[Richard48]

Something different Pierre.Never seen these dudes before,Will grab a seat for this.Missed Memphis figure as ive been putty pushing yet again.
Pip pip onk onk.
Richard.

[Guest]

Hi Richard. Both figures are relatively new and not cheap - I could have bought at least five Dragon/Tamiya figures for the same price. Still, I suppose we pay for quality.

[Steve Jones]

The head looks extremely life like. A very nice sculpt expertly painted by yourself.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

That is a really good face, loads of character, well done Sir.

The roughness of the helmet doesn't jump out luckily and I guess could just be a hard life story!

I hope you do paint the Fury head as I have 2 x 1:10 Pitt heads somewhere, both Troy and Fury and would love a pukka Peter Day painting guide, selfishly!

Looks like a good day for detail on the body too.

We had a role reversal day yesterday, Anna painted skirting boards, I can't kneel down, so I made a banana cake and banana bread, we had a dozen bananas delivered badly battered, and carrot mash and onion gravy.

Yum Yum LOL

Should be a model painting day today for me, hopefully.

Have a good day with the body

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Stevie J - The head was nice to work on, though a bit tricky in places.

Steve H - I probably will go for the Brad option, so stay tuned. If you have any banana cake left.......

The jacket:



This took ages to do - a combination of getting used to the sculpt, the light palette, and all of that detail to consider. I used Vallejo Khaki as a base, mixed with Camo Black Brown, Chocolate Brown and Off White for lightening and shading. I had intended to use a decal for the arm patch, but it turned out to be too small for the space provided, so I painted it instead. The gun is just primed for now.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Lovely looking figures which I'm sure you'll enjoy. Great start. The face and top are superb.
Jim

[Richard48]

Lovellllly Pierre.
Really is another gem in the making.
Ricardo.

[Guest]

Jim - Resin seems like a whole different ball game after working on plastic for so long. I've also got Man-Jin Kim box art to inspire (and terrify) me.

Ricardo - Thanks mon brave.

Just fiddled with the face a bit, removing some of the wrinkles from across the cheek bones.