Bigmick

Julien, thats how we rolled in the 1970s, not only did you have a tank kit but it had a base, each tank was different, Sherman had a section of bridge, Panther had a broken wall I think

Love the review. I built the Matchbox issue for the Churchill SIG but then bought the Matador conversion sets at Telford so need a few more, might get some finished before Bovington next month

Its not easy being green. I mixed Tamiya XF-58 and XF-5 to get an approximate Russian green, added a few drops of XF-4 Yellow Green for the highlights, now to add the tan and black camo, sometime.

Well, what can I say, I popped out for 5 minutes and before you know it it's 3 years later and so I decided to revisit the BMR. This is how it was left, in the box, part painted, part finished, unloved, I really had a loss of mojo with this, the paint was terrible, I just felt like I couldn't finish it. Then I decided to get my backside in gear, so everything went into freezer bags and was sprayed with a LOT of Mr Muscle oven cleaner and left overnight, as you can see the upper hull stripped back to the black primer, the Meng tan acrylic won't shift at all, even after another 24 hours in oven cleaner. I also had to go back through the instructions and remember where all these bits went. Than a solid days modelling saw everything stuck back together and primed with Halfords grey primer I might even have a go at something along these lines. Because I also have these to paint and another T-90A which I'm building at the moment. Hopefully more to follow if I can get a nice day outside to get paint on everything. Regards. Mick

Thank you all... I agree with the likeness, I've seen so many busts and think "jeesh, that looks like (insert famous person)", it seems to be easier to sculpt from lots of existing reference pictures than conjure something from imagination, yes this bust looks like Milla Jovovich, Nuts Planet Teutonic knight looks like Kurt Russel, their German paratrooper looks like Patrick Stewart. But if you want to go for the ultimate look at wartime pics of Vasily Zaitsev versus Jude Law in "Enemy At The Gates". Regards. Mick

Scarf wasnt a problem really, just no coffee involved or anything to give me the jitters, took my time and used thin coats of paint, problem was overdoing the highlights and having to repaint it

That's superb, it's a rough cast so you have to overcome that to start with. Love the stock on the PPSh, the appearance of being well used without going ott, very well done

Allegedly they're around 1/10 scale, I agree with you, out of the 3 The Hound is the best, although I'd still buy Jamie to make the set. Andrea Miniatures also make a "Warrior of the North" which bears no resemblance to Ned Stark

They cant all be historic busts. I bought this one a while ago, from Blacksun Miniatures titled "Abdel Rashid ", but I titled him " Desert Nomad", I was going to have a clever name like " Felis Tuareg" but kept it simple. I really didnt know how to paint him, what colour the cloth should be etc, I had an idea that the cloth should look the indigo dyed fabric worn by the Tuareg. Then Scale 75 released the Elven colours paint set, just the shades of blue I needed. So started painting, copied reference pics of lions, got to the point where I was happy with the face and couldnt suss why the paint was so thin and glossy on the cloth. so sat scratching my head shaking the bottle for a few minutes And there was the answer, boy do they take some mixing, but wow do they dry matt. I painted a simple check pattern on the cloak then left the paint a few days to settle and used the small amount of pigment in the thinner as a glaze over the top, kinda works. And again he did me proud with a silver at Telford in sci fi/fantasy busts. And a bronze at Bugle Call I've no idea how I'm going to top this year, very happy camper. Regards Mick

That's really nice, I've got one at the top of the to do pile 😁 The holes just under the ears in the grey resin shots are for the headdress side tassles

Excellent work. You know Mitches Military Models have released 3 GoT busts, Tyrion, Jaime Lannister and The Hound

The goggles are clear resin, I'm not that good lol

Yes, another one, yes its planar painting using the LM free pdf, https://e3a83318-d450-4630-b85d-f878b028bce8.filesusr.com/ugd/3a901f_c97852d393b941838fc186a28ac02525.pdf No I'm not doing another one, honest. More blending of edges. Then painting the shirt, it was at this point I'd remembered I'd forgotten to paint the hand using the face paint mixes so had to remix them just for the hand, then cigar and watch. I'll probably muck around blending the shirt highlight a bit more, possibly revisit the skin tones as well. Regards. Mick

And as soon as the female Russian tank crew was finished I started Rommel, not wanting to try planar again blah blah😁. So hes painted with Vallejo acrylics following the Life Miniatures free pdf. https://e3a83318-d450-4630-b85d-f878b028bce8.filesusr.com/ugd/3a901f_98370232f04f45979f5ac57c978b70ea.pdf I painted the torso first, that's the easier bit, had to repaint the scarf as I mucked up the highlights, then the cap, then finally tackled the face, a lot harder this time with 6 colours. Again I had a great result at Telford. Then silver at Bugle call Regards. Mick

After several months in the wilderness I'm back, after helping to restart the Churchill tank SIG and building several kits for Telford. So, after the tank commander I swore I'd never try planar painting again, but guess what, I'm a glutton for punishment. So I bought a few busts from Steve Kirtley at SK Miniatures, 3 of them being from Life Miniatures, the tank girl, Rommel and Che Guevara. So, I didnt manage to do a SBS yet yet yet again, just a few pick of the WIP. As ever all paints are Vallejo and I followed the free painting pdf from Life Miniatures. https://e3a83318-d450-4630-b85d-f878b028bce8.filesusr.com/ugd/3a901f_38612196af014e29ac5f68dcbca93b64.pdf The face took two days in total, following the pdf, ensuring paint layers were dry before adding more. Blending the blocks of colour then reworking the face before starting on the helmet and goggles. So once I was happy with the face and helmet it was time to start the tunic. The difference between the above and below, blocks of colour, base for the tunic then darker for shadows, then blur the edges with a mix of the two using tiny dots of thinned paint. And before you know it she was done lol. I think she's the best work I've done and as she looks like Milla Jovovich I'm well happy. Even happier after scale model world this year. And a couple of weeks later at Bugle Call. She also got best in show. Rommel and the desert nomad are mine as well, incredible end to the year. It's good to be back. Regards. Mick