Monday, 25 November 2024

Alpine Miniatures - US 3rd Infantry Division, ETO 1944-45

More refinements and groundwork done. It is beginning to look the part.



Cheers,

Calvin



Saturday, 23 November 2024

Alpine Miniatures - US 3rd Infantry Division, ETO 1944-45

This is a work in progress of an upcoming 1/16 scale release from Alpine Miniatures sculpted by John Rosengrant. Painted with  AK-Interactive Gen 3 acrylics. 





Cheers,

Calvin





Thursday, 21 November 2024

A Look at What's Cooking

A 1/35 scale drum barrel from MiniArt with a handpainted motif.

Cheers,

Calvin



Saturday, 9 November 2024

US Marines, Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada, 1983

 A little more work done this evening. 





Cheers,

Calvin





Thursday, 7 November 2024

US Marines, Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada, 1983

The first from a pair of figures from Mantis Miniatures I am resuming work on. 





The before (left) and after (right) corrections made from the feedback provided by the Facebook modelling community. 

Cheers,

Calvin



Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Hornet Models - 1/35 scale Commonwealth Soldier

Finally done with this piece after fumbling around with the groundwork for more than 7 weeks. After modelling for so many years, this is my first attempt in creating a body of water for my groundwork. It is not as straightforward as I thought and I hope that the mistakes are adequately concealed. Nonetheless I had fun creating this piece and I hope you will enjoy the photos of the outcome.









The base colour for the British army battle dress consists of a 1:1 mixture of British Uniform and Mud Brown. With the base colour, Light Earth is added for highlights and Grim Brown for the intermediate shadows. Grim Brown is used straight from the bottle for the deepest shadows and Brown Black ink is used to outline the seams and reinforce the deep shadows. Sheen caused by the ink is matted down with AK Ultra Matt Varnish. 

Cheers,

Calvin