Tamiya 1/16 IJN Pilot - Finished!

[Dave The Chef]

Hey I have something for this thanks to SA Dave - cheers Dave! :drinks

In my excitement I had put the figure together before remembering that I hadn't taken a photo with a date, but as I guess this is about the painting I didn't think it would matter.

To me the face doesn't really look Japanese - more like Robert Downey Jr. - I'm very tempted to draw on the Tony Stark beard...

That's better I may just leave it like that :yipee

 

[Sherman 18]

Tamiya 1/16 IJN Pilot

I agree on the face. I do think your painting looks just fine.

 

[moon puppy]

Tamiya 1/16 IJN Pilot

I don't think I have ever seen you do a figure, that didn't have rockets coming out of their hands. Great start!

 

[SA Dave]

Tamiya 1/16 IJN Pilot

Glad I got you this one Dave I cant wait to see what you do with all that leather :geek

 

[lupanzer]

Tamiya 1/16 IJN Pilot

Nice start Dave!...

Luiz

 

[Dave The Chef]

Tamiya 1/16 IJN Pilot

I have finished, well as good as I can - I'm not a figure modeller -

Many thanks to SA Dave again for the kit, I may get another in the range Tamiya do - I did enjoy this after all.

 

[lupanzer]

Very nice job!...the shadows and highlights in the right places ldguy

Luiz

 

[razordws]

Sure as hell could have fooled me Dave about not being a figure modeler, but then everything you touch turns to gold.

 

[Paulw]

It looks grand, Dave.

 

[moon puppy]

Holy cow Dave!

 

[jknaus]

WOW thats nice. Awesome work

Question though, what were the pens for?? Do you use them in painting?
James

 

[Dave The Chef]

Thanks chaps! James - the pens were used for all the "pre shading" and skin tones, was an experiment I've been meaning to try for a while.

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks chaps! James - the pens were used for all the "pre shading" and skin tones, was an experiment I've been meaning to try for a while.

You ain't gonna get off that easy, you need to elaborate on this.

 

[Dave The Chef]

OK Bob I guessed I asked for that :cheer: Look again at these two pics -

The shadows were done with the Faber Castell artist Pitt pens - I can't really say why I used them but something about using pen rather than a brush for figures seemed a bit more natural to me for the detail areas. I then sprayed a light coat of red brown for the leather and sand for the flesh over this. I did apply more pen to the face and then a dark brown water colour wash to the whole thing after giving the figure a coat of Future.

 

[moon puppy]

So you really drew the face than painted it. VERY interesting.

 

[jknaus]

Okay now that is very very cool. Another thing I will have to try out.
James

 

[chukw]

He looks really good, Dave- you've got a real knack for figures!

 

[Plastik Smurff]

That is an awesome job on that figure Dave

 

[SA Dave]

Bloody AWESOME!!!!

 

[Dave The Chef]

Many thanks chaps, glad you like it.