"Demo Man, UP!" 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, Hue City, Vietnam 1968

It has been a while since I have posted anything. I recently completed my first 1/24 scale figure from Concept Miniatures. It is a 3d Printed piece that includes the base with a section of a wall. I painted everything with acrylics and used Gamers Grass tufts and preserved plants from Dioramapresepe for the vegetation. The only thing I changed on the figure was the direction of the sling on the M16. It was printed with the attachments on the wrong ends. Other than that, the figure was pretty straight forward and the pose is pretty dynamic showing plenty of motion.

Working in 1/24 scale rather than 1/35 was a different experience for me as I had to adjust my painting style a bit to account for the larger areas. It was nice not to need magnifiers to paint details such as the stamping on the bandoleer and markings on the pro-mask carrier. I will be doing more 1/24 scale figures. The only downside I see right now is the lack of the accessories available in 1/24 scale as opposed to those available in 1/35 and even 120mm.


Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James

Glad you back James! Excellent figure!

moon puppy said:

Glad you back James! Excellent figure!

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Thank you. It is good to be back. I had wanted to post the photos of the figures I did back in May and June, but I was trying to get as much done as possible before the show that I didn't take the time to get on the computer. Then I was pretty busy after the show. This figure should have taken perhaps a week at the longest, but I had so many interruptions and distractions that from the time I started on it to the time I finished it, it ended up being three and a half months or so.

Excellent work, James, colors, base work, all of it, excellent. So, how do ya like working the larger scales? One thing is for sure, you'll see your mistakes immediately. There's plenty of accessories for the larger scales, 1/16th, 120mm, 200mm, but not sure about 1/24th as that is roughly 50mm? I never get this stuff right, sorry.

However, I do know a guy who might be able to dig some up, Saul! He finds everything! @Sharkmouth