Gator's 1/16 Vietnam Dog Handler

[moon puppy]

 

[Duke Maddog]

Right on Kenny. That will be interesting to see re-created in 1/35th scale.

 

[Arturius]

 

[Gator]

Thanks guys. Mark, I do have a 1/35 modern US dog handler. This one though is 120mm or 1/16 scale.

 

[Gator]

Hey, I got the base color on mine today!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Right on Kenny! Git 'r done!

 

[Gator]

Photo proof of base going on. It's cold and wet here in Southwest Louisiana so I got him in front of a fan. I'll do a light sanding and apply a second coat. You can see the base starting to take shape.

Here is the base, I used floral foam, coated with Liquidtex modeling paste.

Comments and critiques welcome and encouraged. B)

 

[Paulw]

Looks good to me.

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Sherman 18]

 

[Gator]

I got some work done this weekend. I got some dull coat on the figure and all of the pouches primed along with assembling the M-16 assembled. While I had the figure in base, I did a 360 degrees photoshoot of him directly under my task lamp to use as reference for shadows and highlights.

 

[MrT]

Terry B)

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Gator]

Thanks guys. Now that I've got photos, I'm going back and sanding him lightly to get all the little particles.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Looking good!

 

[Gator]

Hey guys.

I got the uniform shaded and dry brushed. I also go some work done on the base.

Any advice on the ground work would be appreciated. I base coated with a red brown and then used Mig's Vietnam earth pigments on that. Then I hit it with a fixer, not shown.

 

[moon puppy]

Very nice Kenny

 

[Sherman 18]

Great base colors!

 

[lupanzer]

Well done...very impressive

Luiz

 

[Gator]

Thank you guys.