Young Miniatures - LSSAH, Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, 1944

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Calvin

US 1st Marine Division, Operation Desert Storm, Kuwait 1991

This is the box art of a US Marine from Operation Desert Storm. It is a 1/10 scale bust from Young Miniatures, and it is painted with AK Gen 3 and Quick Gen acrylics. I really enjoyed painting this piece, especially having watched the movie Jarhead starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx. It should hit the retail shelves sometime next week or at the Young Miniatures trade stand at SMC next weekend.  

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Calvin

Groundwork Time

Working on the groundwork for a new 1/16 figure from MiniArt Building Accessories (35005). The bricks are made from DAS Terracotta fitted through a scratch-built styrene gig.  

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Calvin

Young Miniatures - LSSAH, Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, 1944

Done for now.

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Calvin

Young Miniatures - LSSAH, Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, 1944

It has been a trying few days to get the helmet cover to a decent level of satisfaction using the AK Quick Gen acrylics for the blurred edge overprint. 

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Calvin

Young Miniatures - LSSAH, Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, 1944

Taking reference from Michael Lee's work, I am taking another shot at nailing the Blurred Edge camouflage. The issue with the previous attempt was that the shapes of the overprints were too rounded and cloud-like. Close scrutiny of the original specimen reveals that the overprint pattern has a mixture of curves and angles, and the "watermark" outlines irregularly trace the contours of the darker shapes. In addition, the coverage was too opaque (although accurate in the later versions); it does not appear aesthetically pleasing. This is where the AK Quick Gen paints are really effective to create the translucent layers for the Blurred Edge overprint, revealing the ochre shapes.

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Calvin

501ᵉ Régiment de chars de combat, 501ᵉ RCC, 1944

The second figure from the box set is complete. I came up with the solution of adding a German helmet on the barbed fencing post to accommodate the leaning arm, which original purpose is to rest on the gun barrel of a Sherman tank. 

The camouflage was airbrushed with dried-out AK Gen 3 acrylics, reconstituted with Tamiya airbrush cleaner.  

Onwards to the next piece...

Cheers,

Calvin