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Aussie wrote:

Yobs Sherm.JPG

Here's one I painted.

what do you use to paint that? and with that tools

Aussie wrote:

Yobs Sherm.JPG

Here's one I painted.

Aussie I like your one! Which surprises me. I'm not normally a fan of figures I think they make our models look toy like. The map helps yours..nice touch mate. Gives some narrative to the figure. Makes him a little more interesting.

AshMann wrote:

Aussie wrote:

Yobs Sherm.JPG

Here's one I painted.

what do you use to paint that? and with that tools

Mate , I just use Tamiya paints and very small brushes whilst wearing my glasses to see what I'm painting.
I'm far , far from a good figure painter compared to some on here , they are museum quality.

Jake79 wrote:

Aussie wrote:

Yobs Sherm.JPG

Here's one I painted.

Aussie I like your one! Which surprises me. I'm not normally a fan of figures I think they make our models look toy like. The map helps yours..nice touch mate. Gives some narrative to the figure. Makes him a little more interesting.

Thanks mate , makes me really happy to see posts like that.
The map is actually a tiny part of the Normandy offensive map cut out and added.

Good morning,
Here's what Crazy Joe should have turned out like. Crazy Joe was deemed so bad that I was asked by Forum members to leave him as is, so I did. *laughs* My next attempt on that figure turned out more human looking. A little John Wayne-esqe
regards,
Painless

PainlessWolf wrote:Good morning,
Here's what Crazy Joe should have turned out like. Crazy Joe was deemed so bad that I was asked by Forum members to leave him as is, so I did. *laughs* My next attempt on that figure turned out more human looking. A little John Wayne-esqe
regards,
Painless

I really like this one too! how did you put that pistol in his hand? I have a real nice looking 1:18 scale revolver that i wanna put in the hand of a tank commander. just needs some paint.

Good evening,
Before paint, warm the fingers of the figures hand with a blow dryer or other controllable heat source. That will allow you to carefully bend the hand or fingers to make the cup form that the human hand takes when holding a revolver or pistol. Let cool and paint to suit. If you are going to the trouble of putting a weapon in the Commanders hand, make sure to paint it up accurately and using a micro drill or pin vise, drill out the bore so it looks realistic.
regards,
Painless

PainlessWolf wrote:Good evening,
Before paint, warm the fingers of the figures hand with a blow dryer or other controllable heat source. That will allow you to carefully bend the hand or fingers to make the cup form that the human hand takes when holding a revolver or pistol. Let cool and paint to suit. If you are going to the trouble of putting a weapon in the Commanders hand, make sure to paint it up accurately and using a micro drill or pin vise, drill out the bore so it looks realistic.
regards,
Painless

The barrel on the pistol i want to use is too thin to drill in.

PainlessWolf wrote:Good morning,
Here's what Crazy Joe should have turned out like. Crazy Joe was deemed so bad that I was asked by Forum members to leave him as is, so I did. *laughs* My next attempt on that figure turned out more human looking. A little John Wayne-esqe
regards,
Painless

Did a double-take, here Painless. That really is the 'Duke'...the hell it is . Seen from various angles, as per the other posted shots, it still looks uncannily like him. I'm still a fan of his war flicks, and his idiosyncratic mannerisms. That, despite the fact that he- unlike many Hollywood stars of the time (Lee Marvin, James Stewart and many more) who did their 'bit' in the War- still managed to avoid even a token enlistment.

43rdR&R
Good afternoon, sir. I am not surprised that the HL molds for their figures come out looking like well known personages. I am still trying to figure out who the stock German Commanders look like. Also, why have they not put out a Russian Commander? They have two tanks out but no stock Commander for the Red Army. This Tamiya DAK Commander I am currently working on sort of looks like Rutger Hauer.
regards,
Painless