The figure is almost done. Im messing around with the base. I want to show an officer finishing his briefing hence the title.
It’s always great to get some feedback so please shout out.
It’s always great to get some feedback so please shout out.
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Overall looks great. Didn’t officers usually have a black rank added to the vest flap?
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Cheers. Ive name tags and other badges still to add.
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A very solid figure you’ve got there Paul. The camouflage BDU’s are the highlight I have to say with a realistic rendering of Woodland pattern. The gloves and boots are good as well. I find it hard to tell with the lighting but have you added a little shadow color to the seams on the uniform (like the vest pocket seams that run around the edges) and around things like buckles, fasteners and clasps? I think this would help the detail pop a bit more around those areas. You may actually have done this and the lighting is perhaps not being co-operative!
The goggles are another area I would look at- if they are to be the clear variety you could paint the camo pattern inside the frame and then seal it down with either a gloss varnish or a product like Glue N Glaze to give the effect of the goggles. If they are a tinted variety you could fill the inside of the frame with a clear color like clear yellow and then the gloss/glue n glaze.
Nicely done so far Paul. I like the BDU camo too.
This was the old Verlinden USMC Gulf War I believe. I did him as a Marine but left on the head with the USMC cover. What did you make the easel out of ?
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Sorry I think we called it butcher block……
Looking good. I would do the goggles as gloss dark green/black using clear green over what you have and a couple coats of gloss. That was the most common type. They come/came in clear with a “shaded” lens that could be swapped out.
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Cheers. Its just scrap plastic with kebab skewers.